Ojus vs Palmetto Estates

A side-by-side comparison of Ojus and Palmetto Estates: population, income, housing, and more.

Ojus and Palmetto Estates 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 16,587 in Palmetto Estates). Palmetto Estates has the higher median household income ($82,199 vs $64,667 in Ojus). Palmetto Estates has the higher median home value ($412,200 vs $298,500 in Ojus).

Population, income & housing

	Ojus	Palmetto Estates
Population	17,101	16,587
Median age	42.1 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$64,667	$82,199
Median home value	$298,500	$412,200
Median gross rent	$1,697	$2,015
Housing units	8,233	4,253
Homeownership rate	63.2%	89.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.3%	27.5%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ojus	Palmetto Estates
Population	16,417 → 17,101 (+4.2%)	15,640 → 16,587 (+6.1%)
Median household income	$49,756 → $64,667 (+30.0%)	$62,910 → $82,199 (+30.7%)
Median home value	$217,000 → $298,500 (+37.6%)	$236,000 → $412,200 (+74.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,209 → $1,697 (+40.4%)	$1,519 → $2,015 (+32.7%)

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

Palmetto Estates

Population

15,64016,587

Median household income

$62,910$82,199

Median home value

$236,000$412,200

Median gross rent

$1,519$2,015

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ojus	Palmetto Estates
Under 5	4.4%	5.0%
5 to 17	16.1%	16.2%
18 to 24	7.0%	8.9%
25 to 34	13.0%	10.4%
35 to 44	12.9%	14.2%
45 to 54	12.0%	17.5%
55 to 64	14.4%	11.2%
65 to 74	12.1%	10.3%
75 and over	8.1%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ojus	Palmetto Estates
White (non-Hispanic)	31.2%	6.9%
Black or African American	9.0%	32.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.7%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	1.5%
Two or more races	3.9%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	54.1%	56.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ojus	Palmetto Estates
No high school diploma	8.2%	14.6%
High school graduate	22.7%	32.1%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	25.7%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	15.6%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ojus	Palmetto Estates
Drove alone	75.2%	81.4%
Carpooled	7.7%	10.2%
Public transit	5.5%	1.4%
Walked	2.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	4.0%
Other means	1.4%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ojus	Palmetto Estates
1-unit, detached	28.5%	93.1%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	0.1%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	58.3%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Ojus	Palmetto Estates
Poverty rate	11.3%	10.0%
Average household size	2.49	3.90
Mean commute (minutes)	31	35
Median year structure built	1970	1973