Bootjack vs El Portal

A side-by-side comparison of Bootjack and El Portal: population, income, housing, and more.

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

El Portal has the higher population (502 vs 435 in Bootjack). Bootjack has the higher median household income ($77,589 vs $53,509 in El Portal). Bootjack has the higher median home value ($403,300 vs $257,700 in El Portal).

Population, income & housing

	Bootjack	El Portal
Population	435	502
Median age	43.1 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$77,589	$53,509
Median home value	$403,300	$257,700
Median gross rent	—	$712
Housing units	229	350
Homeownership rate	73.1%	55.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.4%	70.9%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bootjack	El Portal
Population	743 → 435 (-41.5%)	220 → 502 (+128.2%)
Median household income	$45,606 → $77,589 (+70.1%)	$44,821 → $53,509 (+19.4%)
Median home value	$266,000 → $403,300 (+51.6%)	$227,700 → $257,700 (+13.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$660 → $712 (+7.9%)

Bootjack

Population

743435

Median household income

$45,606$77,589

Median home value

$266,000$403,300

El Portal

Population

220502

Median household income

$44,821$53,509

Median home value

$227,700$257,700

Median gross rent

$660$712

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bootjack	El Portal
Under 5	4.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	24.8%	24.9%
18 to 24	4.1%	7.4%
25 to 34	5.5%	15.5%
35 to 44	14.3%	6.0%
45 to 54	11.3%	22.5%
55 to 64	25.5%	17.3%
65 to 74	6.0%	3.0%
75 and over	3.9%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bootjack	El Portal
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	90.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.6%
Asian	0.0%	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	5.1%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bootjack	El Portal
No high school diploma	9.7%	9.7%
High school graduate	19.7%	9.1%
Some college or associate's	40.1%	10.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	26.8%
Graduate or professional degree	21.8%	44.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bootjack	El Portal
Drove alone	42.7%	67.6%
Carpooled	31.6%	16.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.7%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.1%	14.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bootjack	El Portal
1-unit, detached	71.6%	50.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	28.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	25.8%	17.7%

Poverty & households

	Bootjack	El Portal
Poverty rate	10.6%	4.0%
Average household size	2.60	1.79
Mean commute (minutes)	19	16
Median year structure built	1988	1960