Fallbrook vs Lemon Grove

A side-by-side comparison of Fallbrook and Lemon Grove: population, income, housing, and more.

Fallbrook and Lemon Grove 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 27,489 in Lemon Grove). Fallbrook has the higher median household income ($87,293 vs $79,278 in Lemon Grove). Fallbrook has the higher median home value ($713,000 vs $640,600 in Lemon Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Fallbrook	Lemon Grove
Population	32,467	27,489
Median age	34.4 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$87,293	$79,278
Median home value	$713,000	$640,600
Median gross rent	$1,675	$1,769
Housing units	10,608	9,698
Homeownership rate	59.5%	53.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.3%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fallbrook	Lemon Grove
Population	31,701 → 32,467 (+2.4%)	26,802 → 27,489 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$63,244 → $87,293 (+38.0%)	$63,548 → $79,278 (+24.8%)
Median home value	$522,700 → $713,000 (+36.4%)	$432,000 → $640,600 (+48.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,252 → $1,675 (+33.8%)	$1,333 → $1,769 (+32.7%)

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

Lemon Grove

Population

26,80227,489

Median household income

$63,548$79,278

Median home value

$432,000$640,600

Median gross rent

$1,333$1,769

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fallbrook	Lemon Grove
Under 5	8.3%	5.9%
5 to 17	17.7%	15.9%
18 to 24	9.1%	7.6%
25 to 34	16.0%	16.6%
35 to 44	9.3%	12.5%
45 to 54	11.0%	12.2%
55 to 64	11.5%	14.5%
65 to 74	10.9%	10.2%
75 and over	6.1%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fallbrook	Lemon Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	37.1%	27.1%
Black or African American	2.3%	14.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.1%
Asian	3.4%	8.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.3%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.9%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	53.5%	44.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fallbrook	Lemon Grove
No high school diploma	17.3%	10.9%
High school graduate	25.1%	28.2%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	40.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fallbrook	Lemon Grove
Drove alone	76.3%	73.8%
Carpooled	6.9%	9.3%
Public transit	1.7%	2.6%
Walked	3.3%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.3%
Worked from home	9.1%	12.0%
Other means	2.4%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fallbrook	Lemon Grove
1-unit, detached	63.0%	62.9%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	8.0%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	13.5%	7.8%
20 or more units	9.7%	12.6%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Fallbrook	Lemon Grove
Poverty rate	14.8%	10.3%
Average household size	3.22	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	31	30
Median year structure built	1980	1967