Descanso vs Julian

A side-by-side comparison of Descanso and Julian: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Descanso has the higher population (1,670 vs 1,491 in Julian). Descanso has the higher median household income ($125,714 vs $75,179 in Julian). Descanso has the higher median home value ($606,100 vs $553,800 in Julian).

Population, income & housing

	Descanso	Julian
Population	1,670	1,491
Median age	54.8 yrs	55.6 yrs
Median household income	$125,714	$75,179
Median home value	$606,100	$553,800
Median gross rent	$3,318	$1,510
Housing units	678	1,165
Homeownership rate	64.4%	87.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%	36.1%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Descanso	Julian
Population	1,568 → 1,670 (+6.5%)	1,019 → 1,491 (+46.3%)
Median household income	$92,232 → $125,714 (+36.3%)	$66,169 → $75,179 (+13.6%)
Median home value	$380,700 → $606,100 (+59.2%)	$363,000 → $553,800 (+52.6%)
Median gross rent	$944 → $3,318 (+251.5%)	$1,389 → $1,510 (+8.7%)

Descanso

Population

1,5681,670

Median household income

$92,232$125,714

Median home value

$380,700$606,100

Median gross rent

$944$3,318

Julian

Population

1,0191,491

Median household income

$66,169$75,179

Median home value

$363,000$553,800

Median gross rent

$1,389$1,510

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Descanso	Julian
Under 5	2.9%	2.9%
5 to 17	13.8%	10.1%
18 to 24	8.6%	5.1%
25 to 34	12.0%	11.5%
35 to 44	4.9%	9.7%
45 to 54	8.2%	8.9%
55 to 64	27.7%	11.0%
65 to 74	17.3%	30.2%
75 and over	4.7%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Descanso	Julian
White (non-Hispanic)	78.9%	77.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	14.9%	22.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Descanso	Julian
No high school diploma	6.0%	4.9%
High school graduate	39.5%	21.0%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	13.2%	23.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Descanso	Julian
Drove alone	76.1%	61.8%
Carpooled	11.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	34.4%
Other means	1.4%	3.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Descanso	Julian
1-unit, detached	91.0%	96.7%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Descanso	Julian
Poverty rate	2.0%	6.6%
Average household size	2.73	1.76
Mean commute (minutes)	28	38
Median year structure built	1973	1975