Del Mar vs Jamul

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

Del Mar 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 3,921 in Del Mar). Del Mar has the higher median household income ($192,845 vs $148,740 in Jamul). Del Mar has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $961,300 in Jamul).

Population, income & housing

	Del Mar	Jamul
Population	3,921	6,617
Median age	55.5 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$192,845	$148,740
Median home value	$2,000,001	$961,300
Median gross rent	$3,377	$3,501
Housing units	2,586	2,149
Homeownership rate	54.3%	96.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	84.7%	34.3%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Del Mar	Jamul
Population	4,331 → 3,921 (-9.5%)	5,445 → 6,617 (+21.5%)
Median household income	$129,063 → $192,845 (+49.4%)	$117,971 → $148,740 (+26.1%)
Median home value	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)	$669,700 → $961,300 (+43.5%)
Median gross rent	$2,320 → $3,377 (+45.6%)	$1,592 → $3,501 (+119.9%)

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

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)

	Del Mar	Jamul
Under 5	2.9%	5.3%
5 to 17	7.5%	14.6%
18 to 24	3.2%	6.0%
25 to 34	10.7%	10.6%
35 to 44	8.1%	11.7%
45 to 54	14.5%	8.6%
55 to 64	20.4%	18.5%
65 to 74	18.0%	17.4%
75 and over	14.7%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Del Mar	Jamul
White (non-Hispanic)	83.8%	67.3%
Black or African American	2.1%	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	7.3%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	24.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Del Mar	Jamul
No high school diploma	0.4%	6.6%
High school graduate	6.1%	27.4%
Some college or associate's	8.9%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	37.5%	20.2%
Graduate or professional degree	47.2%	14.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Del Mar	Jamul
Drove alone	54.2%	79.7%
Carpooled	2.8%	4.7%
Public transit	0.6%	0.5%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	40.9%	14.9%
Other means	1.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Del Mar	Jamul
1-unit, detached	56.7%	95.8%
1-unit, attached	9.4%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	0.3%
5 to 19 units	12.5%	0.5%
20 or more units	17.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Del Mar	Jamul
Poverty rate	2.5%	3.7%
Average household size	2.07	3.15
Mean commute (minutes)	22	35
Median year structure built	1970	1984