Charter Oak vs Malibu

A side-by-side comparison of Charter Oak and Malibu: population, income, housing, and more.

Charter Oak and Malibu are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Malibu has the higher population (10,516 vs 9,414 in Charter Oak). Malibu has the higher median household income ($192,159 vs $84,101 in Charter Oak). Malibu has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $601,900 in Charter Oak).

Population, income & housing

	Charter Oak	Malibu
Population	9,414	10,516
Median age	39.3 yrs	50.7 yrs
Median household income	$84,101	$192,159
Median home value	$601,900	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$1,838	$3,501
Housing units	3,265	6,430
Homeownership rate	61.4%	73.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.1%	71.6%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Charter Oak	Malibu
Population	10,048 → 9,414 (-6.3%)	12,620 → 10,516 (-16.7%)
Median household income	$74,503 → $84,101 (+12.9%)	$150,747 → $192,159 (+27.5%)
Median home value	$423,400 → $601,900 (+42.2%)	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,804 → $1,838 (+1.9%)	$2,403 → $3,501 (+45.7%)

Charter Oak

Population

10,0489,414

Median household income

$74,503$84,101

Median home value

$423,400$601,900

Median gross rent

$1,804$1,838

Malibu

Population

12,62010,516

Median household income

$150,747$192,159

Median home value

$2,000,001$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$2,403$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Charter Oak	Malibu
Under 5	5.2%	2.5%
5 to 17	13.4%	16.3%
18 to 24	9.8%	7.6%
25 to 34	15.8%	8.2%
35 to 44	13.9%	9.4%
45 to 54	14.4%	10.5%
55 to 64	14.8%	17.0%
65 to 74	8.2%	18.2%
75 and over	4.7%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Charter Oak	Malibu
White (non-Hispanic)	18.3%	79.5%
Black or African American	9.1%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	9.6%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.8%
Two or more races	2.1%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	60.1%	9.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Charter Oak	Malibu
No high school diploma	12.4%	1.5%
High school graduate	25.5%	7.8%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	19.2%
Bachelor's degree	23.6%	38.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	33.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Charter Oak	Malibu
Drove alone	72.2%	52.8%
Carpooled	11.7%	4.0%
Public transit	0.6%	0.6%
Walked	3.4%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	10.8%	39.2%
Other means	1.3%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Charter Oak	Malibu
1-unit, detached	48.2%	61.9%
1-unit, attached	8.6%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	11.7%	5.8%
20 or more units	14.9%	8.3%
Mobile home & other	9.6%	13.0%

Poverty & households

	Charter Oak	Malibu
Poverty rate	10.4%	12.5%
Average household size	2.95	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	31	33
Median year structure built	1971	1975