Bonsall vs Lake San Marcos

A side-by-side comparison of Bonsall and Lake San Marcos: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lake San Marcos has the higher population (4,996 vs 4,308 in Bonsall). Bonsall has the higher median household income ($110,316 vs $100,676 in Lake San Marcos). Bonsall has the higher median home value ($938,100 vs $859,600 in Lake San Marcos).

Population, income & housing

	Bonsall	Lake San Marcos
Population	4,308	4,996
Median age	42.6 yrs	60.1 yrs
Median household income	$110,316	$100,676
Median home value	$938,100	$859,600
Median gross rent	$2,177	$2,615
Housing units	1,723	2,285
Homeownership rate	67.5%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.2%	35.5%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bonsall	Lake San Marcos
Population	4,458 → 4,308 (-3.4%)	4,713 → 4,996 (+6.0%)
Median household income	$92,544 → $110,316 (+19.2%)	$71,923 → $100,676 (+40.0%)
Median home value	$686,000 → $938,100 (+36.7%)	$602,700 → $859,600 (+42.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,750 → $2,177 (+24.4%)	$1,988 → $2,615 (+31.5%)

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

Lake San Marcos

Population

4,7134,996

Median household income

$71,923$100,676

Median home value

$602,700$859,600

Median gross rent

$1,988$2,615

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bonsall	Lake San Marcos
Under 5	7.8%	1.7%
5 to 17	19.1%	9.5%
18 to 24	5.0%	4.4%
25 to 34	10.1%	10.0%
35 to 44	12.2%	7.1%
45 to 54	10.5%	11.9%
55 to 64	11.7%	14.8%
65 to 74	13.7%	20.0%
75 and over	9.8%	20.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bonsall	Lake San Marcos
White (non-Hispanic)	70.7%	67.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	5.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.9%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	22.4%	21.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bonsall	Lake San Marcos
No high school diploma	9.3%	12.6%
High school graduate	13.2%	14.8%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree	32.2%	22.8%
Graduate or professional degree	14.0%	12.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bonsall	Lake San Marcos
Drove alone	77.4%	73.5%
Carpooled	5.0%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.1%	21.0%
Other means	0.5%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bonsall	Lake San Marcos
1-unit, detached	69.5%	62.7%
1-unit, attached	12.3%	20.1%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	6.1%
20 or more units	8.6%	7.3%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bonsall	Lake San Marcos
Poverty rate	15.4%	6.3%
Average household size	2.69	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	31	22
Median year structure built	1989	1979