Oak Park vs Ojai

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

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

Oak Park has the higher population (13,656 vs 7,576 in Ojai). Oak Park has the higher median household income ($160,484 vs $79,202 in Ojai). Oak Park has the higher median home value ($1,017,100 vs $947,000 in Ojai).

Population, income & housing

	Oak Park	Ojai
Population	13,656	7,576
Median age	41.4 yrs	48.3 yrs
Median household income	$160,484	$79,202
Median home value	$1,017,100	$947,000
Median gross rent	$3,150	$1,913
Housing units	5,239	3,465
Homeownership rate	71.8%	64.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	63.2%	46.2%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oak Park	Ojai
Population	13,853 → 13,656 (-1.4%)	7,534 → 7,576 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$132,578 → $160,484 (+21.0%)	$73,605 → $79,202 (+7.6%)
Median home value	$760,200 → $1,017,100 (+33.8%)	$713,100 → $947,000 (+32.8%)
Median gross rent	$2,489 → $3,150 (+26.6%)	$1,533 → $1,913 (+24.8%)

Oak Park

Population

13,85313,656

Median household income

$132,578$160,484

Median home value

$760,200$1,017,100

Median gross rent

$2,489$3,150

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)

	Oak Park	Ojai
Under 5	6.0%	3.2%
5 to 17	19.9%	16.8%
18 to 24	6.7%	5.2%
25 to 34	8.1%	7.7%
35 to 44	14.6%	13.6%
45 to 54	14.1%	10.6%
55 to 64	15.4%	12.5%
65 to 74	10.8%	16.6%
75 and over	4.3%	13.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oak Park	Ojai
White (non-Hispanic)	69.8%	71.3%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	18.0%	4.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	19.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oak Park	Ojai
No high school diploma	1.3%	11.5%
High school graduate	7.7%	14.7%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	33.5%	23.5%
Graduate or professional degree	29.7%	22.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oak Park	Ojai
Drove alone	66.9%	60.5%
Carpooled	4.8%	6.9%
Public transit	0.2%	1.3%
Walked	0.4%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.2%
Worked from home	25.5%	23.2%
Other means	2.3%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oak Park	Ojai
1-unit, detached	63.6%	76.1%
1-unit, attached	15.5%	10.1%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	10.7%	3.0%
20 or more units	2.5%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Oak Park	Ojai
Poverty rate	3.3%	11.0%
Average household size	2.73	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	32	27
Median year structure built	1986	1969