Camarillo vs Santa Paula

A side-by-side comparison of Camarillo and Santa Paula: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Camarillo has the higher population (70,244 vs 31,202 in Santa Paula). Camarillo has the higher median household income ($109,390 vs $77,130 in Santa Paula). Camarillo has the higher median home value ($766,100 vs $559,300 in Santa Paula).

Population, income & housing

	Camarillo	Santa Paula
Population	70,244	31,202
Median age	41.2 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$109,390	$77,130
Median home value	$766,100	$559,300
Median gross rent	$2,650	$1,698
Housing units	27,412	9,913
Homeownership rate	64.5%	53.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.4%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Camarillo	Santa Paula
Population	68,122 → 70,244 (+3.1%)	30,098 → 31,202 (+3.7%)
Median household income	$93,512 → $109,390 (+17.0%)	$60,468 → $77,130 (+27.6%)
Median home value	$602,000 → $766,100 (+27.3%)	$383,700 → $559,300 (+45.8%)
Median gross rent	$2,006 → $2,650 (+32.1%)	$1,277 → $1,698 (+33.0%)

Camarillo

Population

68,12270,244

Median household income

$93,512$109,390

Median home value

$602,000$766,100

Median gross rent

$2,006$2,650

Santa Paula

Population

30,09831,202

Median household income

$60,468$77,130

Median home value

$383,700$559,300

Median gross rent

$1,277$1,698

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Camarillo	Santa Paula
Under 5	5.8%	7.3%
5 to 17	14.6%	18.6%
18 to 24	8.0%	10.6%
25 to 34	13.9%	13.2%
35 to 44	12.3%	15.6%
45 to 54	10.7%	11.7%
55 to 64	12.8%	8.6%
65 to 74	12.3%	7.7%
75 and over	9.5%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Camarillo	Santa Paula
White (non-Hispanic)	50.3%	14.6%
Black or African American	3.1%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	10.7%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	1.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	30.8%	80.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Camarillo	Santa Paula
No high school diploma	6.1%	35.3%
High school graduate	17.5%	21.0%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	26.4%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	17.1%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Camarillo	Santa Paula
Drove alone	75.1%	74.6%
Carpooled	5.7%	17.0%
Public transit	0.5%	0.4%
Walked	1.8%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.2%
Worked from home	15.8%	4.6%
Other means	0.7%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Camarillo	Santa Paula
1-unit, detached	57.6%	59.1%
1-unit, attached	19.0%	8.2%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	11.3%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	8.0%
20 or more units	10.2%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	10.4%

Poverty & households

	Camarillo	Santa Paula
Poverty rate	7.5%	15.3%
Average household size	2.66	3.30
Mean commute (minutes)	23	27
Median year structure built	1982	1970