What is the median rent in Eastern Goleta Valley, CA?

Name: Median rent in Eastern Goleta Valley, CA, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Eastern Goleta Valley, CA is $2,964 (±$327) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 2,513 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $2,964 (±$327)
Rented homes: 2,513 (±374)
$2,000 or more: 69.9%

How much rent costs in Eastern Goleta Valley

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Eastern Goleta Valley	Santa Barbara County	California	United States
Less than $500	2.7% (±2.2 points)	3.3%	3.6%	6.3%
$500 to $999	5.7% (±3.4 points)	5.1%	7.2%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	13.0% (±5.8 points)	13.5%	16.2%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	8.5% (±5.5 points)	22.5%	21.5%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	10.0% (±5.4 points)	21.5%	19.8%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	10.7% (±4.0 points)	12.5%	12.5%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	49.2% (±8.8 points)	21.6%	19.1%	6.8%

The most common range is $3,000 or more, paid by 49.2% of renting households.

69.9% of rented homes in Eastern Goleta Valley cost $2,000 or more a month.

Eastern Goleta Valley against Santa Barbara County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Eastern Goleta Valley	Santa Barbara County	California	United States
Median gross rent	$2,964 (±$327)	$2,131 (±$35)	$2,036 (±$5)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	2,513 (±374)	68,572 (±1,303)	5,783,331 (±22,650)	42,849,984

In Eastern Goleta Valley, median gross rent is higher than in Santa Barbara County ($2,131).

It is also higher than in California ($2,036).

It is higher than the national figure ($1,413).

In Santa Barbara County, Eastern Goleta Valley ranks 3 of 21 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 104 of 1,010.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

Median gross rent in places near Eastern Goleta Valley

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Eastern Goleta Valley
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Eastern Goleta Valley	—	$2,964 (±$327)	—
University of California-Santa Barbara	3.9 mi	$1,526 (±$111)	Lower
Mission Canyon	4.0 mi	$3,500 or more	—
Goleta	4.2 mi	$2,437 (±$120)	Lower
Isla Vista	4.8 mi	$1,878 (±$95)	Lower
Santa Barbara	4.9 mi	$2,413 (±$62)	Lower
Montecito	8.9 mi	$3,500 or more	—
Toro Canyon	13 mi	$2,179 (±$861)	Not measurably different
Carpinteria	17 mi	$2,377 (±$149)	Lower

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: University of California-Santa Barbara, CA ($1,526), Goleta, CA ($2,437), Isla Vista, CA ($1,878).

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Median gross rent across Santa Barbara County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
1 (tie)	Mission Canyon	$3,500 or more
1 (tie)	Montecito	$3,500 or more
3	Eastern Goleta Valley	$2,964 (±$327)
4	Los Alamos	$2,882 (±$1,104)
5	Vandenberg AFB	$2,747 (±$100)
6	Goleta	$2,437 (±$120)
7	Santa Barbara	$2,413 (±$62)
8	Carpinteria	$2,377 (±$149)
9	Vandenberg Village	$2,313 (±$115)

Showing 9 of 21 places in Santa Barbara County, ranked from highest to lowest.

Eastern Goleta Valley is a census-designated place: an unincorporated community the Census Bureau draws for statistics, with no municipal government of its own.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Eastern Goleta Valley

What is the average rent in Eastern Goleta Valley, CA?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Eastern Goleta Valley is $2,964 (±$327) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

How many rentals in Eastern Goleta Valley cost more than $2,000 a month?

69.9% of rented homes in Eastern Goleta Valley have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 2.7% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Eastern Goleta Valley higher than in Santa Barbara County?

In Eastern Goleta Valley, median gross rent is higher than in Santa Barbara County ($2,131).

It is also higher than in California ($2,036).

It is higher than the national figure ($1,413).

Is this the rent for an apartment listed today?

No: these are rents households reported paying across 2020–2024, not asking rents for vacant homes, which usually run higher.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Eastern Goleta Valley CDP, California (place:20574, in state:06).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25064_001E, B25064_001M, DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, DP04_0005E, DP04_0005M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0134E, DP04_0134M, DP04_0126E, DP04_0126M, DP04_0127PE, DP04_0127PM, DP04_0128PE, DP04_0128PM, DP04_0129PE, DP04_0129PM, DP04_0130PE, DP04_0130PM, DP04_0131PE, DP04_0131PM, DP04_0132PE, DP04_0132PM, DP04_0133PE, DP04_0133PM

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