Elfin Forest vs Jacumba

A side-by-side comparison of Elfin Forest and Jacumba: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Jacumba has the higher population (880 vs 566 in Elfin Forest). Elfin Forest has the higher median home value ($1,496,700 vs $349,400 in Jacumba). Since 2019, Jacumba's population has grown faster (+186.6% vs +22.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Elfin Forest	Jacumba
Population	566	880
Median age	43.7 yrs	62.2 yrs
Median household income	—	$51,044
Median home value	$1,496,700	$349,400
Housing units	196	364
Homeownership rate	100.0%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.0%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	20.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elfin Forest	Jacumba
Population	462 → 566 (+22.5%)	307 → 880 (+186.6%)
Median household income	$119,013 → $141,618 (+19.0%)	$50,368 → $51,044 (+1.3%)
Median home value	$1,144,900 → $1,496,700 (+30.7%)	$141,000 → $349,400 (+147.8%)

Elfin Forest

Population

462566

Median household income

$119,013$141,618

Median home value

$1,144,900$1,496,700

Jacumba

Population

307880

Median household income

$50,368$51,044

Median home value

$141,000$349,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elfin Forest	Jacumba
Under 5	11.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.3%	10.3%
18 to 24	4.8%	9.5%
25 to 34	8.8%	10.3%
35 to 44	15.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	3.7%	6.0%
55 to 64	23.7%	48.3%
65 to 74	21.2%	15.5%
75 and over	0.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elfin Forest	Jacumba
White (non-Hispanic)	72.1%	32.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	17.1%	9.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	58.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elfin Forest	Jacumba
No high school diploma	6.1%	0.0%
High school graduate	11.7%	47.1%
Some college or associate's	41.2%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	26.6%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	14.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elfin Forest	Jacumba
Drove alone	69.3%	73.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.4%	26.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elfin Forest	Jacumba
1-unit, detached	100.0%	92.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	Elfin Forest	Jacumba
Poverty rate	2.7%	36.9%
Average household size	3.23	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	20	—
Median year structure built	1986	1956