Census-designated place · Ventura County, California

Somis, California

Somis is a census-designated place in Ventura County, California, part of the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA metro area. It has 1,229 residents. Somis, California has a quality-of-life score of 63 out of 100 (high), ranking #5,748 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within California it ranks #279 of 1,062 cities and towns. It ranks best on comfortable days (high), distance to an Amtrak station (low) and broadband subscriptions (high). It ranks worst on students per teacher (high), home price to income ratio (high) and high school diploma or higher (low).

63High

Quality-of-life score: #5,748 of 15,651 cities and towns
California: #279 of 1,062 in CA
Population: 1,229 (2020-2024)
Land area: 3 mi²
Density: 366.6 /mi²
FIPS code: 0672632

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 75 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety61#6,043/15,637
Economy84#2,512/15,631
Housing7#13,855/14,977
Health82#2,771/15,609
Healthcare92#1,292/15,650
Environment26#11,453/15,453
Education16#13,081/15,649
Infrastructure80#3,115/15,650
Community54#7,206/15,651
Leisure & amenities80#3,145/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Somis, California ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Ventura County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Comfortable days · high50.5%
99/100California 34.8%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationVentura County value
Distance to an Amtrak station · low4 mi
98/100California 10 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauVentura County value
Broadband subscriptions · high98.7%
96/100California 93.5%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Adult obesity · low24.4%
95/100California 30.4%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Median household income · high$145,163
93/100California $100,130United States $81,6042020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19013
Arts, entertainment and recreation · high7.9 /10k
92/100California 8.9 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsVentura County value

Weaknesses

Students per teacher · high22.6×
2/100California 21.7×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsVentura County value
Home price to income ratio · high7.5×
4/100California 7.4×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
High school diploma or higher · low94.7%
5/100California 84.7%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
High ozone days · high10 days
7/100California 38 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyVentura County value
Natural hazard risk · high92.9
7/100California 87.32025Federal Emergency Management AgencyVentura County value
Rent-burdened households · high54.2%
12/100California 55.3%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070High uncertainty

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Child poverty rateImproving
19.3% (2016-2020) → 0.0% (2020-2024)
−19 pts4 yearsCensus table B17001US 15.7% → 15.5%
Median household incomeImproving
$101,875 (2016-2020) → $145,163 (2020-2024)
+42%4 yearsCensus table B19013US $67,340 → $81,604
Income inequality (Gini index)Improving
0.562 (2016-2020) → 0.357 (2020-2024)
−37%4 yearsCensus table B19083US 0.482 → 0.483
Poverty rateImproving
7.5% (2016-2020) → 3.7% (2020-2024)
−3.8 pts4 yearsCensus table B17001US 11.9% → 12.1%
Average commute timeImproving
28.0 min (2016-2020) → 23.6 min (2020-2024)
−16%4 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
Bachelor's degree or higherWorsening
44.1% (2016-2020) → 41.9% (2020-2024)
−2.1 pts4 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.9% → 35.7%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

There is not enough history to compare Somis, California over five years.

Cities and towns like Somis, California five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Somis, California in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

No place that looked like Somis, California five years ago has more measures that improved than declined, with a higher standing among its peers today.

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,229 residents (±338)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,229 residents (±338)

Somis, California
California share

White57%696
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino35%†432

Education

892 residents (±225)

Somis, California
California share

No high school diploma5.3%†47
High school or GED11%†102
Some college28%†251

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

469 households (±109)

Somis, California
California share

Under $25k3.2%†15
$25k–50k1.7%†8
$50k–75k8.5%†40
$75k–100k19%†91
$100k–150k22%†102
$150k–200k19%†87
$200k or more27%†126

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

469 households (±109)

Somis, California
California share

Own85%400
Rent15%†69

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

59 households (±47)

Somis, California
California share

Under $7500.0%0
$750–1,0000.0%0
$1,000–1,5000.0%0
$1,500–2,000

Home values

400 homes (±88)

Somis, California
California share

Under $150k0.8%†3
$150k–250k0.0%0
$250k–400k0.0%0

Age of homes

491 homes (±116)

Somis, California
California share

2010 or later1.4%†7
2000–20099.6%†47
1980–199932%†157

Size of homes

491 homes (±116)

Somis, California
California share

Studio4.9%†24
1 bedroom8.8%†43
2 bedrooms8.8%†43

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

597 workers (±192)

Somis, California
California share

Drive alone74%†440
Carpool7.5%†45
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home17%†104
Other1.3%†8

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

493 workers (±172)

Somis, California
California share

Under 15 min32%†159
15–29 min29%†142
30–44 min30%†150

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Ventura County, the county holding most of Somis's residents.

Ventura County has 22,992 employer establishments, 276 for every 10,000 residents (1.11× the US rate of 248; 1.05× California's), with 273,697 paid employees at an average annual pay of $66,404. The Census Bureau also counts 72,581 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 22,992; 72,581 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 276; US 248 · California 263
Paid employees: 273,697
Average annual pay: $66,404; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Ventura County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	2,507	30.1	1.45×More than typical	18,941	$64,394	3,842
Specialty trade contractors	1,593	19.1	1.24×About typical	12,253	$65,160	3,164
Restaurants and other eating places	1,555	18.7	1.02×About typical	30,292	$26,886	216
Lessors of real estate	1,138	13.7	1.11×About typical	3,427	$67,870	7,119
Offices of physicians	956	11.5	1.77×More than typical	4,191	$100,370	696
Management, scientific and technical consulting	811	9.7	1.45×More than typical	2,839	$108,766	2,944
Construction of buildings	733	8.8	1.17×About typical	4,285	$67,472	1,820
Limited-service restaurants	710	8.5	1.06×About typical	13,883	$23,851	89
Services to buildings and dwellings	658	7.9	1.17×About typical	5,210	$44,825	3,604
Building equipment contractors	620	7.5	1.24×About typical	4,679	$69,505	758
Offices of other health practitioners	607	7.3	1.20×About typical	4,215	$44,142	1,980
Full-service restaurants	584	7	0.91×About typical	13,076	$30,757	82

Rank places for an industry Open Ventura County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 832,071 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Somis, California: $0 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $0; −100% vs FY2025
Per resident: $0; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

56KFY2017
27.4KFY2018
-18.1FY2020
2.5KFY2022
1KFY2023
1.3KFY2025

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Somis, California, so they do not add up across cities.

Somis, California's figures are part of those of Ventura County, CA ($1.5B in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Somis is mostly in Ventura County.

See federal money in Ventura County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Somis, California is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).