Bonsall vs Del Mar

A side-by-side comparison of Bonsall and Del Mar: population, income, housing, and more.

Bonsall and Del Mar are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bonsall has the higher population (4,308 vs 3,921 in Del Mar). Del Mar has the higher median household income ($192,845 vs $110,316 in Bonsall). Del Mar has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $938,100 in Bonsall).

Population, income & housing

	Bonsall	Del Mar
Population	4,308	3,921
Median age	42.6 yrs	55.5 yrs
Median household income	$110,316	$192,845
Median home value	$938,100	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$2,177	$3,377
Housing units	1,723	2,586
Homeownership rate	67.5%	54.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.2%	84.7%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bonsall	Del Mar
Population	4,458 → 4,308 (-3.4%)	4,331 → 3,921 (-9.5%)
Median household income	$92,544 → $110,316 (+19.2%)	$129,063 → $192,845 (+49.4%)
Median home value	$686,000 → $938,100 (+36.7%)	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,750 → $2,177 (+24.4%)	$2,320 → $3,377 (+45.6%)

Bonsall

Population

4,4584,308

Median household income

$92,544$110,316

Median home value

$686,000$938,100

Median gross rent

$1,750$2,177

Del Mar

Population

4,3313,921

Median household income

$129,063$192,845

Median home value

$2,000,001$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$2,320$3,377

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bonsall	Del Mar
Under 5	7.8%	2.9%
5 to 17	19.1%	7.5%
18 to 24	5.0%	3.2%
25 to 34	10.1%	10.7%
35 to 44	12.2%	8.1%
45 to 54	10.5%	14.5%
55 to 64	11.7%	20.4%
65 to 74	13.7%	18.0%
75 and over	9.8%	14.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bonsall	Del Mar
White (non-Hispanic)	70.7%	83.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	7.3%
Hispanic or Latino	22.4%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bonsall	Del Mar
No high school diploma	9.3%	0.4%
High school graduate	13.2%	6.1%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	8.9%
Bachelor's degree	32.2%	37.5%
Graduate or professional degree	14.0%	47.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bonsall	Del Mar
Drove alone	77.4%	54.2%
Carpooled	5.0%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	2.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	15.1%	40.9%
Other means	0.5%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bonsall	Del Mar
1-unit, detached	69.5%	56.7%
1-unit, attached	12.3%	9.4%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	12.5%
20 or more units	8.6%	17.6%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bonsall	Del Mar
Poverty rate	15.4%	2.5%
Average household size	2.69	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	31	22
Median year structure built	1989	1970