Oxnard vs Simi Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Oxnard and Simi Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

Oxnard and Simi Valley 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 125,769 in Simi Valley). Simi Valley has the higher median household income ($117,703 vs $93,372 in Oxnard). Simi Valley has the higher median home value ($753,500 vs $617,800 in Oxnard).

Population, income & housing

	Oxnard	Simi Valley
Population	201,014	125,769
Median age	34.0 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$93,372	$117,703
Median home value	$617,800	$753,500
Median gross rent	$1,962	$2,513
Housing units	55,636	45,371
Homeownership rate	53.9%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.6%	37.4%
Unemployment rate	6.6%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oxnard	Simi Valley
Population	208,154 → 201,014 (-3.4%)	125,842 → 125,769 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$72,843 → $93,372 (+28.2%)	$99,151 → $117,703 (+18.7%)
Median home value	$453,900 → $617,800 (+36.1%)	$584,900 → $753,500 (+28.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,593 → $1,962 (+23.2%)	$2,023 → $2,513 (+24.2%)

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

Simi Valley

Population

125,842125,769

Median household income

$99,151$117,703

Median home value

$584,900$753,500

Median gross rent

$2,023$2,513

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oxnard	Simi Valley
Under 5	6.4%	4.5%
5 to 17	20.1%	15.4%
18 to 24	9.9%	8.5%
25 to 34	15.1%	13.0%
35 to 44	13.6%	12.7%
45 to 54	12.5%	14.4%
55 to 64	10.8%	14.7%
65 to 74	7.0%	9.6%
75 and over	4.6%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oxnard	Simi Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	12.5%	55.5%
Black or African American	1.5%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	6.4%	10.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.2%
Some other race	0.2%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.9%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	77.0%	27.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oxnard	Simi Valley
No high school diploma	30.8%	9.1%
High school graduate	25.4%	19.7%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	24.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	12.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oxnard	Simi Valley
Drove alone	75.3%	71.9%
Carpooled	15.3%	8.5%
Public transit	0.4%	0.8%
Walked	1.2%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.2%
Worked from home	6.6%	17.1%
Other means	0.9%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oxnard	Simi Valley
1-unit, detached	54.1%	70.6%
1-unit, attached	11.7%	9.0%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	12.4%	6.0%
20 or more units	9.5%	6.9%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Oxnard	Simi Valley
Poverty rate	10.8%	6.7%
Average household size	3.84	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	25	29
Median year structure built	1976	1980