ZIP 93033 vs ZIP 93065

This side-by-side compares ZIP 93033 (Oxnard, CA) and ZIP 93065 (Simi Valley, CA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 93033 has a population of 82,728 at 1,089 people per square mile, while ZIP 93065 has 72,508 at 884 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 93033 reports a median household income of $87,309 against $120,519 in ZIP 93065, with per-capita income of $24,677 vs $54,684. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 11.7% in 93033 and 40.4% in 93065. Poverty rate reads 13.1% vs 7.3%, and unemployment 7.8% vs 4.3% — 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 $572,300 in 93033 versus $829,000 in 93065, with median rent of $1,857 and $2,651 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 57.2% vs 73.0%. 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.