Boronda vs Pine Canyon

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

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

Pine Canyon has the higher population (2,538 vs 2,246 in Boronda). Pine Canyon has the higher median household income ($106,284 vs $77,639 in Boronda). Boronda has the higher median home value ($581,300 vs $372,400 in Pine Canyon).

Population, income & housing

	Boronda	Pine Canyon
Population	2,246	2,538
Median age	32.1 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$77,639	$106,284
Median home value	$581,300	$372,400
Median gross rent	$1,964	$1,686
Housing units	559	830
Homeownership rate	53.0%	86.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.7%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boronda	Pine Canyon
Population	1,763 → 2,246 (+27.4%)	2,369 → 2,538 (+7.1%)
Median household income	$47,383 → $77,639 (+63.9%)	$71,591 → $106,284 (+48.5%)
Median home value	$291,500 → $581,300 (+99.4%)	$339,100 → $372,400 (+9.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,710 → $1,964 (+14.9%)	$1,311 → $1,686 (+28.6%)

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

Pine Canyon

Population

2,3692,538

Median household income

$71,591$106,284

Median home value

$339,100$372,400

Median gross rent

$1,311$1,686

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boronda	Pine Canyon
Under 5	13.7%	1.8%
5 to 17	15.6%	27.7%
18 to 24	10.8%	5.8%
25 to 34	17.6%	11.0%
35 to 44	15.5%	5.3%
45 to 54	13.9%	28.4%
55 to 64	11.5%	8.0%
65 to 74	1.0%	3.5%
75 and over	0.3%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boronda	Pine Canyon
White (non-Hispanic)	6.6%	29.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.5%
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%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	85.8%	67.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boronda	Pine Canyon
No high school diploma	41.2%	23.0%
High school graduate	26.3%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	18.8%	23.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boronda	Pine Canyon
Drove alone	82.1%	65.1%
Carpooled	5.6%	12.0%
Public transit	0.0%	2.5%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	19.5%
Other means	7.1%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boronda	Pine Canyon
1-unit, detached	85.2%	68.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.6%	31.7%

Poverty & households

	Boronda	Pine Canyon
Poverty rate	7.2%	2.8%
Average household size	4.33	3.13
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	1978	1980