Moorpark vs Ojai

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

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

Moorpark has the higher population (35,957 vs 7,576 in Ojai). Moorpark has the higher median household income ($149,403 vs $79,202 in Ojai). Ojai has the higher median home value ($947,000 vs $852,800 in Moorpark).

Population, income & housing

	Moorpark	Ojai
Population	35,957	7,576
Median age	38.3 yrs	48.3 yrs
Median household income	$149,403	$79,202
Median home value	$852,800	$947,000
Median gross rent	$2,657	$1,913
Housing units	11,481	3,465
Homeownership rate	78.9%	64.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.9%	46.2%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Moorpark	Ojai
Population	36,372 → 35,957 (-1.1%)	7,534 → 7,576 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$107,820 → $149,403 (+38.6%)	$73,605 → $79,202 (+7.6%)
Median home value	$632,900 → $852,800 (+34.7%)	$713,100 → $947,000 (+32.8%)
Median gross rent	$2,052 → $2,657 (+29.5%)	$1,533 → $1,913 (+24.8%)

Moorpark

Population

36,37235,957

Median household income

$107,820$149,403

Median home value

$632,900$852,800

Median gross rent

$2,052$2,657

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)

	Moorpark	Ojai
Under 5	5.6%	3.2%
5 to 17	18.7%	16.8%
18 to 24	8.1%	5.2%
25 to 34	13.5%	7.7%
35 to 44	11.3%	13.6%
45 to 54	15.3%	10.6%
55 to 64	13.6%	12.5%
65 to 74	8.6%	16.6%
75 and over	5.4%	13.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Moorpark	Ojai
White (non-Hispanic)	51.5%	71.3%
Black or African American	2.8%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	6.5%	4.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.2%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	33.7%	19.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Moorpark	Ojai
No high school diploma	9.4%	11.5%
High school graduate	15.5%	14.7%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	29.6%	23.5%
Graduate or professional degree	15.2%	22.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Moorpark	Ojai
Drove alone	72.6%	60.5%
Carpooled	8.2%	6.9%
Public transit	0.2%	1.3%
Walked	0.8%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.3%	2.2%
Worked from home	17.6%	23.2%
Other means	0.4%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Moorpark	Ojai
1-unit, detached	76.2%	76.1%
1-unit, attached	9.7%	10.1%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	3.0%
20 or more units	3.2%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Moorpark	Ojai
Poverty rate	4.5%	11.0%
Average household size	3.22	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	29	27
Median year structure built	1987	1969