Pajaro vs Pine Canyon

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

Pajaro 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 2,480 in Pajaro). Pine Canyon has the higher median household income ($106,284 vs $82,083 in Pajaro). Pajaro has the higher median home value ($638,400 vs $372,400 in Pine Canyon).

Population, income & housing

	Pajaro	Pine Canyon
Population	2,480	2,538
Median age	30.5 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$82,083	$106,284
Median home value	$638,400	$372,400
Median gross rent	$1,882	$1,686
Housing units	538	830
Homeownership rate	38.1%	86.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.0%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	15.7%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pajaro	Pine Canyon
Population	3,620 → 2,480 (-31.5%)	2,369 → 2,538 (+7.1%)
Median household income	$53,625 → $82,083 (+53.1%)	$71,591 → $106,284 (+48.5%)
Median home value	$265,000 → $638,400 (+140.9%)	$339,100 → $372,400 (+9.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,444 → $1,882 (+30.3%)	$1,311 → $1,686 (+28.6%)

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

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)

	Pajaro	Pine Canyon
Under 5	16.6%	1.8%
5 to 17	10.8%	27.7%
18 to 24	9.4%	5.8%
25 to 34	21.6%	11.0%
35 to 44	9.8%	5.3%
45 to 54	8.1%	28.4%
55 to 64	10.0%	8.0%
65 to 74	10.8%	3.5%
75 and over	2.9%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pajaro	Pine Canyon
White (non-Hispanic)	3.6%	29.7%
Black or African American	2.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	1.5%
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%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	93.2%	67.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pajaro	Pine Canyon
No high school diploma	47.0%	23.0%
High school graduate	25.1%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	19.9%	23.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pajaro	Pine Canyon
Drove alone	74.6%	65.1%
Carpooled	2.7%	12.0%
Public transit	0.0%	2.5%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.6%	19.5%
Other means	5.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pajaro	Pine Canyon
1-unit, detached	41.6%	68.3%
1-unit, attached	16.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.2%	31.7%

Poverty & households

	Pajaro	Pine Canyon
Poverty rate	14.7%	2.8%
Average household size	4.37	3.13
Mean commute (minutes)	32	30
Median year structure built	1972	1980