Santa SusanaCA
A town of 1,235.
Is Santa Susana a good place to live?
Santa Susana’s best subject grades are an A− for health and incomes and an A for the outdoors; its weakest is a D− for hazard risk. Only 7 of the 848 California towns we compare have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Santa Susana. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 70% of U.S. towns. Santa Susana’s trail density is 2.2 miles per square mile, above both the California town median (1.0) and the median of U.S. towns (0.4). Santa Susana has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Santa Susana stand out
Where Santa Susana beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
1,235 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Santa Susana grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far Santa Susana is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Hollywood Walk of Fame and 183 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Santa Susana. Close and well known come first.
Big draw21 mi LandmarkHollywood Walk of Fame10.0M visitors a year
Big draw28 mi Stadium & arenaSoFi Stadium
Big draw27 mi MuseumLucas Museum of Narrative Art
Big draw27 mi Stadium & arenaLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
Big draw21 mi LandmarkHollywood Sign
Big draw12 mi Theme parkSix Flags Magic Mountain3.3M visitors a yearPhoto credits
Hollywood Walk of Fame: BenSherman, Public domain · SoFi Stadium: Thank You (21 Millions+) views, CC BY 2.0 · Lucas Museum of Narrative Art: Kriddl, CC0 · Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum: CanonStarGal, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Hollywood Sign: Thomas Wolf, www.foto-tw.de, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Six Flags Magic Mountain: Alton, CC BY 3.0
.jpg){kind=link}
.jpg){kind=link}
.jpg){kind=link}
Moving to Santa Susana: who provides what
Santa Susana is unincorporated, so Ventura County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Santa Susana.
Very high risk in Santa Susana, with inland flooding at the top
54% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by wildfires at 23%. Santa Susana’s FEMA hazard score stands at 98 of 100, against 88 of 100 in California’s towns and 44 of 100 across U.S. towns. One declared disaster, in 2022, has brought federal aid to Santa Susana households.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Residents of Santa Susana are healthier than four in five U.S. towns
In Santa Susana, a quarter of adults have obesity. Of 32 CDC measures, Santa Susana beats the California average on 14 and trails it on 2.
| Santa Susana | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 36% | 33% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 29% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 24% | 25% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 35% | 36% |
| What stands out | Santa Susana | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.2% | 10.6% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 5.6% | 10.6% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.6% | 6.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Santa Susana has 0.2 jobs per working resident, so most workers leave town for work
Half the trips to work are shorter than 13 miles. Since 2013, Santa Susana has added 24 jobs, to 96 in 2023. For residents locally, the share who live below the poverty line is 4.8%. The top destinations are Simi Valley (22%), Los Angeles (22%) and Thousand Oaks (9%).
| Santa Susana | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 4.8% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Mild winters and hot summers in Santa Susana
July afternoons reach 90°, January nights drop to 45° and snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Young adults are less common in Santa Susana than in California
Adults 18 to 34 are 20% of residents (24% statewide). Santa Susana’s age of the median resident comes in at 46.6 years. Among adults 25 and older locally, 38% hold a bachelor’s degree or more.
| Santa Susana | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 46.6 years | 39 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 38% | 29% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±8.2 points. Across California, 50.1% of residents are women. Among residents 18 to 24, 92% are men (CA 51%).
| Santa Susana | CA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.2% | 11.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.4% | 10.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.2% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.4% | 14.8% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 2.3% | 13.9% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 26% | 12.5% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 13.4% | 12.1% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 9.8% | 9.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.3% | 6.5% | 7% |
| No diploma | 20.2% | 15.3% | 10.4% |
| High school | 10.9% | 20.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 25.4% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 5.4% | 7.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 22.4% | 22.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 15.7% | 14.4% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,200, single groups can be off by several points
Santa Susana has set aside 4.5% of its land for conservation
There are 2.9 miles of trail across 3 parks and preserves. Parks and preserves in Santa Susana: 3, covering 37 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Rancho Simi RPD Open Space | 0.1 mi | 19 |
| 2. Santa Susana Park | 0.2 mi | 15 |
| 3. Knolls Park | 0.2 mi | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
A home in Santa Susana sells for about $968K at the median
91% of Santa Susana households own their home.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Santa Susana
Colleges nearby
13 within 15 miles of the center of Santa Susana
About 7 of every 100 Santa Susana residents are enrolled in college, about the same as California.
Santa Susana has grown 12% from 2010 to 2020
1,037 counted in 2010 and 1,160 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
About Santa Susana
Place in California, United States
Santa Susana (Spanish for "St. Susan") is a former railroad town located mostly within the City of Simi Valley. A small portion of the community, outside the Simi Valley city limits to the south of the Ventura County Metrolink rail line, is an unincorporated area and census-designated place (CDP). The community is in the eastern part of the Simi Valley. The town by the Santa Susana Mountains in the Simi Valley was founded in 1903, shortly after the Southern Pacific Company built the Santa Susana Depot. It is also spelled Santa Susanna, while it is currently more commonly referred to as the Santa Susana Knolls, which is the officially designated name, or the Simi Knolls. The name of Santa Su…
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 1.1 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,165 ft
Questions about Santa Susana
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Santa Susana, CA expensive?
The typical home is worth about $669,000, 12% below the California typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.