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Carpinteria vs Healdsburg

347 miles apart. The biggest differences: street grid (2.6× in Healdsburg) and trails (+85% in Carpinteria).

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Carpinteria, CAHomes around $1.52MCalifornia · 13,036 people
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Healdsburg, CAHomes around $1.1MCalifornia · 11,243 people
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Where each one shines

Two towns, two different strengths

What each town does better than most of its state (not better than each other). Tap one to see the page behind it.

CarpinteriaHomes around $1.52M
Housing$1.52M typical home99% above the CA typical home SchoolsBetter than 50%of CA districts HealthHealthier than 78%of U.S. towns on CDC estimates All about Carpinteria →
HealdsburgHomes around $1.1M
Housing$1.1M typical home43% above the CA typical home Schools#193 for schools in CAof 574 towns Outdoors#347 most conserved land in CA4.6 miles of trails across 7 parks and preserves All about Healdsburg →
The biggest differences

Where they differ most

The rows below where the towns are furthest apart, beyond the Census margin of error. The full table is further down.

Street grid2.6×
Healdsburg has the more walkable street grid
Healdsburg 82.0Carpinteria 31.8
Trails+85%
Carpinteria has more miles of trail
Carpinteria 8.5 miHealdsburg 4.6 mi
Average commute6 min
Healdsburg has the shorter commute
Carpinteria 25 minHealdsburg 19 min
★ What stands out · Monthly cost

A typical home costs $2,350 more a month in Carpinteria

A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Carpinteria$8,740/mo
Typical home $1.52M (Zillow) · tax rate 0.60% · or rent about $2,377/mo · Housing →
Healdsburg$6,390/mo
Typical home $1.1M (Zillow) · tax rate 0.71% · or rent about $2,158/mo · Housing →

The difference: $2,350 a month, about $28,200 a year, between Carpinteria and Healdsburg.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Report cards

Healdsburg places higher on 12 of 22 CA lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every California ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety
C+CarpinteriaSafer than 42% of U.S. towns C+HealdsburgSafer than 37% of U.S. towns
Schools
B−CarpinteriaBetter than 50% of districts in the state B−HealdsburgBetter than 54% of districts in the state
Health
A−CarpinteriaHealthier than 78% of U.S. towns B+HealdsburgHealthier than 74% of U.S. towns
9Carpinteria
12Healdsburg

Lists won, of 22 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most new homesHousing · 438 towns #298#9 Lowest depressionHealth · 844 towns #184#568 Most walkableOutdoors · 841 towns #671#354 Highest graduation rateSchools · 720 towns #211#443 Shortest commuteGetting around · 843 towns #260#57 Most remote workersWork · 801 towns #306#143 Fewest smokersHealth · 844 towns #158#329 Best schoolsSchools · 574 towns #293#193

Left end = #1 in California. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Carpinteria’s rankings →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons
CarpinteriaHealdsburg
Snow a year0″0″
January low47°F39°F
July high76°F89°F
Growing season (days)365d292d
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)98th94th
Outdoors & history
CarpinteriaHealdsburg
Trails9 mi5 mi
Conserved land3%5.9%
Settled—1857
National Register places—3
Archive photos45
Famous people born here613
Community
CarpinteriaHealdsburg
Library hours a week42 hrs52 hrs
Posts this month00
Neighbors joined10

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

347 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

CarpinteriaCAHealdsburgCA
Carpinteria ↔ Healdsburg347 miles apart
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What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

CarpinteriaHealdsburg
People
Population 13,036Highest 11,243Lowest
Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +1.7%Highest CA: +6.1% +0.8%Lowest CA: +6.1%
Median age 44.8±3.9Highest 18% above CA 44.6±3.3Lowest 18% above CA
Carpinteria and Healdsburg are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 18 20.1%±3.3Highest CA: 22% 17.5%±3.1Lowest CA: 22%
Carpinteria and Healdsburg are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+ 24.3%±3.3Highest CA: 15.7% 22.6%±2.9Lowest CA: 15.7%
Carpinteria and Healdsburg are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 44%Highest CA: 37.1% 40.6%Lowest CA: 37.1%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6.5%±1.9Highest CA: 7.6% 5.1%±1.9Lowest CA: 7.6%
Carpinteria and Healdsburg are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Cost of living
Household incomemedian $100,658±$12kLowest about the CA average $103,554±$8kHighest 4% above CA
Healdsburg and Carpinteria are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $1,043,100±$73kHighest 42% above CA $950,100±$32kLowest 29% above CA
Carpinteria and Healdsburg are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Rentmedian gross, monthly $2,377±$149Highest 17% above CA $2,158±$271Lowest 6% above CA
Carpinteria and Healdsburg are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Property taxmedian, yearly $6,258Lowest 22% above CA $6,780Highest 32% above CA
Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 65%±12.3Highest CA: 55.3% 54%±5.3Lowest CA: 55.3%
Carpinteria and Healdsburg are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Below poverty line 7%Lowest CA: 12% 11.6%Highest CA: 12%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes 61.5%Highest CA: 55.9% 60.1%Lowest CA: 55.9%
Typical home builtmedian year 1975Lowest 1 yr older than CA 1981Highest 5 yrs newer than CA
Getting to work
Average commuteone way 25 minHighest 13% below CA 19 minLowest 35% below CA
Work from home 16.4%±4Lowest CA: 17.2% 24.6%±5.3Highest CA: 17.2%
Healdsburg and Carpinteria are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Work in townworking residents 17.7%Lowest 21.1%Highest
Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 12.3 miLowest 13.8 miHighest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.12Lowest 1.30Highest
Top workplaceoutside town Santa Barbara (25%)Santa Rosa (14%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in HealdsburgFew work in Carpinteria
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 3%Lowest 5.9%Highest
Trailsmapped miles 8.5 miHighest 4.6 miLowest
Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.9 miLowest 1.0 miHighest
Parks & preservesnamed on the map 13Highest 7Lowest
Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 31.8Lowest 82.0Highest
Schools
Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #293 of 574 in CA#193 of 574 in CA
School district Carpinteria UnifiedHealdsburg Unified
High school in town Carpinteria Senior HighHealdsburg High
Students per teacherat that high school 18.2Highest 17.1Lowest
California average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

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