Capitola vs Live Oak

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

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

Live Oak has the higher population (16,866 vs 9,813 in Capitola). Live Oak has the higher median household income ($107,500 vs $96,412 in Capitola). Live Oak has the higher median home value ($975,900 vs $746,000 in Capitola).

Population, income & housing

	Capitola	Live Oak
Population	9,813	16,866
Median age	46.3 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$96,412	$107,500
Median home value	$746,000	$975,900
Median gross rent	$2,376	$2,414
Housing units	5,086	6,778
Homeownership rate	50.3%	60.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.6%	41.5%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Capitola	Live Oak
Population	10,121 → 9,813 (-3.0%)	16,837 → 16,866 (+0.2%)
Median household income	$71,059 → $96,412 (+35.7%)	$83,750 → $107,500 (+28.4%)
Median home value	$721,900 → $746,000 (+3.3%)	$718,600 → $975,900 (+35.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,780 → $2,376 (+33.5%)	$1,921 → $2,414 (+25.7%)

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

Live Oak

Population

16,83716,866

Median household income

$83,750$107,500

Median home value

$718,600$975,900

Median gross rent

$1,921$2,414

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Capitola	Live Oak
Under 5	3.8%	4.6%
5 to 17	12.8%	11.7%
18 to 24	6.3%	10.8%
25 to 34	11.6%	14.6%
35 to 44	14.8%	12.3%
45 to 54	12.5%	12.0%
55 to 64	13.8%	13.7%
65 to 74	14.8%	13.8%
75 and over	9.7%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Capitola	Live Oak
White (non-Hispanic)	59.5%	60.0%
Black or African American	0.3%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	4.4%	4.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.0%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	31.3%	28.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Capitola	Live Oak
No high school diploma	9.0%	9.6%
High school graduate	13.5%	16.5%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	29.2%	25.8%
Graduate or professional degree	16.4%	15.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Capitola	Live Oak
Drove alone	56.5%	63.3%
Carpooled	4.7%	12.2%
Public transit	1.1%	1.8%
Walked	6.1%	4.1%
Bicycle	1.2%	2.3%
Worked from home	25.7%	15.1%
Other means	4.8%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Capitola	Live Oak
1-unit, detached	36.2%	51.5%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	11.2%
2 to 4 units	27.5%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	12.2%	5.3%
20 or more units	6.7%	6.9%
Mobile home & other	11.0%	13.0%

Poverty & households

	Capitola	Live Oak
Poverty rate	13.9%	13.1%
Average household size	2.13	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1975	1979