San Buenaventura (Ventura) vs Simi Valley

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

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

Simi Valley has the higher population (125,769 vs 109,900 in San Buenaventura (Ventura)). Simi Valley has the higher median household income ($117,703 vs $100,407 in San Buenaventura (Ventura)). San Buenaventura (Ventura) has the higher median home value ($778,700 vs $753,500 in Simi Valley).

Population, income & housing

	San Buenaventura (Ventura)	Simi Valley
Population	109,900	125,769
Median age	41.0 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$100,407	$117,703
Median home value	$778,700	$753,500
Median gross rent	$2,101	$2,513
Housing units	44,793	45,371
Homeownership rate	55.9%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.1%	37.4%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	San Buenaventura (Ventura)	Simi Valley
Population	109,910 → 109,900 (-0.0%)	125,842 → 125,769 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$78,882 → $100,407 (+27.3%)	$99,151 → $117,703 (+18.7%)
Median home value	$570,100 → $778,700 (+36.6%)	$584,900 → $753,500 (+28.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,632 → $2,101 (+28.7%)	$2,023 → $2,513 (+24.2%)

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

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)

	San Buenaventura (Ventura)	Simi Valley
Under 5	4.9%	4.5%
5 to 17	15.1%	15.4%
18 to 24	7.4%	8.5%
25 to 34	14.3%	13.0%
35 to 44	12.9%	12.7%
45 to 54	12.9%	14.4%
55 to 64	14.3%	14.7%
65 to 74	11.2%	9.6%
75 and over	7.0%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	San Buenaventura (Ventura)	Simi Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	53.3%	55.5%
Black or African American	1.3%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	4.2%	10.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.8%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	35.7%	27.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	San Buenaventura (Ventura)	Simi Valley
No high school diploma	8.8%	9.1%
High school graduate	17.0%	19.7%
Some college or associate's	33.0%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	25.3%	24.9%
Graduate or professional degree	15.8%	12.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	San Buenaventura (Ventura)	Simi Valley
Drove alone	73.5%	71.9%
Carpooled	6.7%	8.5%
Public transit	1.7%	0.8%
Walked	1.8%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.2%
Worked from home	14.2%	17.1%
Other means	1.4%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	San Buenaventura (Ventura)	Simi Valley
1-unit, detached	54.1%	70.6%
1-unit, attached	12.1%	9.0%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	6.1%
5 to 19 units	12.0%	6.0%
20 or more units	8.8%	6.9%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	San Buenaventura (Ventura)	Simi Valley
Poverty rate	10.4%	6.7%
Average household size	2.55	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	24	29
Median year structure built	1973	1980