Piru vs Somis

A side-by-side comparison of Piru and Somis: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Piru has the higher population (2,283 vs 1,260 in Somis). Somis has the higher median household income ($144,018 vs $96,765 in Piru). Somis has the higher median home value ($1,158,700 vs $586,400 in Piru).

Population, income & housing

	Piru	Somis
Population	2,283	1,260
Median age	32.9 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$96,765	$144,018
Median home value	$586,400	$1,158,700
Median gross rent	$1,452	$2,616
Housing units	662	491
Homeownership rate	61.8%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.9%	47.4%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Piru	Somis
Population	1,805 → 2,283 (+26.5%)	1,189 → 1,260 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$47,216 → $96,765 (+104.9%)	$101,875 → $144,018 (+41.4%)
Median home value	$341,400 → $586,400 (+71.8%)	$848,300 → $1,158,700 (+36.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,211 → $1,452 (+19.9%)	$2,043 → $2,616 (+28.0%)

Piru

Population

1,8052,283

Median household income

$47,216$96,765

Median home value

$341,400$586,400

Median gross rent

$1,211$1,452

Somis

Population

1,1891,260

Median household income

$101,875$144,018

Median home value

$848,300$1,158,700

Median gross rent

$2,043$2,616

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Piru	Somis
Under 5	8.8%	9.8%
5 to 17	15.0%	10.1%
18 to 24	11.9%	5.6%
25 to 34	15.6%	14.0%
35 to 44	12.7%	11.7%
45 to 54	4.1%	5.8%
55 to 64	15.1%	20.6%
65 to 74	14.2%	12.3%
75 and over	2.6%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Piru	Somis
White (non-Hispanic)	9.9%	63.6%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	86.9%	30.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Piru	Somis
No high school diploma	31.8%	6.0%
High school graduate	28.1%	8.4%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	32.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	14.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Piru	Somis
Drove alone	65.6%	71.2%
Carpooled	21.5%	6.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.9%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	18.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Piru	Somis
1-unit, detached	69.9%	95.5%
1-unit, attached	8.5%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	14.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Piru	Somis
Poverty rate	6.8%	2.9%
Average household size	3.95	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	32	25
Median year structure built	1993	1978