California · Census place 11446
Carpinteria city, CA
Quick answer
Carpinteria city has 13,100 residents, ranking #431 of 1618 places in California. Median household income is $104,233, the median home is worth $965,200 and median gross rent runs $2,341 a month.
- Population
- 13,100Carpinteria city residents
- Median household income
- $104,233Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $965,200Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $2,341Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 44.5 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 58.8%Owner-occupied households
What the numbers mean in Carpinteria city
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Carpinteria city median would spend about 27% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 9.3× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 6% of residents and 58.8% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
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