Oak Park vs Santa Paula

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

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

Santa Paula has the higher population (31,202 vs 13,656 in Oak Park). Oak Park has the higher median household income ($160,484 vs $77,130 in Santa Paula). Oak Park has the higher median home value ($1,017,100 vs $559,300 in Santa Paula).

Population, income & housing

	Oak Park	Santa Paula
Population	13,656	31,202
Median age	41.4 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$160,484	$77,130
Median home value	$1,017,100	$559,300
Median gross rent	$3,150	$1,698
Housing units	5,239	9,913
Homeownership rate	71.8%	53.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	63.2%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oak Park	Santa Paula
Population	13,853 → 13,656 (-1.4%)	30,098 → 31,202 (+3.7%)
Median household income	$132,578 → $160,484 (+21.0%)	$60,468 → $77,130 (+27.6%)
Median home value	$760,200 → $1,017,100 (+33.8%)	$383,700 → $559,300 (+45.8%)
Median gross rent	$2,489 → $3,150 (+26.6%)	$1,277 → $1,698 (+33.0%)

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

Santa Paula

Population

30,09831,202

Median household income

$60,468$77,130

Median home value

$383,700$559,300

Median gross rent

$1,277$1,698

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oak Park	Santa Paula
Under 5	6.0%	7.3%
5 to 17	19.9%	18.6%
18 to 24	6.7%	10.6%
25 to 34	8.1%	13.2%
35 to 44	14.6%	15.6%
45 to 54	14.1%	11.7%
55 to 64	15.4%	8.6%
65 to 74	10.8%	7.7%
75 and over	4.3%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oak Park	Santa Paula
White (non-Hispanic)	69.8%	14.6%
Black or African American	0.3%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	18.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	1.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	80.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oak Park	Santa Paula
No high school diploma	1.3%	35.3%
High school graduate	7.7%	21.0%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	33.5%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	29.7%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oak Park	Santa Paula
Drove alone	66.9%	74.6%
Carpooled	4.8%	17.0%
Public transit	0.2%	0.4%
Walked	0.4%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	25.5%	4.6%
Other means	2.3%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oak Park	Santa Paula
1-unit, detached	63.6%	59.1%
1-unit, attached	15.5%	8.2%
2 to 4 units	6.8%	11.3%
5 to 19 units	10.7%	8.0%
20 or more units	2.5%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	10.4%

Poverty & households

	Oak Park	Santa Paula
Poverty rate	3.3%	15.3%
Average household size	2.73	3.30
Mean commute (minutes)	32	27
Median year structure built	1986	1970