Oak View vs Ojai

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

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

Ojai has the higher population (7,576 vs 5,984 in Oak View). Oak View has the higher median household income ($109,856 vs $79,202 in Ojai). Ojai has the higher median home value ($947,000 vs $709,300 in Oak View).

Population, income & housing

	Oak View	Ojai
Population	5,984	7,576
Median age	45.7 yrs	48.3 yrs
Median household income	$109,856	$79,202
Median home value	$709,300	$947,000
Median gross rent	$2,463	$1,913
Housing units	2,290	3,465
Homeownership rate	81.0%	64.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.0%	46.2%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oak View	Ojai
Population	4,598 → 5,984 (+30.1%)	7,534 → 7,576 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$82,500 → $109,856 (+33.2%)	$73,605 → $79,202 (+7.6%)
Median home value	$539,500 → $709,300 (+31.5%)	$713,100 → $947,000 (+32.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,351 → $2,463 (+82.3%)	$1,533 → $1,913 (+24.8%)

Oak View

Population

4,5985,984

Median household income

$82,500$109,856

Median home value

$539,500$709,300

Median gross rent

$1,351$2,463

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 View	Ojai
Under 5	5.8%	3.2%
5 to 17	14.0%	16.8%
18 to 24	3.7%	5.2%
25 to 34	12.6%	7.7%
35 to 44	13.0%	13.6%
45 to 54	12.9%	10.6%
55 to 64	17.4%	12.5%
65 to 74	16.2%	16.6%
75 and over	4.4%	13.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oak View	Ojai
White (non-Hispanic)	69.7%	71.3%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	4.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.0%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	27.2%	19.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oak View	Ojai
No high school diploma	11.6%	11.5%
High school graduate	26.0%	14.7%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	20.8%	23.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	22.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oak View	Ojai
Drove alone	64.9%	60.5%
Carpooled	12.7%	6.9%
Public transit	3.1%	1.3%
Walked	3.6%	5.1%
Bicycle	1.4%	2.2%
Worked from home	14.0%	23.2%
Other means	0.3%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oak View	Ojai
1-unit, detached	88.7%	76.1%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	10.1%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	3.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	6.4%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Oak View	Ojai
Poverty rate	9.7%	11.0%
Average household size	2.76	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1965	1969