Citrus vs Malibu

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

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

Citrus has the higher population (10,813 vs 10,516 in Malibu). Malibu has the higher median household income ($192,159 vs $101,179 in Citrus). Malibu has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $614,200 in Citrus).

Population, income & housing

	Citrus	Malibu
Population	10,813	10,516
Median age	35.6 yrs	50.7 yrs
Median household income	$101,179	$192,159
Median home value	$614,200	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$2,204	$3,501
Housing units	2,714	6,430
Homeownership rate	69.9%	73.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.6%	71.6%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Citrus	Malibu
Population	10,150 → 10,813 (+6.5%)	12,620 → 10,516 (-16.7%)
Median household income	$78,865 → $101,179 (+28.3%)	$150,747 → $192,159 (+27.5%)
Median home value	$425,800 → $614,200 (+44.2%)	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,863 → $2,204 (+18.3%)	$2,403 → $3,501 (+45.7%)

Citrus

Population

10,15010,813

Median household income

$78,865$101,179

Median home value

$425,800$614,200

Median gross rent

$1,863$2,204

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)

	Citrus	Malibu
Under 5	3.9%	2.5%
5 to 17	17.5%	16.3%
18 to 24	11.7%	7.6%
25 to 34	15.6%	8.2%
35 to 44	15.1%	9.4%
45 to 54	12.9%	10.5%
55 to 64	11.9%	17.0%
65 to 74	8.2%	18.2%
75 and over	3.3%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Citrus	Malibu
White (non-Hispanic)	11.8%	79.5%
Black or African American	0.5%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.8%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	1.8%
Two or more races	2.0%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	78.9%	9.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Citrus	Malibu
No high school diploma	24.7%	1.5%
High school graduate	32.3%	7.8%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	19.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	38.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	33.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Citrus	Malibu
Drove alone	72.8%	52.8%
Carpooled	14.1%	4.0%
Public transit	1.8%	0.6%
Walked	0.7%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.3%
Worked from home	8.9%	39.2%
Other means	1.3%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Citrus	Malibu
1-unit, detached	88.2%	61.9%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	5.8%
20 or more units	3.5%	8.3%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	13.0%

Poverty & households

	Citrus	Malibu
Poverty rate	9.3%	12.5%
Average household size	3.97	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	34	33
Median year structure built	1957	1975