Channel Islands Beach vs Piru

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

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

Channel Islands Beach has the higher population (2,936 vs 2,283 in Piru). Channel Islands Beach has the higher median household income ($103,219 vs $96,765 in Piru). Channel Islands Beach has the higher median home value ($1,077,600 vs $586,400 in Piru).

Population, income & housing

	Channel Islands Beach	Piru
Population	2,936	2,283
Median age	44.8 yrs	32.9 yrs
Median household income	$103,219	$96,765
Median home value	$1,077,600	$586,400
Median gross rent	$2,467	$1,452
Housing units	2,172	662
Homeownership rate	49.8%	61.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.8%	12.9%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Channel Islands Beach	Piru
Population	2,904 → 2,936 (+1.1%)	1,805 → 2,283 (+26.5%)
Median household income	$100,038 → $103,219 (+3.2%)	$47,216 → $96,765 (+104.9%)
Median home value	$909,900 → $1,077,600 (+18.4%)	$341,400 → $586,400 (+71.8%)
Median gross rent	$2,246 → $2,467 (+9.8%)	$1,211 → $1,452 (+19.9%)

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

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)

	Channel Islands Beach	Piru
Under 5	0.2%	8.8%
5 to 17	13.5%	15.0%
18 to 24	1.6%	11.9%
25 to 34	12.5%	15.6%
35 to 44	24.8%	12.7%
45 to 54	11.5%	4.1%
55 to 64	15.7%	15.1%
65 to 74	13.8%	14.2%
75 and over	6.5%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Channel Islands Beach	Piru
White (non-Hispanic)	59.9%	9.9%
Black or African American	1.1%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.5%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	32.3%	86.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Channel Islands Beach	Piru
No high school diploma	3.5%	31.8%
High school graduate	11.9%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	27.0%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	18.7%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Channel Islands Beach	Piru
Drove alone	81.4%	65.6%
Carpooled	2.8%	21.5%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.8%	7.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Channel Islands Beach	Piru
1-unit, detached	67.6%	69.9%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	8.5%
2 to 4 units	18.5%	14.5%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	2.3%
20 or more units	1.9%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Channel Islands Beach	Piru
Poverty rate	5.1%	6.8%
Average household size	2.00	3.95
Mean commute (minutes)	32	32
Median year structure built	1976	1993