Moorpark vs Santa Paula

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

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

Moorpark has the higher population (35,957 vs 31,202 in Santa Paula). Moorpark has the higher median household income ($149,403 vs $77,130 in Santa Paula). Moorpark has the higher median home value ($852,800 vs $559,300 in Santa Paula).

Population, income & housing

	Moorpark	Santa Paula
Population	35,957	31,202
Median age	38.3 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$149,403	$77,130
Median home value	$852,800	$559,300
Median gross rent	$2,657	$1,698
Housing units	11,481	9,913
Homeownership rate	78.9%	53.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.9%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Moorpark	Santa Paula
Population	36,372 → 35,957 (-1.1%)	30,098 → 31,202 (+3.7%)
Median household income	$107,820 → $149,403 (+38.6%)	$60,468 → $77,130 (+27.6%)
Median home value	$632,900 → $852,800 (+34.7%)	$383,700 → $559,300 (+45.8%)
Median gross rent	$2,052 → $2,657 (+29.5%)	$1,277 → $1,698 (+33.0%)

Moorpark

Population

36,37235,957

Median household income

$107,820$149,403

Median home value

$632,900$852,800

Median gross rent

$2,052$2,657

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)

	Moorpark	Santa Paula
Under 5	5.6%	7.3%
5 to 17	18.7%	18.6%
18 to 24	8.1%	10.6%
25 to 34	13.5%	13.2%
35 to 44	11.3%	15.6%
45 to 54	15.3%	11.7%
55 to 64	13.6%	8.6%
65 to 74	8.6%	7.7%
75 and over	5.4%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Moorpark	Santa Paula
White (non-Hispanic)	51.5%	14.6%
Black or African American	2.8%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	6.5%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	1.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	33.7%	80.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Moorpark	Santa Paula
No high school diploma	9.4%	35.3%
High school graduate	15.5%	21.0%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	29.6%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	15.2%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Moorpark	Santa Paula
Drove alone	72.6%	74.6%
Carpooled	8.2%	17.0%
Public transit	0.2%	0.4%
Walked	0.8%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.2%
Worked from home	17.6%	4.6%
Other means	0.4%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Moorpark	Santa Paula
1-unit, detached	76.2%	59.1%
1-unit, attached	9.7%	8.2%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	11.3%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	8.0%
20 or more units	3.2%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	10.4%

Poverty & households

	Moorpark	Santa Paula
Poverty rate	4.5%	15.3%
Average household size	3.22	3.30
Mean commute (minutes)	29	27
Median year structure built	1987	1970