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Simi ValleyCA

Simi Valley, CA is a 127K-resident city in Ventura County with a median household income of $122,081.

Ventura County, California. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Simi Valley, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Simi Valley has a population larger than 95% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $823,800, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

127K
Population (place)
Top 5%
By size
$122,081
Median income (place)
$823,800
Median home (place)
6.4%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Simi Valley

Simi Valley posts a median household income higher than 83% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Simi Valley area.

Top 17%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Simi Valley

Where Simi Valley income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$122,081 Top 17% higher than 83% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Simi Valley $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. 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, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in CA

Population among 482 CA places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Los Angeles is the largest CA city on this list; Alamo leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in CA

Median household income among the same 482-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Alamo posts the highest place-level median income in CA; Los Angeles is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Simi Valley, CA beyond the headline numbers

Simi Valley sits inside Ventura County, California, at roughly 34.27°N, -118.78°W. Population 126,788, $122,081 median household income. Median home value $823,800, median rent $2,579. Poverty rate 6.4%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Simi Valley, 2/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

Hardship is low by national standards: 6.4% of Simi Valley, CA residents live below the poverty line, in the least-affected quarter of the 3,890 cities reporting a rate.

The median home in Simi Valley costs around 6.7 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.

19.1% of Simi Valley workers report working from home, the highest quarter of reporting cities. Where that share runs this high, local income increasingly reflects employers located somewhere else.

Among the CDC measures on this page, obesity departs furthest from its peer median: 24.4% in Simi Valley, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

At 41.9 years, Simi Valley's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Simi Valley from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
126,788
Simi Valley · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$122,081
+37% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$823,800
+99% vs avg
Median Age (place)
41.9
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Ventura County): Simi Valley's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
837K+1%
Median Income
$109,797+43%
Median Home Value
$822,700+86%
Poverty Rate
9.3%-16%
Unemployment
5.7%-40%

Economics

Economics indicators for Simi Valley, CA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$2,579/mo
Poverty Rate
6.4% -48% vs avg
Unemployment 5%
Bachelor's Degree+ 39.1%
Work From Home 19.1%
Public Transit 0.4%

Population

White 58.2%
African American 1.3%
Asian 10.6%
Two or More Ethnicities 0.9%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
33.1%
High Blood Pressure
29.8%
Obesity
24.4%
Physical Inactivity
20.9%
Frequent Mental Distress
16.3%
Binge Drinking
16.3%
Frequent Physical Distress
12.4%
Diabetes
10.3%
Current Smoking
10.1%
Current Asthma
9.8%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 67.6%
Annual Checkup 74.3%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
7.4%
Coronary Heart Disease
5.3%
Stroke
2.9%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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Average Rating
2/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
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What alerts and safety updates affect Simi Valley?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Simi Valley right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

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Sheet CA-SIMI-VALLEY · Simi Valley

Simi Valley: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Simi Valley, CA? ▼
Simi Valley, CA has a population of 126,788 people, located in Ventura County, California.
What is the median household income in Simi Valley? ▼
The median household income in Simi Valley, CA is $122,081 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 6.4%.
What is the median home value in Simi Valley? ▼
The median home value in Simi Valley, CA is $823,800. Median rent is $2,579/month.
What are the top health concerns in Simi Valley? ▼
The top health indicators in Simi Valley include Short Sleep Duration (33.1%), High Blood Pressure (29.8%), Obesity (24.4%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Simi Valley? ▼
Simi Valley has 1 hospital with an average rating of 2/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Simi Valley? ▼
The median age in Simi Valley, CA is 41.9 years. 39.1% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Simi Valley, both outside California so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside CA (6.4% here).

Wesley Chapel, FL 6.4% Carol Stream, IL 6.4% Grove City, OH 6.4% East Meadow, NY 6.4%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside CA ($122,081 here).

Shorewood, IL $122,105 Fairwood, WA $122,134 Happy Valley, OR $122,151 Vernon Hills, IL $121,943

Compare Simi Valley with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

Oak Park, CA 14K Moorpark, CA 36K Thousand Oaks, CA 129K Agoura Hills, CA 21K Agoura, CA 21K West Hills, CA 41K Chatsworth, CA 41K Calabasas, CA 23K
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Using Simi Valley's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Simi Valley area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Simi Valley against California peers on any ranking lens. Explore California

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Ventura County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.