Del Mar vs Harbison Canyon

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

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

Harbison Canyon has the higher population (4,245 vs 3,921 in Del Mar). Del Mar has the higher median household income ($192,845 vs $121,007 in Harbison Canyon). Del Mar has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $632,700 in Harbison Canyon).

Population, income & housing

	Del Mar	Harbison Canyon
Population	3,921	4,245
Median age	55.5 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$192,845	$121,007
Median home value	$2,000,001	$632,700
Median gross rent	$3,377	$3,185
Housing units	2,586	1,486
Homeownership rate	54.3%	86.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	84.7%	30.2%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Del Mar	Harbison Canyon
Population	4,331 → 3,921 (-9.5%)	4,155 → 4,245 (+2.2%)
Median household income	$129,063 → $192,845 (+49.4%)	$81,129 → $121,007 (+49.2%)
Median home value	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)	$490,700 → $632,700 (+28.9%)
Median gross rent	$2,320 → $3,377 (+45.6%)	$1,769 → $3,185 (+80.0%)

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

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)

	Del Mar	Harbison Canyon
Under 5	2.9%	2.5%
5 to 17	7.5%	12.4%
18 to 24	3.2%	13.4%
25 to 34	10.7%	10.4%
35 to 44	8.1%	13.5%
45 to 54	14.5%	9.9%
55 to 64	20.4%	21.8%
65 to 74	18.0%	7.9%
75 and over	14.7%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Del Mar	Harbison Canyon
White (non-Hispanic)	83.8%	71.0%
Black or African American	2.1%	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	7.3%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	23.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Del Mar	Harbison Canyon
No high school diploma	0.4%	9.9%
High school graduate	6.1%	25.8%
Some college or associate's	8.9%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	37.5%	19.3%
Graduate or professional degree	47.2%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Del Mar	Harbison Canyon
Drove alone	54.2%	68.5%
Carpooled	2.8%	13.6%
Public transit	0.6%	0.5%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	40.9%	15.7%
Other means	1.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Del Mar	Harbison Canyon
1-unit, detached	56.7%	76.0%
1-unit, attached	9.4%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	12.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	17.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	21.7%

Poverty & households

	Del Mar	Harbison Canyon
Poverty rate	2.5%	5.0%
Average household size	2.07	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	22	31
Median year structure built	1970	1985