Santa Clarita

Population & Demographics

Santa Clarita, CA

Santa Clarita is home to 230,221 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 114,531 resident workers commute each day.

CaliforniaCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
230,221
people
Population

230,221 residents

Median age 38.4 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Santa Clarita population & demographics

Who lives in Santa Clarita — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
230,221
Median age
38.4yrs
Median household income
$123,062
Median home value
$784,700
Median gross rent
$2,544/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
39.8%
Poverty rate
7.4%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Santa Clarita

How Santa Clarita breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White41.2%
Hispanic or Latino36.3%
Asian12.0%
Two or more races5.1%
Black4.3%
Some other race0.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%

Race across Santa Clarita

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Santa Clarita.

Santa Clarita at a glance
Employed Residents
114,531
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
24.4mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
21.4%
Share working within the area
Work from home
18.5%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Los Angeles
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Santa Clarita proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Santa Clarita commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

32 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Santa Clarita

114,531 commutes, one dot at a time

Santa Clarita

Where 114,531 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Santa Clarita, by worker count.

1Los Angeles24.4 mi36,099
2Santa Clarita0.0 mi24,566
3Burbank19.5 mi7,923
4Glendale22.5 mi2,041
5Pasadena28.2 mi1,382
6Palmdale25.7 mi1,112
7Lancaster27.2 mi1,038
8San Diego137.4 mi1,001

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Santa Clarita.

1Santa Clarita0.0 mi24,566
2Los Angeles24.4 mi14,872
3Palmdale25.7 mi3,090
4Lancaster27.2 mi2,052
5Castaic8.1 mi1,798
6Stevenson Ranch5.1 mi1,529
7Simi Valley16.9 mi1,177
8Oxnard41.7 mi629

Top industries

The sectors that employ Santa Clarita’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance16.9%
RTRetail Trade11.9%
AFAccommodation and Food Services11.2%
EDEducational Services10.8%
MFManufacturing9.4%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services8.4%
COConstruction6.7%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services5.6%
TRTransportation and Warehousing4.5%
Connectivity

Internet options for Santa Clarita

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

4 providers · 2 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps80%
5 Gbps80%
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Santa Clarita

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