Aromas vs San Juan Bautista

A side-by-side comparison of Aromas and San Juan Bautista: population, income, housing, and more.

Aromas and San Juan Bautista are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Aromas has the higher population (2,846 vs 2,120 in San Juan Bautista). Aromas has the higher median household income ($184,667 vs $108,750 in San Juan Bautista). Aromas has the higher median home value ($925,800 vs $707,100 in San Juan Bautista).

Population, income & housing

	Aromas	San Juan Bautista
Population	2,846	2,120
Median age	36.9 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$184,667	$108,750
Median home value	$925,800	$707,100
Median gross rent	$2,155	$1,958
Housing units	899	858
Homeownership rate	79.8%	63.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.3%	38.0%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aromas	San Juan Bautista
Population	2,479 → 2,846 (+14.8%)	2,019 → 2,120 (+5.0%)
Median household income	$109,413 → $184,667 (+68.8%)	$79,537 → $108,750 (+36.7%)
Median home value	$641,100 → $925,800 (+44.4%)	$587,500 → $707,100 (+20.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,594 → $2,155 (+35.2%)	$1,574 → $1,958 (+24.4%)

Aromas

Population

2,4792,846

Median household income

$109,413$184,667

Median home value

$641,100$925,800

Median gross rent

$1,594$2,155

San Juan Bautista

Population

2,0192,120

Median household income

$79,537$108,750

Median home value

$587,500$707,100

Median gross rent

$1,574$1,958

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aromas	San Juan Bautista
Under 5	6.1%	9.0%
5 to 17	13.7%	11.7%
18 to 24	8.0%	7.1%
25 to 34	14.9%	14.0%
35 to 44	12.1%	12.7%
45 to 54	19.0%	13.3%
55 to 64	7.3%	13.2%
65 to 74	14.7%	10.1%
75 and over	4.3%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aromas	San Juan Bautista
White (non-Hispanic)	60.4%	33.0%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	0.4%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	32.5%	57.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aromas	San Juan Bautista
No high school diploma	7.6%	9.9%
High school graduate	14.4%	16.1%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	27.3%	26.6%
Graduate or professional degree	17.0%	11.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aromas	San Juan Bautista
Drove alone	71.4%	72.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.9%	13.9%
Other means	3.7%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aromas	San Juan Bautista
1-unit, detached	90.9%	63.3%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	17.1%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Aromas	San Juan Bautista
Poverty rate	3.8%	8.8%
Average household size	3.32	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	30	34
Median year structure built	1976	1982