Santa Clara vs Washington

A side-by-side comparison of Santa Clara and Washington: population, income, housing, and more.

Santa Clara and Washington are places in Utah. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Washington has the higher population (30,686 vs 7,891 in Santa Clara). Washington has the higher median household income ($94,015 vs $93,083 in Santa Clara). Washington has the higher median home value ($511,100 vs $509,600 in Santa Clara).

Population, income & housing

	Santa Clara	Washington
Population	7,891	30,686
Median age	33.7 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$93,083	$94,015
Median home value	$509,600	$511,100
Median gross rent	$1,912	$1,581
Housing units	2,867	12,910
Homeownership rate	79.2%	75.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.3%	34.7%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Santa Clara	Washington
Population	7,495 → 7,891 (+5.3%)	26,583 → 30,686 (+15.4%)
Median household income	$83,326 → $93,083 (+11.7%)	$66,479 → $94,015 (+41.4%)
Median home value	$315,000 → $509,600 (+61.8%)	$291,900 → $511,100 (+75.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,445 → $1,912 (+32.3%)	$1,169 → $1,581 (+35.2%)

Santa Clara

Population

7,4957,891

Median household income

$83,326$93,083

Median home value

$315,000$509,600

Median gross rent

$1,445$1,912

Washington

Population

26,58330,686

Median household income

$66,479$94,015

Median home value

$291,900$511,100

Median gross rent

$1,169$1,581

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Santa Clara	Washington
Under 5	5.6%	6.0%
5 to 17	19.4%	20.1%
18 to 24	10.2%	7.1%
25 to 34	16.0%	12.2%
35 to 44	10.0%	14.1%
45 to 54	9.7%	10.4%
55 to 64	13.9%	10.0%
65 to 74	9.8%	11.3%
75 and over	5.4%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Santa Clara	Washington
White (non-Hispanic)	83.3%	77.1%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	2.5%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.4%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	16.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Santa Clara	Washington
No high school diploma	6.8%	5.9%
High school graduate	18.0%	20.7%
Some college or associate's	39.9%	38.7%
Bachelor's degree	24.0%	21.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	13.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Santa Clara	Washington
Drove alone	80.4%	78.1%
Carpooled	6.4%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	1.2%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	10.3%
Other means	2.1%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Santa Clara	Washington
1-unit, detached	82.6%	74.6%
1-unit, attached	10.3%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Santa Clara	Washington
Poverty rate	4.3%	4.5%
Average household size	3.25	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	22	17
Median year structure built	2002	2007