Bell Canyon vs Piru

A side-by-side comparison of Bell Canyon and Piru: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Piru has the higher population (2,283 vs 1,896 in Bell Canyon). Bell Canyon has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $96,765 in Piru). Bell Canyon has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $586,400 in Piru).

Population, income & housing

	Bell Canyon	Piru
Population	1,896	2,283
Median age	52.3 yrs	32.9 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$96,765
Median home value	$2,000,001	$586,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,452
Housing units	626	662
Homeownership rate	97.9%	61.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.6%	12.9%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bell Canyon	Piru
Population	2,109 → 1,896 (-10.1%)	1,805 → 2,283 (+26.5%)
Median household income	$212,045 → $250,001 (+17.9%)	$47,216 → $96,765 (+104.9%)
Median home value	$1,480,500 → $2,000,001 (+35.1%)	$341,400 → $586,400 (+71.8%)
Median gross rent	$2,917 → $3,417 (+17.1%)	$1,211 → $1,452 (+19.9%)

Bell Canyon

Population

2,1091,896

Median household income

$212,045$250,001

Median home value

$1,480,500$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$2,917$3,417

Piru

Population

1,8052,283

Median household income

$47,216$96,765

Median home value

$341,400$586,400

Median gross rent

$1,211$1,452

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bell Canyon	Piru
Under 5	1.1%	8.8%
5 to 17	16.8%	15.0%
18 to 24	14.0%	11.9%
25 to 34	4.3%	15.6%
35 to 44	4.2%	12.7%
45 to 54	13.4%	4.1%
55 to 64	25.5%	15.1%
65 to 74	9.8%	14.2%
75 and over	10.9%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bell Canyon	Piru
White (non-Hispanic)	70.2%	9.9%
Black or African American	0.7%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	17.7%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.4%	0.7%
Two or more races	0.6%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	86.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bell Canyon	Piru
No high school diploma	5.2%	31.8%
High school graduate	16.6%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	16.6%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	30.4%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	31.2%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bell Canyon	Piru
Drove alone	65.1%	65.6%
Carpooled	14.5%	21.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.3%	7.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bell Canyon	Piru
1-unit, detached	100.0%	69.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	8.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	14.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Bell Canyon	Piru
Poverty rate	1.5%	6.8%
Average household size	3.29	3.95
Mean commute (minutes)	40	32
Median year structure built	1983	1993