Meiners Oaks vs Piru

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

Meiners Oaks and Piru 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 2,283 in Piru). Piru has the higher median household income ($96,765 vs $90,096 in Meiners Oaks). Meiners Oaks has the higher median home value ($669,000 vs $586,400 in Piru).

Population, income & housing

	Meiners Oaks	Piru
Population	3,955	2,283
Median age	50.2 yrs	32.9 yrs
Median household income	$90,096	$96,765
Median home value	$669,000	$586,400
Median gross rent	$1,400	$1,452
Housing units	1,637	662
Homeownership rate	68.6%	61.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.6%	12.9%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Meiners Oaks	Piru
Population	3,569 → 3,955 (+10.8%)	1,805 → 2,283 (+26.5%)
Median household income	$84,257 → $90,096 (+6.9%)	$47,216 → $96,765 (+104.9%)
Median home value	$633,800 → $669,000 (+5.6%)	$341,400 → $586,400 (+71.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,635 → $1,400 (-14.4%)	$1,211 → $1,452 (+19.9%)

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

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)

	Meiners Oaks	Piru
Under 5	6.5%	8.8%
5 to 17	10.3%	15.0%
18 to 24	7.5%	11.9%
25 to 34	11.3%	15.6%
35 to 44	10.9%	12.7%
45 to 54	12.4%	4.1%
55 to 64	12.3%	15.1%
65 to 74	18.2%	14.2%
75 and over	10.6%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Meiners Oaks	Piru
White (non-Hispanic)	62.4%	9.9%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	12.7%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	21.2%	86.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Meiners Oaks	Piru
No high school diploma	6.5%	31.8%
High school graduate	34.7%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.1%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Meiners Oaks	Piru
Drove alone	74.6%	65.6%
Carpooled	7.2%	21.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.5%	4.9%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	7.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Meiners Oaks	Piru
1-unit, detached	65.6%	69.9%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	8.5%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	14.5%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	2.3%
20 or more units	1.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	23.8%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Meiners Oaks	Piru
Poverty rate	9.7%	6.8%
Average household size	2.48	3.95
Mean commute (minutes)	30	32
Median year structure built	1970	1993