Ojus vs Opa-locka

A side-by-side comparison of Ojus and Opa-locka: population, income, housing, and more.

Ojus and Opa-locka are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ojus has the higher population (17,101 vs 16,097 in Opa-locka). Ojus has the higher median household income ($64,667 vs $31,680 in Opa-locka). Ojus has the higher median home value ($298,500 vs $281,000 in Opa-locka).

Population, income & housing

	Ojus	Opa-locka
Population	17,101	16,097
Median age	42.1 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$64,667	$31,680
Median home value	$298,500	$281,000
Median gross rent	$1,697	$1,225
Housing units	8,233	6,203
Homeownership rate	63.2%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.3%	7.2%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ojus	Opa-locka
Population	16,417 → 17,101 (+4.2%)	16,149 → 16,097 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$49,756 → $64,667 (+30.0%)	$21,523 → $31,680 (+47.2%)
Median home value	$217,000 → $298,500 (+37.6%)	$154,300 → $281,000 (+82.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,209 → $1,697 (+40.4%)	$904 → $1,225 (+35.5%)

Ojus

Population

16,41717,101

Median household income

$49,756$64,667

Median home value

$217,000$298,500

Median gross rent

$1,209$1,697

Opa-locka

Population

16,14916,097

Median household income

$21,523$31,680

Median home value

$154,300$281,000

Median gross rent

$904$1,225

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ojus	Opa-locka
Under 5	4.4%	5.9%
5 to 17	16.1%	18.4%
18 to 24	7.0%	8.8%
25 to 34	13.0%	16.6%
35 to 44	12.9%	12.4%
45 to 54	12.0%	13.4%
55 to 64	14.4%	10.7%
65 to 74	12.1%	7.6%
75 and over	8.1%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ojus	Opa-locka
White (non-Hispanic)	31.2%	3.2%
Black or African American	9.0%	43.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.7%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	54.1%	51.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ojus	Opa-locka
No high school diploma	8.2%	27.8%
High school graduate	22.7%	44.4%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	20.6%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	15.6%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ojus	Opa-locka
Drove alone	75.2%	71.0%
Carpooled	7.7%	10.8%
Public transit	5.5%	6.8%
Walked	2.0%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.3%	1.7%
Worked from home	7.9%	5.6%
Other means	1.4%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ojus	Opa-locka
1-unit, detached	28.5%	35.8%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	7.3%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	13.2%
20 or more units	58.3%	37.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Ojus	Opa-locka
Poverty rate	11.3%	29.9%
Average household size	2.49	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	31	29
Median year structure built	1970	1968