Santa Susana vs Somis

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

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

Somis has the higher population (1,260 vs 983 in Santa Susana). Somis has the higher median household income ($144,018 vs $95,329 in Santa Susana). Somis has the higher median home value ($1,158,700 vs $697,200 in Santa Susana).

Population, income & housing

	Santa Susana	Somis
Population	983	1,260
Median age	46.9 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$95,329	$144,018
Median home value	$697,200	$1,158,700
Median gross rent	—	$2,616
Housing units	452	491
Homeownership rate	87.1%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.0%	47.4%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Santa Susana	Somis
Population	935 → 983 (+5.1%)	1,189 → 1,260 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$82,794 → $95,329 (+15.1%)	$101,875 → $144,018 (+41.4%)
Median home value	$588,000 → $697,200 (+18.6%)	$848,300 → $1,158,700 (+36.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,470 → $1,634 (+11.2%)	$2,043 → $2,616 (+28.0%)

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

Somis

Population

1,1891,260

Median household income

$101,875$144,018

Median home value

$848,300$1,158,700

Median gross rent

$2,043$2,616

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Santa Susana	Somis
Under 5	2.0%	9.8%
5 to 17	19.2%	10.1%
18 to 24	1.0%	5.6%
25 to 34	15.0%	14.0%
35 to 44	3.0%	11.7%
45 to 54	26.1%	5.8%
55 to 64	12.0%	20.6%
65 to 74	12.3%	12.3%
75 and over	9.4%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Santa Susana	Somis
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	63.6%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	30.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Santa Susana	Somis
No high school diploma	18.8%	6.0%
High school graduate	21.2%	8.4%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.6%	32.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	14.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Santa Susana	Somis
Drove alone	73.1%	71.2%
Carpooled	4.4%	6.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.5%	18.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Santa Susana	Somis
1-unit, detached	100.0%	95.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Santa Susana	Somis
Poverty rate	6.7%	2.9%
Average household size	2.34	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	31	25
Median year structure built	1967	1978