Moorpark vs Simi Valley

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

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

Simi Valley has the higher population (125,769 vs 35,957 in Moorpark). Moorpark has the higher median household income ($149,403 vs $117,703 in Simi Valley). Moorpark has the higher median home value ($852,800 vs $753,500 in Simi Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Moorpark	Simi Valley
Population	35,957	125,769
Median age	38.3 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$149,403	$117,703
Median home value	$852,800	$753,500
Median gross rent	$2,657	$2,513
Housing units	11,481	45,371
Homeownership rate	78.9%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.9%	37.4%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Moorpark	Simi Valley
Population	36,372 → 35,957 (-1.1%)	125,842 → 125,769 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$107,820 → $149,403 (+38.6%)	$99,151 → $117,703 (+18.7%)
Median home value	$632,900 → $852,800 (+34.7%)	$584,900 → $753,500 (+28.8%)
Median gross rent	$2,052 → $2,657 (+29.5%)	$2,023 → $2,513 (+24.2%)

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

Simi Valley

Population

125,842125,769

Median household income

$99,151$117,703

Median home value

$584,900$753,500

Median gross rent

$2,023$2,513

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Moorpark	Simi Valley
Under 5	5.6%	4.5%
5 to 17	18.7%	15.4%
18 to 24	8.1%	8.5%
25 to 34	13.5%	13.0%
35 to 44	11.3%	12.7%
45 to 54	15.3%	14.4%
55 to 64	13.6%	14.7%
65 to 74	8.6%	9.6%
75 and over	5.4%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Moorpark	Simi Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	51.5%	55.5%
Black or African American	2.8%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	6.5%	10.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race	0.2%	0.5%
Two or more races	5.2%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	33.7%	27.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Moorpark	Simi Valley
No high school diploma	9.4%	9.1%
High school graduate	15.5%	19.7%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	29.6%	24.9%
Graduate or professional degree	15.2%	12.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Moorpark	Simi Valley
Drove alone	72.6%	71.9%
Carpooled	8.2%	8.5%
Public transit	0.2%	0.8%
Walked	0.8%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.2%
Worked from home	17.6%	17.1%
Other means	0.4%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Moorpark	Simi Valley
1-unit, detached	76.2%	70.6%
1-unit, attached	9.7%	9.0%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	6.0%
20 or more units	3.2%	6.9%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Moorpark	Simi Valley
Poverty rate	4.5%	6.7%
Average household size	3.22	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	29	29
Median year structure built	1987	1980