Bonita vs Camp Pendleton Mainside

A side-by-side comparison of Bonita and Camp Pendleton Mainside: population, income, housing, and more.

Bonita and Camp Pendleton Mainside are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bonita has the higher population (13,336 vs 9,801 in Camp Pendleton Mainside). Bonita has the higher median household income ($117,750 vs $56,250 in Camp Pendleton Mainside). Since 2019, Camp Pendleton Mainside's population has grown faster (+32.0% vs +5.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Bonita	Camp Pendleton Mainside
Population	13,336	9,801
Median age	45.9 yrs	21.6 yrs
Median household income	$117,750	$56,250
Median home value	$902,200	—
Median gross rent	$2,234	$3,501
Housing units	4,798	1,237
Homeownership rate	79.0%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.2%	27.0%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bonita	Camp Pendleton Mainside
Population	12,706 → 13,336 (+5.0%)	7,424 → 9,801 (+32.0%)
Median household income	$99,427 → $117,750 (+18.4%)	$48,750 → $56,250 (+15.4%)
Median home value	$662,400 → $902,200 (+36.2%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,882 → $2,234 (+18.7%)	$2,452 → $3,501 (+42.8%)

Bonita

Population

12,70613,336

Median household income

$99,427$117,750

Median home value

$662,400$902,200

Median gross rent

$1,882$2,234

Camp Pendleton Mainside

Population

7,4249,801

Median household income

$48,750$56,250

Median gross rent

$2,452$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bonita	Camp Pendleton Mainside
Under 5	5.2%	7.5%
5 to 17	15.6%	10.0%
18 to 24	6.4%	59.2%
25 to 34	10.6%	14.1%
35 to 44	10.7%	6.9%
45 to 54	12.7%	2.1%
55 to 64	13.9%	0.1%
65 to 74	13.3%	0.0%
75 and over	11.6%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bonita	Camp Pendleton Mainside
White (non-Hispanic)	33.9%	40.8%
Black or African American	1.3%	9.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.1%
Asian	12.3%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.8%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.5%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	49.0%	39.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bonita	Camp Pendleton Mainside
No high school diploma	8.6%	0.2%
High school graduate	19.1%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	47.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.1%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	17.0%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bonita	Camp Pendleton Mainside
Drove alone	78.7%	26.8%
Carpooled	2.8%	28.3%
Public transit	1.3%	0.5%
Walked	0.0%	42.2%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.1%
Worked from home	15.2%	1.3%
Other means	1.3%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bonita	Camp Pendleton Mainside
1-unit, detached	82.8%	48.7%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	41.1%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bonita	Camp Pendleton Mainside
Poverty rate	6.5%	10.7%
Average household size	2.83	3.74
Mean commute (minutes)	25	11
Median year structure built	1975	1995