ZIP 91321 vs ZIP 91350

This side-by-side compares ZIP 91321 (Newhall, CA) and ZIP 91350 (Santa Clarita, CA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 91321 has a population of 34,882 at 520 people per square mile, while ZIP 91350 has 33,348 at 760 per square mile. That difference in population size and density alone reshapes how every other metric should be interpreted — a higher-income ZIP with 1,200 residents behaves very differently from one with 45,000.

On income and education, ZIP 91321 reports a median household income of $91,092 against $140,110 in ZIP 91350, with per-capita income of $41,866 vs $52,239. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 32.4% in 91321 and 41.8% in 91350. Poverty rate reads 9.6% vs 5.8%, and unemployment 5.4% vs 4.4% — these four fields alone drive most of the difference in the scorecard grades you will see for each ZIP.

Housing separates these two ZIPs further: median home value sits at $691,600 in 91321 versus $801,300 in 91350, with median rent of $2,134 and $2,531 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 60.8% vs 82.5%. When reading the comparison table below, focus on paired metrics rather than single winners — a ZIP with lower home values and lower income is not strictly "worse" if rent-to-income ratios and commute times land in the same zone. Every value is pulled from the exact same ACS table so the two columns are genuinely comparable.