Charter Oak vs Topanga

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

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

Charter Oak has the higher population (9,414 vs 8,781 in Topanga). Topanga has the higher median household income ($142,553 vs $84,101 in Charter Oak). Topanga has the higher median home value ($1,643,000 vs $601,900 in Charter Oak).

Population, income & housing

	Charter Oak	Topanga
Population	9,414	8,781
Median age	39.3 yrs	46.0 yrs
Median household income	$84,101	$142,553
Median home value	$601,900	$1,643,000
Median gross rent	$1,838	$3,501
Housing units	3,265	3,563
Homeownership rate	61.4%	77.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.1%	61.6%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Charter Oak	Topanga
Population	10,048 → 9,414 (-6.3%)	7,900 → 8,781 (+11.2%)
Median household income	$74,503 → $84,101 (+12.9%)	$128,546 → $142,553 (+10.9%)
Median home value	$423,400 → $601,900 (+42.2%)	$1,064,400 → $1,643,000 (+54.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,804 → $1,838 (+1.9%)	$3,088 → $3,501 (+13.4%)

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

Topanga

Population

7,9008,781

Median household income

$128,546$142,553

Median home value

$1,064,400$1,643,000

Median gross rent

$3,088$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Charter Oak	Topanga
Under 5	5.2%	5.2%
5 to 17	13.4%	15.3%
18 to 24	9.8%	5.6%
25 to 34	15.8%	8.0%
35 to 44	13.9%	13.0%
45 to 54	14.4%	14.3%
55 to 64	14.8%	17.0%
65 to 74	8.2%	11.2%
75 and over	4.7%	10.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Charter Oak	Topanga
White (non-Hispanic)	18.3%	69.1%
Black or African American	9.1%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	9.6%	9.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	4.2%
Two or more races	2.1%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	60.1%	10.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Charter Oak	Topanga
No high school diploma	12.4%	2.5%
High school graduate	25.5%	8.1%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	23.6%	28.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	33.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Charter Oak	Topanga
Drove alone	72.2%	52.2%
Carpooled	11.7%	5.7%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	10.8%	33.3%
Other means	1.3%	6.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Charter Oak	Topanga
1-unit, detached	48.2%	89.1%
1-unit, attached	8.6%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	11.7%	1.4%
20 or more units	14.9%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	9.6%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Charter Oak	Topanga
Poverty rate	10.4%	6.7%
Average household size	2.95	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	31	30
Median year structure built	1971	1971