University of California-Santa Barbara vs Vandenberg Village

A side-by-side comparison of University of California-Santa Barbara and Vandenberg Village: population, income, housing, and more.

University of California-Santa Barbara and Vandenberg Village are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

University of California-Santa Barbara has the higher population (11,634 vs 6,793 in Vandenberg Village). Vandenberg Village has the higher median household income ($104,714 vs $75,000 in University of California-Santa Barbara). Vandenberg Village has the higher median home value ($577,500 vs $452,600 in University of California-Santa Barbara).

Population, income & housing

	University of California-Santa Barbara	Vandenberg Village
Population	11,634	6,793
Median age	19.9 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$75,000	$104,714
Median home value	$452,600	$577,500
Median gross rent	$1,512	$2,272
Housing units	721	2,761
Homeownership rate	17.3%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	76.5%	33.7%
Unemployment rate	14.5%	9.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	University of California-Santa Barbara	Vandenberg Village
Population	11,671 → 11,634 (-0.3%)	8,114 → 6,793 (-16.3%)
Median household income	$70,948 → $75,000 (+5.7%)	$91,618 → $104,714 (+14.3%)
Median home value	$436,500 → $452,600 (+3.7%)	$391,000 → $577,500 (+47.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,285 → $1,512 (+17.7%)	$1,798 → $2,272 (+26.4%)

University of California-Santa Barbara

Population

11,67111,634

Median household income

$70,948$75,000

Median home value

$436,500$452,600

Median gross rent

$1,285$1,512

Vandenberg Village

Population

8,1146,793

Median household income

$91,618$104,714

Median home value

$391,000$577,500

Median gross rent

$1,798$2,272

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	University of California-Santa Barbara	Vandenberg Village
Under 5	1.0%	4.0%
5 to 17	2.9%	16.6%
18 to 24	79.5%	9.0%
25 to 34	12.8%	9.5%
35 to 44	0.9%	11.9%
45 to 54	0.5%	10.9%
55 to 64	1.8%	16.2%
65 to 74	0.4%	10.2%
75 and over	0.0%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	University of California-Santa Barbara	Vandenberg Village
White (non-Hispanic)	45.2%	61.4%
Black or African American	1.3%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.4%
Asian	30.7%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.2%
Some other race	1.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.5%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	15.9%	31.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	University of California-Santa Barbara	Vandenberg Village
No high school diploma	2.6%	5.9%
High school graduate	2.5%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	18.4%	36.9%
Bachelor's degree	30.8%	22.4%
Graduate or professional degree	45.6%	11.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	University of California-Santa Barbara	Vandenberg Village
Drove alone	20.1%	82.0%
Carpooled	4.7%	7.1%
Public transit	6.8%	1.1%
Walked	23.7%	2.4%
Bicycle	26.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.7%	6.3%
Other means	1.1%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	University of California-Santa Barbara	Vandenberg Village
1-unit, detached	6.0%	82.2%
1-unit, attached	23.0%	9.9%
2 to 4 units	17.1%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	47.0%	2.1%
20 or more units	6.9%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	University of California-Santa Barbara	Vandenberg Village
Poverty rate	15.1%	3.6%
Average household size	2.38	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	15	23
Median year structure built	1981	1969