Moorpark vs Oxnard

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

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

Oxnard has the higher population (201,014 vs 35,957 in Moorpark). Moorpark has the higher median household income ($149,403 vs $93,372 in Oxnard). Moorpark has the higher median home value ($852,800 vs $617,800 in Oxnard).

Population, income & housing

	Moorpark	Oxnard
Population	35,957	201,014
Median age	38.3 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$149,403	$93,372
Median home value	$852,800	$617,800
Median gross rent	$2,657	$1,962
Housing units	11,481	55,636
Homeownership rate	78.9%	53.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.9%	19.6%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Moorpark	Oxnard
Population	36,372 → 35,957 (-1.1%)	208,154 → 201,014 (-3.4%)
Median household income	$107,820 → $149,403 (+38.6%)	$72,843 → $93,372 (+28.2%)
Median home value	$632,900 → $852,800 (+34.7%)	$453,900 → $617,800 (+36.1%)
Median gross rent	$2,052 → $2,657 (+29.5%)	$1,593 → $1,962 (+23.2%)

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

Oxnard

Population

208,154201,014

Median household income

$72,843$93,372

Median home value

$453,900$617,800

Median gross rent

$1,593$1,962

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Moorpark	Oxnard
Under 5	5.6%	6.4%
5 to 17	18.7%	20.1%
18 to 24	8.1%	9.9%
25 to 34	13.5%	15.1%
35 to 44	11.3%	13.6%
45 to 54	15.3%	12.5%
55 to 64	13.6%	10.8%
65 to 74	8.6%	7.0%
75 and over	5.4%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Moorpark	Oxnard
White (non-Hispanic)	51.5%	12.5%
Black or African American	2.8%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	6.5%	6.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.2%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	33.7%	77.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Moorpark	Oxnard
No high school diploma	9.4%	30.8%
High school graduate	15.5%	25.4%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	29.6%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	15.2%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Moorpark	Oxnard
Drove alone	72.6%	75.3%
Carpooled	8.2%	15.3%
Public transit	0.2%	0.4%
Walked	0.8%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.3%
Worked from home	17.6%	6.6%
Other means	0.4%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Moorpark	Oxnard
1-unit, detached	76.2%	54.1%
1-unit, attached	9.7%	11.7%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	12.4%
20 or more units	3.2%	9.5%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Moorpark	Oxnard
Poverty rate	4.5%	10.8%
Average household size	3.22	3.84
Mean commute (minutes)	29	25
Median year structure built	1987	1976