Fillmore vs Ojai

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

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

Fillmore has the higher population (16,665 vs 7,576 in Ojai). Fillmore has the higher median household income ($90,343 vs $79,202 in Ojai). Ojai has the higher median home value ($947,000 vs $567,500 in Fillmore).

Population, income & housing

	Fillmore	Ojai
Population	16,665	7,576
Median age	36.0 yrs	48.3 yrs
Median household income	$90,343	$79,202
Median home value	$567,500	$947,000
Median gross rent	$1,799	$1,913
Housing units	5,386	3,465
Homeownership rate	65.6%	64.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.3%	46.2%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fillmore	Ojai
Population	15,664 → 16,665 (+6.4%)	7,534 → 7,576 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$76,590 → $90,343 (+18.0%)	$73,605 → $79,202 (+7.6%)
Median home value	$426,600 → $567,500 (+33.0%)	$713,100 → $947,000 (+32.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,422 → $1,799 (+26.5%)	$1,533 → $1,913 (+24.8%)

Fillmore

Population

15,66416,665

Median household income

$76,590$90,343

Median home value

$426,600$567,500

Median gross rent

$1,422$1,799

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)

	Fillmore	Ojai
Under 5	4.4%	3.2%
5 to 17	20.4%	16.8%
18 to 24	8.9%	5.2%
25 to 34	14.7%	7.7%
35 to 44	14.7%	13.6%
45 to 54	13.0%	10.6%
55 to 64	10.0%	12.5%
65 to 74	7.4%	16.6%
75 and over	6.6%	13.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fillmore	Ojai
White (non-Hispanic)	22.5%	71.3%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	4.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.8%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	71.8%	19.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fillmore	Ojai
No high school diploma	21.6%	11.5%
High school graduate	27.3%	14.7%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.4%	23.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	22.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fillmore	Ojai
Drove alone	76.5%	60.5%
Carpooled	9.9%	6.9%
Public transit	1.2%	1.3%
Walked	2.0%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.3%	2.2%
Worked from home	9.2%	23.2%
Other means	1.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fillmore	Ojai
1-unit, detached	75.4%	76.1%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	10.1%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	3.0%
20 or more units	5.8%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	7.6%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Fillmore	Ojai
Poverty rate	4.8%	11.0%
Average household size	3.23	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	31	27
Median year structure built	1975	1969