Fallbrook vs Imperial Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Fallbrook and Imperial Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fallbrook has the higher population (32,467 vs 25,897 in Imperial Beach). Fallbrook has the higher median household income ($87,293 vs $79,071 in Imperial Beach). Imperial Beach has the higher median home value ($811,000 vs $713,000 in Fallbrook).

Population, income & housing

	Fallbrook	Imperial Beach
Population	32,467	25,897
Median age	34.4 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$87,293	$79,071
Median home value	$713,000	$811,000
Median gross rent	$1,675	$1,914
Housing units	10,608	10,276
Homeownership rate	59.5%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.3%	23.7%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fallbrook	Imperial Beach
Population	31,701 → 32,467 (+2.4%)	27,315 → 25,897 (-5.2%)
Median household income	$63,244 → $87,293 (+38.0%)	$53,690 → $79,071 (+47.3%)
Median home value	$522,700 → $713,000 (+36.4%)	$563,600 → $811,000 (+43.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,252 → $1,675 (+33.8%)	$1,459 → $1,914 (+31.2%)

Fallbrook

Population

31,70132,467

Median household income

$63,244$87,293

Median home value

$522,700$713,000

Median gross rent

$1,252$1,675

Imperial Beach

Population

27,31525,897

Median household income

$53,690$79,071

Median home value

$563,600$811,000

Median gross rent

$1,459$1,914

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fallbrook	Imperial Beach
Under 5	8.3%	7.1%
5 to 17	17.7%	14.6%
18 to 24	9.1%	9.8%
25 to 34	16.0%	17.9%
35 to 44	9.3%	14.7%
45 to 54	11.0%	12.5%
55 to 64	11.5%	11.3%
65 to 74	10.9%	7.8%
75 and over	6.1%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fallbrook	Imperial Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	37.1%	33.1%
Black or African American	2.3%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.1%
Asian	3.4%	6.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race	0.2%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.9%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	53.5%	50.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fallbrook	Imperial Beach
No high school diploma	17.3%	14.7%
High school graduate	25.1%	29.0%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fallbrook	Imperial Beach
Drove alone	76.3%	71.6%
Carpooled	6.9%	9.5%
Public transit	1.7%	4.4%
Walked	3.3%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.7%
Worked from home	9.1%	9.4%
Other means	2.4%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fallbrook	Imperial Beach
1-unit, detached	63.0%	39.4%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	10.9%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	12.6%
5 to 19 units	13.5%	28.8%
20 or more units	9.7%	7.3%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Fallbrook	Imperial Beach
Poverty rate	14.8%	15.2%
Average household size	3.22	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	31	28
Median year structure built	1980	1972