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Baytown vs Santa Barbara

Baytown, TX compared with Santa Barbara, CA · 1,480 miles apart

Baytown has 86,561 residents to Santa Barbara’s 86,422. Baytown comes out ahead on median rent, homeownership, price to income. Santa Barbara does better on median household income, average commute, bachelor's degree +.

Baytown, TX Santa Barbara, CA
Population 86,561 86,422
Density (per sq mi) 2,164 4,434
Median household income $59,910 $106,182
Median home value $197,300 $1,570,800
Median rent $1,307 $2,413
Homeownership 52.3% 39.9%
Average commute 25.4 min 17.3 min
Median age 34 39.7
Bachelor's degree + 14.8% 51.9%
Poverty rate 18.2% 14%
Unemployment 10.2% 5.8%
Price to income 3.3× 14.8×

Highlighted where one city is clearly better on that measure. Population, density, home value and median age carry no highlight — a higher number there is good or bad depending on what you want.

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