El Rio vs Ojai

A side-by-side comparison of El Rio and Ojai: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ojai has the higher population (7,576 vs 6,343 in El Rio). El Rio has the higher median household income ($83,233 vs $79,202 in Ojai). Ojai has the higher median home value ($947,000 vs $639,600 in El Rio).

Population, income & housing

	El Rio	Ojai
Population	6,343	7,576
Median age	38.7 yrs	48.3 yrs
Median household income	$83,233	$79,202
Median home value	$639,600	$947,000
Median gross rent	$2,122	$1,913
Housing units	1,732	3,465
Homeownership rate	57.0%	64.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.9%	46.2%
Unemployment rate	10.7%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	El Rio	Ojai
Population	6,297 → 6,343 (+0.7%)	7,534 → 7,576 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$62,480 → $83,233 (+33.2%)	$73,605 → $79,202 (+7.6%)
Median home value	$469,000 → $639,600 (+36.4%)	$713,100 → $947,000 (+32.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,690 → $2,122 (+25.6%)	$1,533 → $1,913 (+24.8%)

El Rio

Population

6,2976,343

Median household income

$62,480$83,233

Median home value

$469,000$639,600

Median gross rent

$1,690$2,122

Ojai

Population

7,5347,576

Median household income

$73,605$79,202

Median home value

$713,100$947,000

Median gross rent

$1,533$1,913

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	El Rio	Ojai
Under 5	4.4%	3.2%
5 to 17	17.9%	16.8%
18 to 24	7.7%	5.2%
25 to 34	15.9%	7.7%
35 to 44	13.8%	13.6%
45 to 54	13.1%	10.6%
55 to 64	14.7%	12.5%
65 to 74	7.7%	16.6%
75 and over	5.0%	13.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	El Rio	Ojai
White (non-Hispanic)	15.6%	71.3%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	4.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.4%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	82.7%	19.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	El Rio	Ojai
No high school diploma	31.8%	11.5%
High school graduate	26.4%	14.7%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	7.0%	23.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	22.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	El Rio	Ojai
Drove alone	81.4%	60.5%
Carpooled	9.8%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	0.0%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.2%
Worked from home	8.8%	23.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	El Rio	Ojai
1-unit, detached	90.2%	76.1%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	10.1%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	3.0%
20 or more units	2.4%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	El Rio	Ojai
Poverty rate	22.0%	11.0%
Average household size	3.74	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1956	1969