Channel Islands Beach vs Meiners Oaks

A side-by-side comparison of Channel Islands Beach and Meiners Oaks: population, income, housing, and more.

Channel Islands Beach and Meiners Oaks are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Meiners Oaks has the higher population (3,955 vs 2,936 in Channel Islands Beach). Channel Islands Beach has the higher median household income ($103,219 vs $90,096 in Meiners Oaks). Channel Islands Beach has the higher median home value ($1,077,600 vs $669,000 in Meiners Oaks).

Population, income & housing

	Channel Islands Beach	Meiners Oaks
Population	2,936	3,955
Median age	44.8 yrs	50.2 yrs
Median household income	$103,219	$90,096
Median home value	$1,077,600	$669,000
Median gross rent	$2,467	$1,400
Housing units	2,172	1,637
Homeownership rate	49.8%	68.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.8%	27.6%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Channel Islands Beach	Meiners Oaks
Population	2,904 → 2,936 (+1.1%)	3,569 → 3,955 (+10.8%)
Median household income	$100,038 → $103,219 (+3.2%)	$84,257 → $90,096 (+6.9%)
Median home value	$909,900 → $1,077,600 (+18.4%)	$633,800 → $669,000 (+5.6%)
Median gross rent	$2,246 → $2,467 (+9.8%)	$1,635 → $1,400 (-14.4%)

Channel Islands Beach

Population

2,9042,936

Median household income

$100,038$103,219

Median home value

$909,900$1,077,600

Median gross rent

$2,246$2,467

Meiners Oaks

Population

3,5693,955

Median household income

$84,257$90,096

Median home value

$633,800$669,000

Median gross rent

$1,635$1,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Channel Islands Beach	Meiners Oaks
Under 5	0.2%	6.5%
5 to 17	13.5%	10.3%
18 to 24	1.6%	7.5%
25 to 34	12.5%	11.3%
35 to 44	24.8%	10.9%
45 to 54	11.5%	12.4%
55 to 64	15.7%	12.3%
65 to 74	13.8%	18.2%
75 and over	6.5%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Channel Islands Beach	Meiners Oaks
White (non-Hispanic)	59.9%	62.4%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	12.7%
Hispanic or Latino	32.3%	21.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Channel Islands Beach	Meiners Oaks
No high school diploma	3.5%	6.5%
High school graduate	11.9%	34.7%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	27.0%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	18.7%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Channel Islands Beach	Meiners Oaks
Drove alone	81.4%	74.6%
Carpooled	2.8%	7.2%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	6.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	14.8%	10.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Channel Islands Beach	Meiners Oaks
1-unit, detached	67.6%	65.6%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	18.5%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	3.1%
20 or more units	1.9%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	23.8%

Poverty & households

	Channel Islands Beach	Meiners Oaks
Poverty rate	5.1%	9.7%
Average household size	2.00	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	32	30
Median year structure built	1976	1970