Julian vs Rainbow

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

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

Rainbow has the higher population (1,793 vs 1,491 in Julian). Rainbow has the higher median household income ($85,368 vs $75,179 in Julian). Rainbow has the higher median home value ($699,500 vs $553,800 in Julian).

Population, income & housing

	Julian	Rainbow
Population	1,491	1,793
Median age	55.6 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$75,179	$85,368
Median home value	$553,800	$699,500
Median gross rent	$1,510	$2,097
Housing units	1,165	651
Homeownership rate	87.9%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.1%	28.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Julian	Rainbow
Population	1,019 → 1,491 (+46.3%)	2,360 → 1,793 (-24.0%)
Median household income	$66,169 → $75,179 (+13.6%)	$64,637 → $85,368 (+32.1%)
Median home value	$363,000 → $553,800 (+52.6%)	$470,100 → $699,500 (+48.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,389 → $1,510 (+8.7%)	$1,060 → $2,097 (+97.8%)

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

Rainbow

Population

2,3601,793

Median household income

$64,637$85,368

Median home value

$470,100$699,500

Median gross rent

$1,060$2,097

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Julian	Rainbow
Under 5	2.9%	5.5%
5 to 17	10.1%	14.1%
18 to 24	5.1%	4.5%
25 to 34	11.5%	14.3%
35 to 44	9.7%	12.4%
45 to 54	8.9%	10.9%
55 to 64	11.0%	12.7%
65 to 74	30.2%	15.4%
75 and over	10.6%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Julian	Rainbow
White (non-Hispanic)	77.5%	52.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	7.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	22.5%	34.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Julian	Rainbow
No high school diploma	4.9%	16.7%
High school graduate	21.0%	20.3%
Some college or associate's	37.9%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	23.0%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Julian	Rainbow
Drove alone	61.8%	74.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	15.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	34.4%	6.6%
Other means	3.8%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Julian	Rainbow
1-unit, detached	96.7%	76.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	19.4%

Poverty & households

	Julian	Rainbow
Poverty rate	6.6%	8.6%
Average household size	1.76	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	38	34
Median year structure built	1975	1976