Capitola vs Interlaken

A side-by-side comparison of Capitola and Interlaken: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Capitola has the higher population (9,813 vs 8,191 in Interlaken). Interlaken has the higher median household income ($111,021 vs $96,412 in Capitola). Interlaken has the higher median home value ($787,400 vs $746,000 in Capitola).

Population, income & housing

	Capitola	Interlaken
Population	9,813	8,191
Median age	46.3 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$96,412	$111,021
Median home value	$746,000	$787,400
Median gross rent	$2,376	$2,080
Housing units	5,086	2,103
Homeownership rate	50.3%	68.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.6%	18.0%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Capitola	Interlaken
Population	10,121 → 9,813 (-3.0%)	7,817 → 8,191 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$71,059 → $96,412 (+35.7%)	$75,488 → $111,021 (+47.1%)
Median home value	$721,900 → $746,000 (+3.3%)	$543,400 → $787,400 (+44.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,780 → $2,376 (+33.5%)	$1,711 → $2,080 (+21.6%)

Capitola

Population

10,1219,813

Median household income

$71,059$96,412

Median home value

$721,900$746,000

Median gross rent

$1,780$2,376

Interlaken

Population

7,8178,191

Median household income

$75,488$111,021

Median home value

$543,400$787,400

Median gross rent

$1,711$2,080

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Capitola	Interlaken
Under 5	3.8%	7.9%
5 to 17	12.8%	19.6%
18 to 24	6.3%	11.4%
25 to 34	11.6%	10.6%
35 to 44	14.8%	12.9%
45 to 54	12.5%	11.0%
55 to 64	13.8%	12.6%
65 to 74	14.8%	7.8%
75 and over	9.7%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Capitola	Interlaken
White (non-Hispanic)	59.5%	18.6%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	4.4%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.0%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	31.3%	78.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Capitola	Interlaken
No high school diploma	9.0%	26.7%
High school graduate	13.5%	23.2%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	29.2%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	16.4%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Capitola	Interlaken
Drove alone	56.5%	70.2%
Carpooled	4.7%	15.1%
Public transit	1.1%	2.0%
Walked	6.1%	0.4%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.7%	9.0%
Other means	4.8%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Capitola	Interlaken
1-unit, detached	36.2%	87.1%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	27.5%	8.5%
5 to 19 units	12.2%	1.9%
20 or more units	6.7%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	11.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Capitola	Interlaken
Poverty rate	13.9%	8.2%
Average household size	2.13	3.83
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1975	1970