Boronda vs Pajaro

A side-by-side comparison of Boronda and Pajaro: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pajaro has the higher population (2,480 vs 2,246 in Boronda). Pajaro has the higher median household income ($82,083 vs $77,639 in Boronda). Pajaro has the higher median home value ($638,400 vs $581,300 in Boronda).

Population, income & housing

	Boronda	Pajaro
Population	2,246	2,480
Median age	32.1 yrs	30.5 yrs
Median household income	$77,639	$82,083
Median home value	$581,300	$638,400
Median gross rent	$1,964	$1,882
Housing units	559	538
Homeownership rate	53.0%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.7%	8.0%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	15.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boronda	Pajaro
Population	1,763 → 2,246 (+27.4%)	3,620 → 2,480 (-31.5%)
Median household income	$47,383 → $77,639 (+63.9%)	$53,625 → $82,083 (+53.1%)
Median home value	$291,500 → $581,300 (+99.4%)	$265,000 → $638,400 (+140.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,710 → $1,964 (+14.9%)	$1,444 → $1,882 (+30.3%)

Boronda

Population

1,7632,246

Median household income

$47,383$77,639

Median home value

$291,500$581,300

Median gross rent

$1,710$1,964

Pajaro

Population

3,6202,480

Median household income

$53,625$82,083

Median home value

$265,000$638,400

Median gross rent

$1,444$1,882

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boronda	Pajaro
Under 5	13.7%	16.6%
5 to 17	15.6%	10.8%
18 to 24	10.8%	9.4%
25 to 34	17.6%	21.6%
35 to 44	15.5%	9.8%
45 to 54	13.9%	8.1%
55 to 64	11.5%	10.0%
65 to 74	1.0%	10.8%
75 and over	0.3%	2.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boronda	Pajaro
White (non-Hispanic)	6.6%	3.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	6.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	85.8%	93.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boronda	Pajaro
No high school diploma	41.2%	47.0%
High school graduate	26.3%	25.1%
Some college or associate's	18.8%	19.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boronda	Pajaro
Drove alone	82.1%	74.6%
Carpooled	5.6%	2.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	17.6%
Other means	7.1%	5.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boronda	Pajaro
1-unit, detached	85.2%	41.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	16.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	17.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.5%
20 or more units	8.2%	7.8%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	13.2%

Poverty & households

	Boronda	Pajaro
Poverty rate	7.2%	14.7%
Average household size	4.33	4.37
Mean commute (minutes)	27	32
Median year structure built	1978	1972