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Meiners Oaks, California.

A community in Ventura County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Ventura County’s.

Living in Meiners Oaks, Ventura County, California

Meiners Oaks, in Ventura County, had 3,911 people in the 2020 census. 68% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 32% are rented. Unemployment in Ventura County was 5.0% in August 2026, and the county had 0.1% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then restaurants and hotels.

People 3,911 in the 2020 census
Household income Too few homes in Meiners Oaks for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 5.0% Ventura County, August 2026; 5.3% a year before
Homes 68% lived in by their owners; 32% rented
  • 1,624households
  • 26%of adults have a degree
  • 15%below the poverty line
  • 16%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care20%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment18%
  • Professional and business services13%
  • Other services11%
  • Shops (retail)10%
  • Building trades9%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Ventura County had 335,864 jobs in 2025, 0.1% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 65° and 33°; warmest in August, 91° and 54° 40° 60° 80° 100° J F M A M J J A 91° 54° S O N D 65° 33°
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 65° and 33°; warmest in August, 91° and 54° 40° 60° 80° 100° J F M A M J J A 91° 54° S O N D 65° 33°

Coldest in December, with highs near 65° and lows near 33°; warmest in August, with highs near 91° and lows near 54°. About 21 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Ojai weather station, 2 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Ventura County

  1. Amgen Inc. (Thousand Oaks, CA)Pharmaceutical preparations manufacturing5,033
  2. Amgen Remote WorkersPharmaceutical preparations manufacturing4,146
  3. Amgen USA (Sales - Flex workers)Durable goods agents and brokers, wholesale trade3,050
  4. AmazonGeneral warehousing and storage2,852
  5. Compass Family EnterprisesCompanion services for disabled persons, the elderly, and persons diagnosed with intellectual and developmental disabilities2,572
  6. Ventura County Medical CenterGeneral hospital2,284FTE
  7. City of OxnardExecutive offices, federal, state, and local2,018
  8. CMH of San BuenaventuraGeneral hospital1,749FTE

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 628 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 98,498 people in all across the county; Meiners Oaks has one of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. WildfireVery high
  2. EarthquakesVery high
  3. Inland floodingVery high

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Meiners Oaks’ census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Ventura County.