Jacumba vs Mount Laguna

A side-by-side comparison of Jacumba and Mount Laguna: population, income, housing, and more.

Jacumba and Mount Laguna 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 123 in Mount Laguna). Jacumba has the higher median home value ($349,400 vs $273,400 in Mount Laguna). Since 2019, Jacumba's population has grown faster (+186.6% vs +5.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Jacumba	Mount Laguna
Population	880	123
Median age	62.2 yrs	27.4 yrs
Median household income	$51,044	—
Median home value	$349,400	$273,400
Housing units	364	122
Homeownership rate	37.6%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	69.2%
Unemployment rate	20.1%	34.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jacumba	Mount Laguna
Population	307 → 880 (+186.6%)	117 → 123 (+5.1%)
Median household income	$50,368 → $51,044 (+1.3%)	—
Median home value	$141,000 → $349,400 (+147.8%)	$222,200 → $273,400 (+23.0%)

Jacumba

Population

307880

Median household income

$50,368$51,044

Median home value

$141,000$349,400

Mount Laguna

Population

117123

Median home value

$222,200$273,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jacumba	Mount Laguna
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	10.3%	0.0%
18 to 24	9.5%	15.4%
25 to 34	10.3%	44.7%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	6.0%	0.0%
55 to 64	48.3%	13.8%
65 to 74	15.5%	13.0%
75 and over	0.0%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jacumba	Mount Laguna
White (non-Hispanic)	32.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	58.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jacumba	Mount Laguna
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	47.1%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	69.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jacumba	Mount Laguna
Drove alone	73.1%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jacumba	Mount Laguna
1-unit, detached	92.3%	73.8%
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	7.7%	26.2%

Poverty & households

	Jacumba	Mount Laguna
Poverty rate	36.9%	13.0%
Average household size	2.42	2.51
Median year structure built	1956	1983