Julian vs Pala

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

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

Julian has the higher population (1,491 vs 924 in Pala). Pala has the higher median household income ($90,938 vs $75,179 in Julian). Julian has the higher median home value ($553,800 vs $265,000 in Pala).

Population, income & housing

	Julian	Pala
Population	1,491	924
Median age	55.6 yrs	31.5 yrs
Median household income	$75,179	$90,938
Median home value	$553,800	$265,000
Median gross rent	$1,510	$1,235
Housing units	1,165	308
Homeownership rate	87.9%	59.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.1%	6.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Julian	Pala
Population	1,019 → 1,491 (+46.3%)	1,005 → 924 (-8.1%)
Median household income	$66,169 → $75,179 (+13.6%)	$93,194 → $90,938 (-2.4%)
Median home value	$363,000 → $553,800 (+52.6%)	$301,500 → $265,000 (-12.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,389 → $1,510 (+8.7%)	$1,069 → $1,235 (+15.5%)

Julian

Population

1,0191,491

Median household income

$66,169$75,179

Median home value

$363,000$553,800

Median gross rent

$1,389$1,510

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)

	Julian	Pala
Under 5	2.9%	10.4%
5 to 17	10.1%	19.0%
18 to 24	5.1%	14.2%
25 to 34	11.5%	11.8%
35 to 44	9.7%	9.4%
45 to 54	8.9%	14.1%
55 to 64	11.0%	11.8%
65 to 74	30.2%	4.8%
75 and over	10.6%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Julian	Pala
White (non-Hispanic)	77.5%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	22.5%	50.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Julian	Pala
No high school diploma	4.9%	31.9%
High school graduate	21.0%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	37.9%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	3.8%
Graduate or professional degree	23.0%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Julian	Pala
Drove alone	61.8%	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	34.4%	4.1%
Other means	3.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Julian	Pala
1-unit, detached	96.7%	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	3.3%	38.6%

Poverty & households

	Julian	Pala
Poverty rate	6.6%	12.3%
Average household size	1.76	3.46
Mean commute (minutes)	38	20
Median year structure built	1975	1982