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Place dossier plate
SheetCA-CAMARILLO-CA · Camarillo, CA 70,244 pop · income 83rd pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Camarillo
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Camarillo on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Canton · lowest
39,754
Canton · lowest
39,754 median HH income
19.4% of the leader · rank #1
Mastic Beach · near
109,381
Mastic Beach · near
109,381 median HH income
53.3% of the leader · rank #2
Camarillo · this city
109,390
Camarillo · this city
109,390 median HH income
53.3% of the leader · rank #3
Shoreview · near
109,399
Shoreview · near
109,399 median HH income
53.4% of the leader · rank #4
Burnt Mills · near
109,402
Burnt Mills · near
109,402 median HH income
53.4% of the leader · rank #5
Advance · near
109,402
Advance · near
109,402 median HH income
53.4% of the leader · rank #6
Dublin · highest
205,046
Dublin · highest
205,046 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Camarillo on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 70,244.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Camarillo - the verdict
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Camarillo lands in the 83rd percentile for household income and the 52nd percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
83rd
percentile, household income
94th
percentile, home value
88th
percentile, median rent
52nd
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Camarillo, CA
70,244 people live in Camarillo, California - a small city by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Median household income here is $109,390 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 5.8%. Camarillo's housing stock carries a median value of $766,100, and the median resident age is 41.2 years. 43.4% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 56.3% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
In 2024, 485 residential building permits were authorized in Camarillo (Building Boom), up 87% from five years earlier, per Census BPS data. Camarillo reports a comparatively low crime rate: per-100,000 total crime stands at 1319.5 in FBI UCR data, below the national average (a voluntary reporting program, read this as reporting activity, not a definitive danger score). The annual average temperature per NOAA climate normals runs 62.5°F with 12.0 inches of precipitation per year.
California carries a cost-of-living premium: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts California at 110.7 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Well Above Average). Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $2,053 monthly. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in California run around $275, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. The average commute for Camarillo workers runs 19.5 minutes, with 75.1% driving alone and 15.8% working from home. Natural-hazard exposure scores 88.7 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Very High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Camarillo's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from climate and hazard context to population change to reported crime to schools and households to comparison shortlist to housing and income to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Camarillo, city-specific coverage includes matched public-school count, local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates, commute-mode shares, annual population history.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Climate and hazard context
What physical conditions frame life in Camarillo?
The two sources should not be blended into one comfort or safety score. Use the climate values for baseline conditions and the risk index as a prompt to inspect specific hazards, insurance, and local emergency guidance for a particular address.
NOAA normals put the annual mean temperature at 62.5°F, with 12.0 inches of precipitation. FEMA's state-averaged National Risk Index score for California is 88.7 out of 100. Climate normals describe long-run weather; the FEMA score on PlainCities is a state average of county NRI inputs and combines hazards, exposure, vulnerability, and resilience.
Is Camarillo growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population declined by -2,077 residents from 2020 to 2025, a -2.9% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 485 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Recent estimates point downward. A falling count can reflect migration, household size, annexation boundaries, or estimation noise, so it is a prompt to inspect the full series rather than a claim about local economic health.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Camarillo?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 1319.5 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 42% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
Which cities make useful reference points for Camarillo?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
Within California, the closest population matches are Eastvale (70,179 residents, $161,322 income); Tulare (69,984 residents, $69,517 income); Dublin (70,542 residents, $205,046 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are North Richland Hills, TX (70,338 residents); Decatur, IL (70,368 residents); Canton, OH (70,105 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Schools and households
What does the education layer cover for Camarillo?
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
The NCES join finds 23 public schools within the city match. 43.4% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
Poverty estimate
5.8%
Bachelor's degree+
43.4%
Matched public schools
23
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
How far does income reach against housing in Camarillo?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 7.0 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 5.8%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Value / income
7.0×
Home value
$766,100
Household income
$109,390
City-level Census ACS 2023 medians. The ratio divides two separate medians and is descriptive only.
What does the journey to work look like in Camarillo?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 75.1%. The reported mean trip to work is 19.5 minutes.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Drive alone
75.1%
Work from home
15.8%
Public transit
0.5%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 32,638 workers age 16+.
Highest-decile cost · BEA RPP 2024, California average
C
City profile score · Camarillo, CA
58/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Household income A-
$109,390
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share B+
43.4%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime C+
129 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Poverty rate C+
5.8%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Cost of living F
110.7 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Camarillo profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 81/100 (A-) · $109,390
Bachelor's+ share: 78/100 (B+) · 43.4%
Violent crime: 64/100 (C+) · 129 /100k
Poverty rate: 60/100 (C+) · 5.8%
Cost of living: 6/100 (F) · 110.7 index
Where Camarillo sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Camarillo's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Camarillo highlighted among 11 peers.Read the chart values
Camarillo, CA (this city): home $766,100, crime 1,320/100k
North Richland Hills, TX : home $324,800, crime 2,456/100k
Decatur, IL : home $97,300, crime 3,470/100k
Canton, OH : home $94,400, crime 4,576/100k
Maple Grove, MN : home $397,400, crime 1,877/100k
Eastvale, CA : home $752,000, crime 1,823/100k
Tulare, CA : home $301,200, crime 2,415/100k
Dublin, CA : home $1,224,100, crime 2,072/100k
Redondo Beach, CA : home $1,225,400, crime 2,835/100k
Walnut Creek, CA : home $1,031,100, crime 3,178/100k
Baldwin Park, CA : home $588,100, crime 1,834/100k
How does Camarillo compare to other US cities?
Camarillo measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income83% higher than other cities
Home value94% pricier than other cities
Median rent88% pricier than other cities
Safety52% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
A national percentile can hide a lot of local variation: narrowed to California alone, Camarillo ranks #113 of 441 California cities by lowest crime rate - a different, more locally useful comparison than stacking it against the entire country.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Camarillo against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to California only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
California-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Camarillo near the bottom of California's cities
Among the 1,458 California cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Camarillo ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Camarillo only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#412 of 1,338
69th percentile in California
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,458
0th percentile in California
Median Home Value
#384 of 1,343
71st percentile in California
Poverty Rate
#775 of 1,450
46th percentile in California
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#366 of 1,458
75th percentile in California
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within California only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
83rd percentile nationally for median household income · 52nd percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Camarillo's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Camarillo's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Camarillo's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$766,1006th percentilemore affordable than 6% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Camarillo's home-value-to-income ratio: 7.0×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#14,668 of 15,516
More affordable than 5% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#648 of 750
Mid-size cities (50,000–199,999)
At 7.0×, Camarillo sits in the pressured band:
national rank #14,668 of 15,516 and #648 of 750mid-size cities (50,000–199,999).
Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median, a comparison flag, not a verdict on any household.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$109,390Camarillo, CA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Camarillo, CA median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Camarillo, CA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)43.4%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)5.8%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)56.3%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
70,244
Median Income
$109,390
Median Home Value
$766,100
Median Age
41.2
Poverty Rate
5.8%
Labor force participation
56.3%
Bachelor's Degree+
43.4%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
1319.5
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
128.8
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
1190.8
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Climate
Avg Temperature
62.5°F
Annual Precipitation
12.0"
Annual Snowfall
N/A
Schools
Total Schools
23
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Camarillo's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
70,729 residents
2021
70,570 residents
2022
70,009 residents
2023
69,702 residents
2024
69,458 residents
2025
68,652 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📈 Building Boom
Total Permits (2024)
485
housing units authorized
Single-Family
76
detached homes
Multifamily
409
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
6.9
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
260
49
211
$31.3M
2020
98
72
26
$21.4M
2021
154
132
22
$42.6M
2022
150
34
116
$23.0M
2023
64
4
60
$8.8M
2024
485
76
409
$76.3M
Permit volume increased 87% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
19.5 minutes
Drive Alone
75.1%
Carpool
5.7%
Public Transit
0.5%
Walk
1.8%
Work from Home
15.8%
Other
1.1%
Based on 32,638 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
California statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $275
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across California at $275 (electricity about $150 , water and sewer about $70 ).
These are California statewide averages, not a meter reading for Camarillo. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
California's BEA cost-of-living index is 110.7 (Well Above Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Camarillo is $2,053/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to California statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 88.7 / 100 (Very High).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a California statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Camarillo sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Camarillo compares to similar-size California cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NOAA Climate Normals, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.