Piru vs Santa Susana

A side-by-side comparison of Piru and Santa Susana: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Piru has the higher population (2,283 vs 983 in Santa Susana). Piru has the higher median household income ($96,765 vs $95,329 in Santa Susana). Santa Susana has the higher median home value ($697,200 vs $586,400 in Piru).

Population, income & housing

	Piru	Santa Susana
Population	2,283	983
Median age	32.9 yrs	46.9 yrs
Median household income	$96,765	$95,329
Median home value	$586,400	$697,200
Median gross rent	$1,452	—
Housing units	662	452
Homeownership rate	61.8%	87.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.9%	28.0%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Piru	Santa Susana
Population	1,805 → 2,283 (+26.5%)	935 → 983 (+5.1%)
Median household income	$47,216 → $96,765 (+104.9%)	$82,794 → $95,329 (+15.1%)
Median home value	$341,400 → $586,400 (+71.8%)	$588,000 → $697,200 (+18.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,211 → $1,452 (+19.9%)	$1,470 → $1,634 (+11.2%)

Piru

Population

1,8052,283

Median household income

$47,216$96,765

Median home value

$341,400$586,400

Median gross rent

$1,211$1,452

Santa Susana

Population

935983

Median household income

$82,794$95,329

Median home value

$588,000$697,200

Median gross rent

$1,470$1,634

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Piru	Santa Susana
Under 5	8.8%	2.0%
5 to 17	15.0%	19.2%
18 to 24	11.9%	1.0%
25 to 34	15.6%	15.0%
35 to 44	12.7%	3.0%
45 to 54	4.1%	26.1%
55 to 64	15.1%	12.0%
65 to 74	14.2%	12.3%
75 and over	2.6%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Piru	Santa Susana
White (non-Hispanic)	9.9%	87.0%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	86.9%	8.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Piru	Santa Susana
No high school diploma	31.8%	18.8%
High school graduate	28.1%	21.2%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Piru	Santa Susana
Drove alone	65.6%	73.1%
Carpooled	21.5%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	22.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Piru	Santa Susana
1-unit, detached	69.9%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	8.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Piru	Santa Susana
Poverty rate	6.8%	6.7%
Average household size	3.95	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	32	31
Median year structure built	1993	1967