Jacumba vs Pala

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

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

Pala has the higher population (924 vs 880 in Jacumba). Pala has the higher median household income ($90,938 vs $51,044 in Jacumba). Jacumba has the higher median home value ($349,400 vs $265,000 in Pala).

Population, income & housing

	Jacumba	Pala
Population	880	924
Median age	62.2 yrs	31.5 yrs
Median household income	$51,044	$90,938
Median home value	$349,400	$265,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,235
Housing units	364	308
Homeownership rate	37.6%	59.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	6.1%
Unemployment rate	20.1%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jacumba	Pala
Population	307 → 880 (+186.6%)	1,005 → 924 (-8.1%)
Median household income	$50,368 → $51,044 (+1.3%)	$93,194 → $90,938 (-2.4%)
Median home value	$141,000 → $349,400 (+147.8%)	$301,500 → $265,000 (-12.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,069 → $1,235 (+15.5%)

Jacumba

Population

307880

Median household income

$50,368$51,044

Median home value

$141,000$349,400

Pala

Population

1,005924

Median household income

$93,194$90,938

Median home value

$301,500$265,000

Median gross rent

$1,069$1,235

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jacumba	Pala
Under 5	0.0%	10.4%
5 to 17	10.3%	19.0%
18 to 24	9.5%	14.2%
25 to 34	10.3%	11.8%
35 to 44	0.0%	9.4%
45 to 54	6.0%	14.1%
55 to 64	48.3%	11.8%
65 to 74	15.5%	4.8%
75 and over	0.0%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jacumba	Pala
White (non-Hispanic)	32.0%	4.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	42.4%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
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%	50.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jacumba	Pala
No high school diploma	0.0%	31.9%
High school graduate	47.1%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	3.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jacumba	Pala
Drove alone	73.1%	90.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.9%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jacumba	Pala
1-unit, detached	92.3%	60.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
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%	38.6%

Poverty & households

	Jacumba	Pala
Poverty rate	36.9%	12.3%
Average household size	2.42	3.46
Mean commute (minutes)	—	20
Median year structure built	1956	1982