Muscoy vs Phelan

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

Muscoy 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 11,402 in Muscoy). Phelan has the higher median household income ($83,759 vs $57,726 in Muscoy). Muscoy has the higher median home value ($379,200 vs $357,200 in Phelan).

Population, income & housing

	Muscoy	Phelan
Population	11,402	18,059
Median age	31.6 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$57,726	$83,759
Median home value	$379,200	$357,200
Median gross rent	$1,766	$1,623
Housing units	2,615	5,510
Homeownership rate	51.9%	80.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.1%	13.9%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	12.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Muscoy	Phelan
Population	12,562 → 11,402 (-9.2%)	15,987 → 18,059 (+13.0%)
Median household income	$46,969 → $57,726 (+22.9%)	$59,375 → $83,759 (+41.1%)
Median home value	$251,400 → $379,200 (+50.8%)	$237,800 → $357,200 (+50.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,335 → $1,766 (+32.3%)	$1,109 → $1,623 (+46.3%)

Muscoy

Population

12,56211,402

Median household income

$46,969$57,726

Median home value

$251,400$379,200

Median gross rent

$1,335$1,766

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)

	Muscoy	Phelan
Under 5	5.9%	9.3%
5 to 17	21.5%	18.3%
18 to 24	13.4%	7.0%
25 to 34	14.3%	17.0%
35 to 44	13.6%	11.3%
45 to 54	11.2%	11.6%
55 to 64	10.1%	14.9%
65 to 74	6.9%	6.7%
75 and over	3.1%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Muscoy	Phelan
White (non-Hispanic)	4.8%	48.1%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	3.5%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.1%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	89.5%	44.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Muscoy	Phelan
No high school diploma	47.6%	10.3%
High school graduate	30.1%	40.1%
Some college or associate's	16.1%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	4.8%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Muscoy	Phelan
Drove alone	79.4%	75.0%
Carpooled	9.6%	8.4%
Public transit	1.7%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	12.5%
Other means	2.8%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Muscoy	Phelan
1-unit, detached	82.3%	75.7%
1-unit, attached	8.5%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	22.9%

Poverty & households

	Muscoy	Phelan
Poverty rate	19.1%	14.5%
Average household size	4.38	3.45
Mean commute (minutes)	28	48
Median year structure built	1958	1991