Ojai vs Santa Paula

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

Ojai 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 7,576 in Ojai). Ojai has the higher median household income ($79,202 vs $77,130 in Santa Paula). Ojai has the higher median home value ($947,000 vs $559,300 in Santa Paula).

Population, income & housing

	Ojai	Santa Paula
Population	7,576	31,202
Median age	48.3 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$79,202	$77,130
Median home value	$947,000	$559,300
Median gross rent	$1,913	$1,698
Housing units	3,465	9,913
Homeownership rate	64.8%	53.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.2%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ojai	Santa Paula
Population	7,534 → 7,576 (+0.6%)	30,098 → 31,202 (+3.7%)
Median household income	$73,605 → $79,202 (+7.6%)	$60,468 → $77,130 (+27.6%)
Median home value	$713,100 → $947,000 (+32.8%)	$383,700 → $559,300 (+45.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,533 → $1,913 (+24.8%)	$1,277 → $1,698 (+33.0%)

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

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)

	Ojai	Santa Paula
Under 5	3.2%	7.3%
5 to 17	16.8%	18.6%
18 to 24	5.2%	10.6%
25 to 34	7.7%	13.2%
35 to 44	13.6%	15.6%
45 to 54	10.6%	11.7%
55 to 64	12.5%	8.6%
65 to 74	16.6%	7.7%
75 and over	13.8%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ojai	Santa Paula
White (non-Hispanic)	71.3%	14.6%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	4.9%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	1.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	19.8%	80.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ojai	Santa Paula
No high school diploma	11.5%	35.3%
High school graduate	14.7%	21.0%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	23.5%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	22.8%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ojai	Santa Paula
Drove alone	60.5%	74.6%
Carpooled	6.9%	17.0%
Public transit	1.3%	0.4%
Walked	5.1%	2.5%
Bicycle	2.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	23.2%	4.6%
Other means	0.8%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ojai	Santa Paula
1-unit, detached	76.1%	59.1%
1-unit, attached	10.1%	8.2%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	11.3%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	8.0%
20 or more units	4.0%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	10.4%

Poverty & households

	Ojai	Santa Paula
Poverty rate	11.0%	15.3%
Average household size	2.42	3.30
Mean commute (minutes)	27	27
Median year structure built	1969	1970