Meiners Oaks vs Oak View

A side-by-side comparison of Meiners Oaks and Oak View: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Oak View has the higher population (5,984 vs 3,955 in Meiners Oaks). Oak View has the higher median household income ($109,856 vs $90,096 in Meiners Oaks). Oak View has the higher median home value ($709,300 vs $669,000 in Meiners Oaks).

Population, income & housing

	Meiners Oaks	Oak View
Population	3,955	5,984
Median age	50.2 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$90,096	$109,856
Median home value	$669,000	$709,300
Median gross rent	$1,400	$2,463
Housing units	1,637	2,290
Homeownership rate	68.6%	81.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.6%	30.0%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Meiners Oaks	Oak View
Population	3,569 → 3,955 (+10.8%)	4,598 → 5,984 (+30.1%)
Median household income	$84,257 → $90,096 (+6.9%)	$82,500 → $109,856 (+33.2%)
Median home value	$633,800 → $669,000 (+5.6%)	$539,500 → $709,300 (+31.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,635 → $1,400 (-14.4%)	$1,351 → $2,463 (+82.3%)

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

Oak View

Population

4,5985,984

Median household income

$82,500$109,856

Median home value

$539,500$709,300

Median gross rent

$1,351$2,463

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Meiners Oaks	Oak View
Under 5	6.5%	5.8%
5 to 17	10.3%	14.0%
18 to 24	7.5%	3.7%
25 to 34	11.3%	12.6%
35 to 44	10.9%	13.0%
45 to 54	12.4%	12.9%
55 to 64	12.3%	17.4%
65 to 74	18.2%	16.2%
75 and over	10.6%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Meiners Oaks	Oak View
White (non-Hispanic)	62.4%	69.7%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	12.7%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	21.2%	27.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Meiners Oaks	Oak View
No high school diploma	6.5%	11.6%
High school graduate	34.7%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	20.8%
Graduate or professional degree	12.1%	9.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Meiners Oaks	Oak View
Drove alone	74.6%	64.9%
Carpooled	7.2%	12.7%
Public transit	0.0%	3.1%
Walked	6.5%	3.6%
Bicycle	1.0%	1.4%
Worked from home	10.8%	14.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Meiners Oaks	Oak View
1-unit, detached	65.6%	88.7%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	0.4%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.8%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Meiners Oaks	Oak View
Poverty rate	9.7%	9.7%
Average household size	2.48	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	30	28
Median year structure built	1970	1965