Jamul vs Valley Center

A side-by-side comparison of Jamul and Valley Center: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Valley Center has the higher population (10,303 vs 6,617 in Jamul). Jamul has the higher median household income ($148,740 vs $116,620 in Valley Center). Jamul has the higher median home value ($961,300 vs $809,300 in Valley Center).

Population, income & housing

	Jamul	Valley Center
Population	6,617	10,303
Median age	47.6 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$148,740	$116,620
Median home value	$961,300	$809,300
Median gross rent	$3,501	$1,163
Housing units	2,149	3,450
Homeownership rate	96.6%	88.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.3%	35.6%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jamul	Valley Center
Population	5,445 → 6,617 (+21.5%)	11,077 → 10,303 (-7.0%)
Median household income	$117,971 → $148,740 (+26.1%)	$101,331 → $116,620 (+15.1%)
Median home value	$669,700 → $961,300 (+43.5%)	$614,800 → $809,300 (+31.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,592 → $3,501 (+119.9%)	$1,184 → $1,163 (-1.8%)

Jamul

Population

5,4456,617

Median household income

$117,971$148,740

Median home value

$669,700$961,300

Median gross rent

$1,592$3,501

Valley Center

Population

11,07710,303

Median household income

$101,331$116,620

Median home value

$614,800$809,300

Median gross rent

$1,184$1,163

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jamul	Valley Center
Under 5	5.3%	9.6%
5 to 17	14.6%	15.0%
18 to 24	6.0%	7.4%
25 to 34	10.6%	13.0%
35 to 44	11.7%	10.0%
45 to 54	8.6%	10.2%
55 to 64	18.5%	11.3%
65 to 74	17.4%	13.6%
75 and over	7.2%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jamul	Valley Center
White (non-Hispanic)	67.3%	45.6%
Black or African American	0.3%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	2.2%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	1.8%
Two or more races	4.8%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	24.7%	43.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jamul	Valley Center
No high school diploma	6.6%	13.6%
High school graduate	27.4%	16.7%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.2%	24.9%
Graduate or professional degree	14.1%	10.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jamul	Valley Center
Drove alone	79.7%	78.0%
Carpooled	4.7%	5.8%
Public transit	0.5%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.9%	15.3%
Other means	0.2%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jamul	Valley Center
1-unit, detached	95.8%	83.9%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	0.2%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.3%	12.8%

Poverty & households

	Jamul	Valley Center
Poverty rate	3.7%	12.4%
Average household size	3.15	3.40
Mean commute (minutes)	35	36
Median year structure built	1984	1983