Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,185, settled in 1887.
The best of Piru’s subject grades is a B for the outdoors; the weakest is a D− for hazard risk. On hazard risk, just 42 of California’s 1,064 towns do worse. Piru’s average trip to work is 34 minutes, above both California’s towns (28 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). Piru’s trail density is 2.3 miles per square mile, above both the California town median (1.0) and the median of U.S. towns (0.4). Piru has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
2,063 counted in 2010 and 2,587 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far Piru is from typical.
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Census counts: 1,284 in 1980, 2,587 in 2020. The archive holds 9 old photos and papers going back to 1900 and 8 maps from 1900 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Piru. Close and well known come first.
Big draw34 mi LandmarkHollywood Walk of Fame10.0M visitors a year
Big draw12 mi Theme parkSix Flags Magic Mountain3.3M visitors a year
Big draw40 mi MuseumLucas Museum of Narrative Art
Big draw33 mi LandmarkHollywood Sign
Big draw35 mi MuseumLa Brea Tar Pits
Big draw32 mi Theme parkUniversal Studios Hollywood8.7M visitors a yearHollywood Walk of Fame: BenSherman, Public domain · Six Flags Magic Mountain: Alton, CC BY 3.0 · Lucas Museum of Narrative Art: Kriddl, CC0 · Hollywood Sign: Thomas Wolf, www.foto-tw.de, CC BY-SA 3.0 · La Brea Tar Pits: Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Universal Studios Hollywood: 林振宇, CC BY-SA 4.0
Piru is unincorporated, so Ventura County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Piru.
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 99% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its public schools are run by the Fillmore Unified school district. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piru ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 272 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CA on state tests and graduation
Most working residents leave Piru for work: only 4% work in town. 16% of Piru residents live below the poverty line. Since 2013, Piru has added 365 jobs, to 626 in 2023.
| Piru | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 16% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.8% | 6.6% | 8% |
| Median household income | $89,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The typical Piru home is worth about $515,000, up 1.7% in a year, 32% below the California typical home. 53% of households own their home in Piru.
| Piru | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 53% | 64% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,490 a month | $1,896 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Piru has warm winters and warm summers, with very little rain. The July high in Piru is 92°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Piru beats the California average on 6 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 7.
| Piru | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 9% | 8.1% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 70% | 72% | 79% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 22% | 19% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 31% | 35% |
| What stands out | Piru | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 4.4% | 6.4% |
| Fewer adults with COPD | 3.7% | 5.1% |
| More uninsured adults | 18.4% | 10.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Warring Park | — | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
4 within 15 miles of the center of Piru
About 7 of every 100 Piru residents are enrolled in college, about the same as California.
Where Piru’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Unincorporated community in Ventura County, California
Piru ( ) is a small unincorporated historic town located in eastern Ventura County, California, in the Santa Clara River Valley near the Santa Clara River and Highway 126, about seven miles (11 km) east of Fillmore and about 13 miles (21 km) west of Interstate 5. Lake Piru, in the Los Padres National Forest, is the main recreational attraction. The population was 2,587 at the 2020 census, up from 2,063 at the 2010 census. For statistical purposes, the United States Census Bureau has defined Piru as a census-designated place (CDP), which does not precisely correspond to the historical community.
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes. That is 4.7 years of the area's median household income ($109,797 across the Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
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