What is the median rent in Santa Paula, CA?

Name: Median rent in Santa Paula, CA, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Santa Paula, CA is $1,736 (±$72) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 4,129 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

In Santa Paula, the median gross rent went from $1,277 in 2015–2019 to $1,736 in 2020–2024 (+35.9%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years, so it rose faster than prices: a measurable increase after inflation.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $1,736 (±$72)
Rented homes: 4,129 (±462)
$2,000 or more: 27.9%
Since 2015–2019: +35.9%

How much rent costs in Santa Paula

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Santa Paula	Ventura County	California	United States
Less than $500	4.0% (±2.7 points)	3.4%	3.6%	6.3%
$500 to $999	5.2% (±2.3 points)	4.6%	7.2%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	21.1% (±5.5 points)	9.9%	16.2%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	41.9% (±6.8 points)	18.3%	21.5%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	16.1% (±5.7 points)	21.9%	19.8%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	7.6% (±4.4 points)	18.3%	12.5%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	4.2% (±2.5 points)	23.7%	19.1%	6.8%

The most common range is $1,500 to $1,999, paid by 41.9% of renting households.

27.9% of rented homes in Santa Paula cost $2,000 or more a month.

Santa Paula against Ventura County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Santa Paula	Ventura County	California	United States
Median gross rent	$1,736 (±$72)	$2,317 (±$25)	$2,036 (±$5)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	4,129 (±462)	95,207 (±1,858)	5,783,331 (±22,650)	42,849,984

In Santa Paula, median gross rent is lower than in Ventura County ($2,317).

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

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

In Ventura County, Santa Paula ranks 21 of 22 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 584 of 1,010.

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

How rent in Santa Paula has changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
	2015–2019	2020–2024	Amount of change	Verdict
Median gross rent	$1,277 (±$52)	$1,736 (±$72)	+35.9%	Up after inflation
Households that rent	45.9% (±3.3 points)	44.1% (±4.1 points)	−1.8 percentage points	Not a measurable change
Rental vacancy rate	3.4% (±2.1 points)	2.9% (±1.7 points)	−0.5 percentage points	Not a measurable change

The Census Bureau publishes 2015–2019 dollars in 2019 dollars and 2020–2024 dollars in 2024 dollars.

Prices (the CPI-U, US Bureau of Labor Statistics) rose 22.7% between 2019 and 2024, so a dollar figure’s verdict compares the two after raising the earlier one by that much, using the Census Bureau’s test for a difference.

The two periods do not overlap, as the Census Bureau recommends for 5-year estimates.

Median gross rent in places near Santa Paula

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Santa Paula
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Santa Paula	—	$1,736 (±$72)	—
Saticoy	6.6 mi	$2,292 (±$1,346)	Not measurably different
Somis	7.3 mi	$2,548 (±$375)	Higher
Fillmore	9.0 mi	$1,870 (±$234)	Not measurably different
El Rio	9.2 mi	$2,089 (±$586)	Not measurably different
Camarillo	9.4 mi	$2,734 (±$100)	Higher
Moorpark	12 mi	$2,559 (±$190)	Higher
Santa Rosa Valley	12 mi	$2,846 (±$1,298)	Not measurably different
Ojai	12 mi	$1,955 (±$248)	Not measurably different

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Somis, CA ($2,548), Camarillo, CA ($2,734), Moorpark, CA ($2,559).

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

Median gross rent across Ventura County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
15	San Buenaventura (Ventura)	$2,198 (±$47)
16	El Rio	$2,089 (±$586)
17	Oxnard	$2,032 (±$63)
18	Mira Monte	$2,017 (±$729)
19	Ojai	$1,955 (±$248)
20	Fillmore	$1,870 (±$234)
21	Santa Paula	$1,736 (±$72)
22	Piru	$1,490 (±$307)

Showing 8 of 22 places in Ventura County, ranked from highest to lowest.

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 Santa Paula

What is the average rent in Santa Paula, CA?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Santa Paula is $1,736 (±$72) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

How much has rent gone up in Santa Paula?

In Santa Paula, the median gross rent went from $1,277 in 2015–2019 to $1,736 in 2020–2024 (+35.9%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years, so it rose faster than prices: a measurable increase after inflation.

How many rentals in Santa Paula cost more than $2,000 a month?

27.9% of rented homes in Santa Paula have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 4.0% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Santa Paula higher than in Ventura County?

In Santa Paula, median gross rent is lower than in Ventura County ($2,317).

It is also lower 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 Santa Paula city, California (place:70042, 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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Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.