Ojai vs Port Hueneme

A side-by-side comparison of Ojai and Port Hueneme: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Port Hueneme has the higher population (21,691 vs 7,576 in Ojai). Ojai has the higher median household income ($79,202 vs $76,655 in Port Hueneme). Ojai has the higher median home value ($947,000 vs $556,200 in Port Hueneme).

Population, income & housing

	Ojai	Port Hueneme
Population	7,576	21,691
Median age	48.3 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$79,202	$76,655
Median home value	$947,000	$556,200
Median gross rent	$1,913	$2,106
Housing units	3,465	8,471
Homeownership rate	64.8%	46.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.2%	22.7%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ojai	Port Hueneme
Population	7,534 → 7,576 (+0.6%)	22,156 → 21,691 (-2.1%)
Median household income	$73,605 → $79,202 (+7.6%)	$64,126 → $76,655 (+19.5%)
Median home value	$713,100 → $947,000 (+32.8%)	$412,200 → $556,200 (+34.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,533 → $1,913 (+24.8%)	$1,640 → $2,106 (+28.4%)

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

Port Hueneme

Population

22,15621,691

Median household income

$64,126$76,655

Median home value

$412,200$556,200

Median gross rent

$1,640$2,106

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ojai	Port Hueneme
Under 5	3.2%	5.9%
5 to 17	16.8%	15.8%
18 to 24	5.2%	9.7%
25 to 34	7.7%	16.7%
35 to 44	13.6%	16.0%
45 to 54	10.6%	9.4%
55 to 64	12.5%	11.5%
65 to 74	16.6%	8.2%
75 and over	13.8%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ojai	Port Hueneme
White (non-Hispanic)	71.3%	28.7%
Black or African American	0.4%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.9%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.3%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	19.8%	61.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ojai	Port Hueneme
No high school diploma	11.5%	19.1%
High school graduate	14.7%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	23.5%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	22.8%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ojai	Port Hueneme
Drove alone	60.5%	74.5%
Carpooled	6.9%	12.7%
Public transit	1.3%	0.8%
Walked	5.1%	3.3%
Bicycle	2.2%	1.1%
Worked from home	23.2%	7.2%
Other means	0.8%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ojai	Port Hueneme
1-unit, detached	76.1%	37.0%
1-unit, attached	10.1%	30.3%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	10.9%
20 or more units	4.0%	11.6%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Ojai	Port Hueneme
Poverty rate	11.0%	10.8%
Average household size	2.42	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1969	1973