Grand Terrace vs Phelan

A side-by-side comparison of Grand Terrace and Phelan: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Phelan has the higher population (18,059 vs 13,069 in Grand Terrace). Phelan has the higher median household income ($83,759 vs $83,668 in Grand Terrace). Grand Terrace has the higher median home value ($465,800 vs $357,200 in Phelan).

Population, income & housing

	Grand Terrace	Phelan
Population	13,069	18,059
Median age	37.2 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$83,668	$83,759
Median home value	$465,800	$357,200
Median gross rent	$1,782	$1,623
Housing units	4,883	5,510
Homeownership rate	61.0%	80.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.5%	13.9%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	12.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grand Terrace	Phelan
Population	12,510 → 13,069 (+4.5%)	15,987 → 18,059 (+13.0%)
Median household income	$71,788 → $83,668 (+16.5%)	$59,375 → $83,759 (+41.1%)
Median home value	$324,400 → $465,800 (+43.6%)	$237,800 → $357,200 (+50.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,405 → $1,782 (+26.8%)	$1,109 → $1,623 (+46.3%)

Grand Terrace

Population

12,51013,069

Median household income

$71,788$83,668

Median home value

$324,400$465,800

Median gross rent

$1,405$1,782

Phelan

Population

15,98718,059

Median household income

$59,375$83,759

Median home value

$237,800$357,200

Median gross rent

$1,109$1,623

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grand Terrace	Phelan
Under 5	5.1%	9.3%
5 to 17	17.4%	18.3%
18 to 24	7.9%	7.0%
25 to 34	16.8%	17.0%
35 to 44	13.8%	11.3%
45 to 54	12.7%	11.6%
55 to 64	9.0%	14.9%
65 to 74	12.0%	6.7%
75 and over	5.4%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grand Terrace	Phelan
White (non-Hispanic)	32.9%	48.1%
Black or African American	4.2%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	4.3%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.6%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	53.4%	44.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grand Terrace	Phelan
No high school diploma	13.0%	10.3%
High school graduate	25.9%	40.1%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grand Terrace	Phelan
Drove alone	77.7%	75.0%
Carpooled	9.5%	8.4%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	12.5%
Other means	1.1%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grand Terrace	Phelan
1-unit, detached	57.4%	75.7%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	13.9%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	22.9%

Poverty & households

	Grand Terrace	Phelan
Poverty rate	7.0%	14.5%
Average household size	2.83	3.45
Mean commute (minutes)	25	48
Median year structure built	1976	1991