Malaga vs Tranquillity

A side-by-side comparison of Malaga and Tranquillity: population, income, housing, and more.

Malaga and Tranquillity are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Tranquillity has the higher population (707 vs 693 in Malaga). Malaga has the higher median household income ($63,750 vs $61,250 in Tranquillity). Tranquillity has the higher median home value ($350,000 vs $219,600 in Malaga).

Population, income & housing

	Malaga	Tranquillity
Population	693	707
Median age	33.1 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$63,750	$61,250
Median home value	$219,600	$350,000
Median gross rent	$1,280	$1,230
Housing units	213	265
Homeownership rate	44.2%	70.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.2%	3.6%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	18.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Malaga	Tranquillity
Population	1,186 → 693 (-41.6%)	809 → 707 (-12.6%)
Median household income	$42,232 → $63,750 (+51.0%)	$36,103 → $61,250 (+69.7%)
Median home value	$188,400 → $219,600 (+16.6%)	$186,500 → $350,000 (+87.7%)
Median gross rent	$937 → $1,280 (+36.6%)	$1,014 → $1,230 (+21.3%)

Malaga

Population

1,186693

Median household income

$42,232$63,750

Median home value

$188,400$219,600

Median gross rent

$937$1,280

Tranquillity

Population

809707

Median household income

$36,103$61,250

Median home value

$186,500$350,000

Median gross rent

$1,014$1,230

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Malaga	Tranquillity
Under 5	2.7%	5.7%
5 to 17	14.9%	13.3%
18 to 24	17.0%	5.8%
25 to 34	25.5%	5.4%
35 to 44	7.4%	24.3%
45 to 54	1.6%	6.6%
55 to 64	23.4%	16.7%
65 to 74	5.5%	22.2%
75 and over	2.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Malaga	Tranquillity
White (non-Hispanic)	7.6%	13.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	90.9%	86.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Malaga	Tranquillity
No high school diploma	30.2%	33.3%
High school graduate	40.6%	45.7%
Some college or associate's	13.9%	17.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	3.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Malaga	Tranquillity
Drove alone	42.4%	63.5%
Carpooled	13.6%	13.9%
Public transit	11.1%	0.0%
Walked	22.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	22.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Malaga	Tranquillity
1-unit, detached	93.4%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Malaga	Tranquillity
Poverty rate	16.8%	10.5%
Average household size	3.52	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	15	21
Median year structure built	1964	1973