ZIP 93021 vs ZIP 91360

This side-by-side compares ZIP 93021 (Moorpark, CA) and ZIP 91360 (Thousand Oaks, CA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 93021 has a population of 36,422 at 298 people per square mile, while ZIP 91360 has 42,402 at 1,133 per square mile. That difference in population size and density alone reshapes how every other metric should be interpreted — a higher-income ZIP with 1,200 residents behaves very differently from one with 45,000.

On income and education, ZIP 93021 reports a median household income of $147,636 against $119,296 in ZIP 91360, with per-capita income of $54,569 vs $56,214. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 44.2% in 93021 and 44.5% in 91360. Poverty rate reads 5.2% vs 8.8%, and unemployment 5.0% vs 6.2% — these four fields alone drive most of the difference in the scorecard grades you will see for each ZIP.

Housing separates these two ZIPs further: median home value sits at $904,200 in 93021 versus $937,000 in 91360, with median rent of $2,553 and $2,414 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 79.4% vs 69.7%. When reading the comparison table below, focus on paired metrics rather than single winners — a ZIP with lower home values and lower income is not strictly "worse" if rent-to-income ratios and commute times land in the same zone. Every value is pulled from the exact same ACS table so the two columns are genuinely comparable.