Camarillo vs Simi Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Camarillo and Simi Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Simi Valley has the higher population (125,769 vs 70,244 in Camarillo). Simi Valley has the higher median household income ($117,703 vs $109,390 in Camarillo). Camarillo has the higher median home value ($766,100 vs $753,500 in Simi Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Camarillo	Simi Valley
Population	70,244	125,769
Median age	41.2 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$109,390	$117,703
Median home value	$766,100	$753,500
Median gross rent	$2,650	$2,513
Housing units	27,412	45,371
Homeownership rate	64.5%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.4%	37.4%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Camarillo	Simi Valley
Population	68,122 → 70,244 (+3.1%)	125,842 → 125,769 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$93,512 → $109,390 (+17.0%)	$99,151 → $117,703 (+18.7%)
Median home value	$602,000 → $766,100 (+27.3%)	$584,900 → $753,500 (+28.8%)
Median gross rent	$2,006 → $2,650 (+32.1%)	$2,023 → $2,513 (+24.2%)

Camarillo

Population

68,12270,244

Median household income

$93,512$109,390

Median home value

$602,000$766,100

Median gross rent

$2,006$2,650

Simi Valley

Population

125,842125,769

Median household income

$99,151$117,703

Median home value

$584,900$753,500

Median gross rent

$2,023$2,513

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Camarillo	Simi Valley
Under 5	5.8%	4.5%
5 to 17	14.6%	15.4%
18 to 24	8.0%	8.5%
25 to 34	13.9%	13.0%
35 to 44	12.3%	12.7%
45 to 54	10.7%	14.4%
55 to 64	12.8%	14.7%
65 to 74	12.3%	9.6%
75 and over	9.5%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Camarillo	Simi Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	50.3%	55.5%
Black or African American	3.1%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	10.7%	10.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.2%
Some other race	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.2%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	30.8%	27.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Camarillo	Simi Valley
No high school diploma	6.1%	9.1%
High school graduate	17.5%	19.7%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	26.4%	24.9%
Graduate or professional degree	17.1%	12.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Camarillo	Simi Valley
Drove alone	75.1%	71.9%
Carpooled	5.7%	8.5%
Public transit	0.5%	0.8%
Walked	1.8%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.2%
Worked from home	15.8%	17.1%
Other means	0.7%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Camarillo	Simi Valley
1-unit, detached	57.6%	70.6%
1-unit, attached	19.0%	9.0%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	8.2%	6.0%
20 or more units	10.2%	6.9%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Camarillo	Simi Valley
Poverty rate	7.5%	6.7%
Average household size	2.66	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	23	29
Median year structure built	1982	1980