Imperial Beach vs Ramona

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

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

Imperial Beach has the higher population (25,897 vs 22,829 in Ramona). Ramona has the higher median household income ($101,023 vs $79,071 in Imperial Beach). Imperial Beach has the higher median home value ($811,000 vs $704,500 in Ramona).

Population, income & housing

	Imperial Beach	Ramona
Population	25,897	22,829
Median age	35.2 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$79,071	$101,023
Median home value	$811,000	$704,500
Median gross rent	$1,914	$1,797
Housing units	10,276	7,638
Homeownership rate	30.7%	68.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.7%	24.7%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Imperial Beach	Ramona
Population	27,315 → 25,897 (-5.2%)	21,323 → 22,829 (+7.1%)
Median household income	$53,690 → $79,071 (+47.3%)	$84,289 → $101,023 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$563,600 → $811,000 (+43.9%)	$476,800 → $704,500 (+47.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,459 → $1,914 (+31.2%)	$1,480 → $1,797 (+21.4%)

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

Ramona

Population

21,32322,829

Median household income

$84,289$101,023

Median home value

$476,800$704,500

Median gross rent

$1,480$1,797

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Imperial Beach	Ramona
Under 5	7.1%	6.0%
5 to 17	14.6%	16.6%
18 to 24	9.8%	9.3%
25 to 34	17.9%	13.3%
35 to 44	14.7%	12.9%
45 to 54	12.5%	11.7%
55 to 64	11.3%	13.6%
65 to 74	7.8%	10.0%
75 and over	4.3%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Imperial Beach	Ramona
White (non-Hispanic)	33.1%	54.7%
Black or African American	4.5%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	6.1%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.3%
Some other race	0.6%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.6%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	50.8%	37.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Imperial Beach	Ramona
No high school diploma	14.7%	16.1%
High school graduate	29.0%	29.8%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Imperial Beach	Ramona
Drove alone	71.6%	75.7%
Carpooled	9.5%	8.8%
Public transit	4.4%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	12.0%
Other means	0.9%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Imperial Beach	Ramona
1-unit, detached	39.4%	70.4%
1-unit, attached	10.9%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	12.6%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	28.8%	9.1%
20 or more units	7.3%	7.4%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Imperial Beach	Ramona
Poverty rate	15.2%	7.0%
Average household size	2.67	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	28	34
Median year structure built	1972	1981