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 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.
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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 people who work leave Saticoy to do it: just 1% work in town. For Saticoy, the average commute is 21 minutes. Jobs in Saticoy grew by 86 from 2013 to 2023, reaching 1,072. The top destinations are Los Angeles (15%), San Buenaventura (Ventura) (14%) and Oxnard (12%).
| 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
The FEMA risk score for Saticoy comes to 97 of 100, against 88 of 100 in California’s towns and 44 of 100 across U.S. towns. Expected losses in Saticoy break down as 81% from earthquakes and 18% from inland flooding.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
In Saticoy, just over a quarter of adults say their health is fair or poor. Against the California average, Saticoy comes out ahead on 7 CDC measures out of 32, and behind on 5. Among adults in the town, 27% have high blood pressure and 23% worry about having enough food.
| 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
Trails total 0.1 miles in 1 park or preserve. In Saticoy, the concentration of trails is 0.3 miles per square mile. Also worth knowing: this California town has one park or preserve, 4 acres in all.
| 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+.
