Camp Pendleton Mainside vs Jamul

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

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

Camp Pendleton Mainside has the higher population (9,801 vs 6,617 in Jamul). Jamul has the higher median household income ($148,740 vs $56,250 in Camp Pendleton Mainside). Since 2019, Camp Pendleton Mainside's population has grown faster (+32.0% vs +21.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Camp Pendleton Mainside	Jamul
Population	9,801	6,617
Median age	21.6 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$56,250	$148,740
Median home value	—	$961,300
Median gross rent	$3,501	$3,501
Housing units	1,237	2,149
Homeownership rate	0.0%	96.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.0%	34.3%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Camp Pendleton Mainside	Jamul
Population	7,424 → 9,801 (+32.0%)	5,445 → 6,617 (+21.5%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $56,250 (+15.4%)	$117,971 → $148,740 (+26.1%)
Median home value	—	$669,700 → $961,300 (+43.5%)
Median gross rent	$2,452 → $3,501 (+42.8%)	$1,592 → $3,501 (+119.9%)

Camp Pendleton Mainside

Population

7,4249,801

Median household income

$48,750$56,250

Median gross rent

$2,452$3,501

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)

	Camp Pendleton Mainside	Jamul
Under 5	7.5%	5.3%
5 to 17	10.0%	14.6%
18 to 24	59.2%	6.0%
25 to 34	14.1%	10.6%
35 to 44	6.9%	11.7%
45 to 54	2.1%	8.6%
55 to 64	0.1%	18.5%
65 to 74	0.0%	17.4%
75 and over	0.0%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Camp Pendleton Mainside	Jamul
White (non-Hispanic)	40.8%	67.3%
Black or African American	9.5%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	0.0%
Asian	3.9%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.8%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.7%
Two or more races	4.5%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	39.1%	24.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Camp Pendleton Mainside	Jamul
No high school diploma	0.2%	6.6%
High school graduate	25.6%	27.4%
Some college or associate's	47.2%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	20.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	14.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Camp Pendleton Mainside	Jamul
Drove alone	26.8%	79.7%
Carpooled	28.3%	4.7%
Public transit	0.5%	0.5%
Walked	42.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.3%	14.9%
Other means	0.8%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Camp Pendleton Mainside	Jamul
1-unit, detached	48.7%	95.8%
1-unit, attached	41.1%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Camp Pendleton Mainside	Jamul
Poverty rate	10.7%	3.7%
Average household size	3.74	3.15
Mean commute (minutes)	11	35
Median year structure built	1995	1984