Orcutt vs Santa Maria

A side-by-side comparison of Orcutt and Santa Maria: population, income, housing, and more.

Orcutt and Santa Maria are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Santa Maria has the higher population (109,880 vs 31,284 in Orcutt). Orcutt has the higher median household income ($108,682 vs $84,617 in Santa Maria). Orcutt has the higher median home value ($587,000 vs $478,200 in Santa Maria).

Population, income & housing

	Orcutt	Santa Maria
Population	31,284	109,880
Median age	40.4 yrs	29.3 yrs
Median household income	$108,682	$84,617
Median home value	$587,000	$478,200
Median gross rent	$2,094	$1,842
Housing units	11,538	30,212
Homeownership rate	78.0%	51.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.1%	15.1%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Orcutt	Santa Maria
Population	31,118 → 31,284 (+0.5%)	106,224 → 109,880 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$91,343 → $108,682 (+19.0%)	$63,341 → $84,617 (+33.6%)
Median home value	$422,600 → $587,000 (+38.9%)	$344,100 → $478,200 (+39.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,713 → $2,094 (+22.2%)	$1,414 → $1,842 (+30.3%)

Orcutt

Population

31,11831,284

Median household income

$91,343$108,682

Median home value

$422,600$587,000

Median gross rent

$1,713$2,094

Santa Maria

Population

106,224109,880

Median household income

$63,341$84,617

Median home value

$344,100$478,200

Median gross rent

$1,414$1,842

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Orcutt	Santa Maria
Under 5	5.6%	8.9%
5 to 17	17.6%	22.5%
18 to 24	9.0%	12.6%
25 to 34	10.1%	13.7%
35 to 44	13.5%	12.8%
45 to 54	10.3%	10.1%
55 to 64	13.0%	8.7%
65 to 74	11.7%	6.1%
75 and over	9.2%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Orcutt	Santa Maria
White (non-Hispanic)	54.5%	14.1%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.2%
Asian	4.0%	4.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	34.3%	78.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Orcutt	Santa Maria
No high school diploma	8.6%	36.7%
High school graduate	18.3%	21.6%
Some college or associate's	41.1%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.2%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Orcutt	Santa Maria
Drove alone	78.0%	71.8%
Carpooled	8.4%	18.9%
Public transit	2.0%	1.6%
Walked	0.8%	1.2%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.3%
Worked from home	8.6%	5.3%
Other means	1.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Orcutt	Santa Maria
1-unit, detached	77.1%	60.1%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	12.4%
20 or more units	1.0%	8.6%
Mobile home & other	8.8%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Orcutt	Santa Maria
Poverty rate	6.6%	15.5%
Average household size	2.79	3.73
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1980	1981