Port Hueneme vs Santa Paula

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

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

Santa Paula has the higher population (31,202 vs 21,691 in Port Hueneme). Santa Paula has the higher median household income ($77,130 vs $76,655 in Port Hueneme). Santa Paula has the higher median home value ($559,300 vs $556,200 in Port Hueneme).

Population, income & housing

	Port Hueneme	Santa Paula
Population	21,691	31,202
Median age	36.1 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$76,655	$77,130
Median home value	$556,200	$559,300
Median gross rent	$2,106	$1,698
Housing units	8,471	9,913
Homeownership rate	46.1%	53.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Port Hueneme	Santa Paula
Population	22,156 → 21,691 (-2.1%)	30,098 → 31,202 (+3.7%)
Median household income	$64,126 → $76,655 (+19.5%)	$60,468 → $77,130 (+27.6%)
Median home value	$412,200 → $556,200 (+34.9%)	$383,700 → $559,300 (+45.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,640 → $2,106 (+28.4%)	$1,277 → $1,698 (+33.0%)

Port Hueneme

Population

22,15621,691

Median household income

$64,126$76,655

Median home value

$412,200$556,200

Median gross rent

$1,640$2,106

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)

	Port Hueneme	Santa Paula
Under 5	5.9%	7.3%
5 to 17	15.8%	18.6%
18 to 24	9.7%	10.6%
25 to 34	16.7%	13.2%
35 to 44	16.0%	15.6%
45 to 54	9.4%	11.7%
55 to 64	11.5%	8.6%
65 to 74	8.2%	7.7%
75 and over	6.7%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Port Hueneme	Santa Paula
White (non-Hispanic)	28.7%	14.6%
Black or African American	2.4%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	3.1%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	1.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	61.3%	80.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Port Hueneme	Santa Paula
No high school diploma	19.1%	35.3%
High school graduate	23.5%	21.0%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Port Hueneme	Santa Paula
Drove alone	74.5%	74.6%
Carpooled	12.7%	17.0%
Public transit	0.8%	0.4%
Walked	3.3%	2.5%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	7.2%	4.6%
Other means	0.4%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Port Hueneme	Santa Paula
1-unit, detached	37.0%	59.1%
1-unit, attached	30.3%	8.2%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	11.3%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	8.0%
20 or more units	11.6%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	10.4%

Poverty & households

	Port Hueneme	Santa Paula
Poverty rate	10.8%	15.3%
Average household size	2.82	3.30
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	1973	1970