Fort Irwin vs PiÃ±on Hills

A side-by-side comparison of Fort Irwin and PiÃ±on Hills: population, income, housing, and more.

Fort Irwin and PiÃ±on Hills are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fort Irwin has the higher population (8,791 vs 7,149 in PiÃ±on Hills). Fort Irwin has the higher median household income ($66,964 vs $65,160 in PiÃ±on Hills). Since 2019, PiÃ±on Hills's population has grown faster (-6.7% vs -11.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Irwin	PiÃ±on Hills
Population	8,791	7,149
Median age	23.4 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$66,964	$65,160
Median home value	—	$395,800
Median gross rent	$1,601	$1,646
Housing units	3,100	2,712
Homeownership rate	1.4%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.7%	13.7%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	16.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Irwin	PiÃ±on Hills
Population	9,872 → 8,791 (-11.0%)	7,661 → 7,149 (-6.7%)
Median household income	$54,787 → $66,964 (+22.2%)	$52,357 → $65,160 (+24.5%)
Median home value	—	$246,400 → $395,800 (+60.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,369 → $1,601 (+16.9%)	$1,061 → $1,646 (+55.1%)

Fort Irwin

Population

9,8728,791

Median household income

$54,787$66,964

Median gross rent

$1,369$1,601

PiÃ±on Hills

Population

7,6617,149

Median household income

$52,357$65,160

Median home value

$246,400$395,800

Median gross rent

$1,061$1,646

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Irwin	PiÃ±on Hills
Under 5	12.3%	6.0%
5 to 17	16.7%	15.8%
18 to 24	27.6%	5.2%
25 to 34	31.2%	17.4%
35 to 44	8.0%	9.4%
45 to 54	4.3%	9.8%
55 to 64	0.0%	16.5%
65 to 74	0.0%	12.6%
75 and over	0.0%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Irwin	PiÃ±on Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	53.1%	48.3%
Black or African American	10.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	6.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.7%	1.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	5.7%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	27.0%	41.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Irwin	PiÃ±on Hills
No high school diploma	2.5%	14.9%
High school graduate	18.0%	32.4%
Some college or associate's	48.8%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	24.5%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Irwin	PiÃ±on Hills
Drove alone	65.4%	83.2%
Carpooled	15.2%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	11.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	13.3%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Irwin	PiÃ±on Hills
1-unit, detached	12.5%	67.6%
1-unit, attached	36.9%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	41.7%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	28.5%

Poverty & households

	Fort Irwin	PiÃ±on Hills
Poverty rate	11.6%	19.6%
Average household size	2.62	2.86
Mean commute (minutes)	9	52
Median year structure built	1993	1991