Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Saticoy’s best subject grade is an A− for history; its weakest is a D− for hazard risk. On cost of living, just 20 of California’s 1,058 towns do better. On history, just 40 of California’s 1,063 towns do better. Saticoy has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Saticoy beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Saticoy Southern Pacific Railroad DepotWhere Saticoy’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far Saticoy is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 2 old photos and papers going back to 2014.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Saticoy. Close and well known come first.
Big draw33 mi Theme parkSix Flags Magic Mountain3.3M visitors a year
19 mi MuseumRonald Reagan Presidential Library
7 mi National ParkChannel Islands National Park227K visitors a year
37 mi MuseumGetty Villa454K visitors a year
26 mi LakeLake Piru
27 mi MountainPoint DumeSix Flags Magic Mountain: Alton, CC BY 3.0 · Ronald Reagan Presidential Library: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Channel Islands National Park: Copernicus Sentinel-2, ESA, CC BY-SA 3.0 igo · Getty Villa: Bobak Ha'Eri, CC BY 3.0 · Lake Piru: tomsaint11, CC BY 2.0 · Point Dume: OMCV, Public domain
Saticoy 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Saticoy.
Most working residents leave Saticoy for work: only 1% work in town. At 21 minutes, Saticoy’s average trip to work is against 28 minutes in California’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. Jobs based in Saticoy grew to 1,072 in 2023, 86 more than in 2013.
| Saticoy | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.9% | 6.6% | 8% |
| Median household income | $86,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 8.8% | 10% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 97% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Saticoy has warm winters and pleasant summers, with very little rain. At 79°F, Saticoy’s July high is below both California’s towns (89°F) and U.S. towns (85°F).
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Saticoy beats the California average on 7 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 5. 17% of adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance in Saticoy.
| Saticoy | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 9% | 8.1% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 70% | 72% | 79% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 31% | 35% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 16% | 14% |
| What stands out | Saticoy | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 4.3% | 6.4% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 7.3% | 10.6% |
| More uninsured adults | 17.2% | 10.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
0.1 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. The trail density in Saticoy is 0.3 miles per square mile.
| Saticoy | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 1.0 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1.5% | 4.3% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Saticoy Park | — | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
5 within 15 miles of the center of Saticoy
About 7 of every 100 Saticoy residents are enrolled in college, about the same as California.
1,029 counted in 2010 and 1,133 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
Place in California, United States
Saticoy ( ; Chumash: Sa'aqtik'oy) is an unincorporated community in Ventura County, California, United States. The site of one of the largest settlements of the Chumash region, a settlement was laid out in 1887 along the railroad line that was being built from Los Angeles through the Santa Clara River Valley to the town of San Buenaventura. Although the town was 10 miles (16 km) distant at that time, the City of Ventura grew to a point where only a small residential and commercial community is left outside the city limits. For statistical purposes, the United States Census Bureau has defined that community as a census-designated place (CDP). As of the 2020 census, Saticoy had a population o…
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One town shares a border with Saticoy.
| Town | CA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saticoy | — | — | B+ | — | B | B |
| San Buenaventura (Ventura) | #418 | C | D | C− | B | B+ |
Saticoy has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Saticoy reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Saticoy with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.
