Capitola vs Scotts Valley

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

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

Scotts Valley has the higher population (12,138 vs 9,813 in Capitola). Scotts Valley has the higher median household income ($140,887 vs $96,412 in Capitola). Scotts Valley has the higher median home value ($1,092,000 vs $746,000 in Capitola).

Population, income & housing

	Capitola	Scotts Valley
Population	9,813	12,138
Median age	46.3 yrs	47.8 yrs
Median household income	$96,412	$140,887
Median home value	$746,000	$1,092,000
Median gross rent	$2,376	$2,362
Housing units	5,086	5,440
Homeownership rate	50.3%	72.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.6%	54.4%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Capitola	Scotts Valley
Population	10,121 → 9,813 (-3.0%)	11,863 → 12,138 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$71,059 → $96,412 (+35.7%)	$108,289 → $140,887 (+30.1%)
Median home value	$721,900 → $746,000 (+3.3%)	$815,600 → $1,092,000 (+33.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,780 → $2,376 (+33.5%)	$1,975 → $2,362 (+19.6%)

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

Scotts Valley

Population

11,86312,138

Median household income

$108,289$140,887

Median home value

$815,600$1,092,000

Median gross rent

$1,975$2,362

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Capitola	Scotts Valley
Under 5	3.8%	5.1%
5 to 17	12.8%	11.7%
18 to 24	6.3%	7.8%
25 to 34	11.6%	9.2%
35 to 44	14.8%	12.1%
45 to 54	12.5%	11.9%
55 to 64	13.8%	18.0%
65 to 74	14.8%	12.9%
75 and over	9.7%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Capitola	Scotts Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	59.5%	74.4%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	4.4%	6.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.0%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	31.3%	13.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Capitola	Scotts Valley
No high school diploma	9.0%	4.7%
High school graduate	13.5%	10.2%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	29.2%	31.7%
Graduate or professional degree	16.4%	22.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Capitola	Scotts Valley
Drove alone	56.5%	66.7%
Carpooled	4.7%	3.6%
Public transit	1.1%	0.4%
Walked	6.1%	1.7%
Bicycle	1.2%	2.0%
Worked from home	25.7%	24.5%
Other means	4.8%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Capitola	Scotts Valley
1-unit, detached	36.2%	54.7%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	12.4%
2 to 4 units	27.5%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	12.2%	7.1%
20 or more units	6.7%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	11.0%	17.3%

Poverty & households

	Capitola	Scotts Valley
Poverty rate	13.9%	4.8%
Average household size	2.13	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1975	1985