Summerland vs Toro Canyon

A side-by-side comparison of Summerland and Toro Canyon: population, income, housing, and more.

Summerland and Toro Canyon are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Toro Canyon has the higher population (1,736 vs 1,248 in Summerland). Toro Canyon has the higher median household income ($177,879 vs $133,083 in Summerland). Both have a median home value of $2,000,001.

Population, income & housing

	Summerland	Toro Canyon
Population	1,248	1,736
Median age	53.3 yrs	65.9 yrs
Median household income	$133,083	$177,879
Median home value	$2,000,001	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	—	$2,500
Housing units	729	1,102
Homeownership rate	79.9%	88.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.3%	68.1%
Unemployment rate	10.7%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Summerland	Toro Canyon
Population	844 → 1,248 (+47.9%)	1,728 → 1,736 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$73,031 → $133,083 (+82.2%)	$141,136 → $177,879 (+26.0%)
Median home value	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)	$1,791,700 → $2,000,001 (+11.6%)
Median gross rent	$3,013 → $2,170 (-28.0%)	$3,167 → $2,500 (-21.1%)

Summerland

Population

8441,248

Median household income

$73,031$133,083

Median home value

$2,000,001$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$3,013$2,170

Toro Canyon

Population

1,7281,736

Median household income

$141,136$177,879

Median home value

$1,791,700$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$3,167$2,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Summerland	Toro Canyon
Under 5	7.1%	4.7%
5 to 17	11.9%	6.0%
18 to 24	5.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	3.5%	6.2%
35 to 44	6.7%	9.4%
45 to 54	21.6%	4.8%
55 to 64	14.8%	17.9%
65 to 74	11.9%	31.9%
75 and over	16.9%	19.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Summerland	Toro Canyon
White (non-Hispanic)	52.2%	67.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	14.6%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.8%	7.5%
Two or more races	2.5%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	26.8%	18.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Summerland	Toro Canyon
No high school diploma	7.2%	5.9%
High school graduate	24.7%	7.1%
Some college or associate's	13.8%	18.9%
Bachelor's degree	26.9%	26.9%
Graduate or professional degree	27.4%	41.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Summerland	Toro Canyon
Drove alone	50.0%	50.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	18.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	8.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	50.0%	20.4%
Other means	0.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Summerland	Toro Canyon
1-unit, detached	73.1%	82.8%
1-unit, attached	9.2%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	11.2%	6.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Summerland	Toro Canyon
Poverty rate	5.4%	4.7%
Average household size	2.35	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	23	30
Median year structure built	1968	1979