Bonsall vs Harbison Canyon

A side-by-side comparison of Bonsall and Harbison Canyon: population, income, housing, and more.

Bonsall and Harbison Canyon 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 4,245 in Harbison Canyon). Harbison Canyon has the higher median household income ($121,007 vs $110,316 in Bonsall). Bonsall has the higher median home value ($938,100 vs $632,700 in Harbison Canyon).

Population, income & housing

	Bonsall	Harbison Canyon
Population	4,308	4,245
Median age	42.6 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$110,316	$121,007
Median home value	$938,100	$632,700
Median gross rent	$2,177	$3,185
Housing units	1,723	1,486
Homeownership rate	67.5%	86.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.2%	30.2%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bonsall	Harbison Canyon
Population	4,458 → 4,308 (-3.4%)	4,155 → 4,245 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$92,544 → $110,316 (+19.2%)	$81,129 → $121,007 (+49.2%)
Median home value	$686,000 → $938,100 (+36.7%)	$490,700 → $632,700 (+28.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,750 → $2,177 (+24.4%)	$1,769 → $3,185 (+80.0%)

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

Harbison Canyon

Population

4,1554,245

Median household income

$81,129$121,007

Median home value

$490,700$632,700

Median gross rent

$1,769$3,185

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bonsall	Harbison Canyon
Under 5	7.8%	2.5%
5 to 17	19.1%	12.4%
18 to 24	5.0%	13.4%
25 to 34	10.1%	10.4%
35 to 44	12.2%	13.5%
45 to 54	10.5%	9.9%
55 to 64	11.7%	21.8%
65 to 74	13.7%	7.9%
75 and over	9.8%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bonsall	Harbison Canyon
White (non-Hispanic)	70.7%	71.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	2.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	4.9%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	22.4%	23.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bonsall	Harbison Canyon
No high school diploma	9.3%	9.9%
High school graduate	13.2%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	32.2%	19.3%
Graduate or professional degree	14.0%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bonsall	Harbison Canyon
Drove alone	77.4%	68.5%
Carpooled	5.0%	13.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	2.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.1%	15.7%
Other means	0.5%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bonsall	Harbison Canyon
1-unit, detached	69.5%	76.0%
1-unit, attached	12.3%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	21.7%

Poverty & households

	Bonsall	Harbison Canyon
Poverty rate	15.4%	5.0%
Average household size	2.69	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	31	31
Median year structure built	1989	1985