Bonsall vs Jamul

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

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

Jamul has the higher population (6,617 vs 4,308 in Bonsall). Jamul has the higher median household income ($148,740 vs $110,316 in Bonsall). Jamul has the higher median home value ($961,300 vs $938,100 in Bonsall).

Population, income & housing

	Bonsall	Jamul
Population	4,308	6,617
Median age	42.6 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$110,316	$148,740
Median home value	$938,100	$961,300
Median gross rent	$2,177	$3,501
Housing units	1,723	2,149
Homeownership rate	67.5%	96.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.2%	34.3%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bonsall	Jamul
Population	4,458 → 4,308 (-3.4%)	5,445 → 6,617 (+21.5%)
Median household income	$92,544 → $110,316 (+19.2%)	$117,971 → $148,740 (+26.1%)
Median home value	$686,000 → $938,100 (+36.7%)	$669,700 → $961,300 (+43.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,750 → $2,177 (+24.4%)	$1,592 → $3,501 (+119.9%)

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

Jamul

Population

5,4456,617

Median household income

$117,971$148,740

Median home value

$669,700$961,300

Median gross rent

$1,592$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bonsall	Jamul
Under 5	7.8%	5.3%
5 to 17	19.1%	14.6%
18 to 24	5.0%	6.0%
25 to 34	10.1%	10.6%
35 to 44	12.2%	11.7%
45 to 54	10.5%	8.6%
55 to 64	11.7%	18.5%
65 to 74	13.7%	17.4%
75 and over	9.8%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bonsall	Jamul
White (non-Hispanic)	70.7%	67.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	4.9%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	22.4%	24.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bonsall	Jamul
No high school diploma	9.3%	6.6%
High school graduate	13.2%	27.4%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	32.2%	20.2%
Graduate or professional degree	14.0%	14.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bonsall	Jamul
Drove alone	77.4%	79.7%
Carpooled	5.0%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	2.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.1%	14.9%
Other means	0.5%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bonsall	Jamul
1-unit, detached	69.5%	95.8%
1-unit, attached	12.3%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	0.5%
20 or more units	8.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Bonsall	Jamul
Poverty rate	15.4%	3.7%
Average household size	2.69	3.15
Mean commute (minutes)	31	35
Median year structure built	1989	1984