Oxnard vs San Buenaventura (Ventura)

A side-by-side comparison of Oxnard and San Buenaventura (Ventura): population, income, housing, and more.

Oxnard and San Buenaventura (Ventura) are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Oxnard has the higher population (201,014 vs 109,900 in San Buenaventura (Ventura)). San Buenaventura (Ventura) has the higher median household income ($100,407 vs $93,372 in Oxnard). San Buenaventura (Ventura) has the higher median home value ($778,700 vs $617,800 in Oxnard).

Population, income & housing

	Oxnard	San Buenaventura (Ventura)
Population	201,014	109,900
Median age	34.0 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$93,372	$100,407
Median home value	$617,800	$778,700
Median gross rent	$1,962	$2,101
Housing units	55,636	44,793
Homeownership rate	53.9%	55.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.6%	41.1%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oxnard	San Buenaventura (Ventura)
Population	208,154 → 201,014 (-3.4%)	109,910 → 109,900 (-0.0%)
Median household income	$72,843 → $93,372 (+28.2%)	$78,882 → $100,407 (+27.3%)
Median home value	$453,900 → $617,800 (+36.1%)	$570,100 → $778,700 (+36.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,593 → $1,962 (+23.2%)	$1,632 → $2,101 (+28.7%)

Oxnard

Population

208,154201,014

Median household income

$72,843$93,372

Median home value

$453,900$617,800

Median gross rent

$1,593$1,962

San Buenaventura (Ventura)

Population

109,910109,900

Median household income

$78,882$100,407

Median home value

$570,100$778,700

Median gross rent

$1,632$2,101

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oxnard	San Buenaventura (Ventura)
Under 5	6.4%	4.9%
5 to 17	20.1%	15.1%
18 to 24	9.9%	7.4%
25 to 34	15.1%	14.3%
35 to 44	13.6%	12.9%
45 to 54	12.5%	12.9%
55 to 64	10.8%	14.3%
65 to 74	7.0%	11.2%
75 and over	4.6%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oxnard	San Buenaventura (Ventura)
White (non-Hispanic)	12.5%	53.3%
Black or African American	1.5%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	6.4%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.9%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	77.0%	35.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oxnard	San Buenaventura (Ventura)
No high school diploma	30.8%	8.8%
High school graduate	25.4%	17.0%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	25.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	15.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oxnard	San Buenaventura (Ventura)
Drove alone	75.3%	73.5%
Carpooled	15.3%	6.7%
Public transit	0.4%	1.7%
Walked	1.2%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.7%
Worked from home	6.6%	14.2%
Other means	0.9%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oxnard	San Buenaventura (Ventura)
1-unit, detached	54.1%	54.1%
1-unit, attached	11.7%	12.1%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	12.4%	12.0%
20 or more units	9.5%	8.8%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Oxnard	San Buenaventura (Ventura)
Poverty rate	10.8%	10.4%
Average household size	3.84	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1976	1973