Lemon Grove vs Ramona

A side-by-side comparison of Lemon Grove and Ramona: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lemon Grove has the higher population (27,489 vs 22,829 in Ramona). Ramona has the higher median household income ($101,023 vs $79,278 in Lemon Grove). Ramona has the higher median home value ($704,500 vs $640,600 in Lemon Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Lemon Grove	Ramona
Population	27,489	22,829
Median age	38.8 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$79,278	$101,023
Median home value	$640,600	$704,500
Median gross rent	$1,769	$1,797
Housing units	9,698	7,638
Homeownership rate	53.3%	68.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.3%	24.7%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lemon Grove	Ramona
Population	26,802 → 27,489 (+2.6%)	21,323 → 22,829 (+7.1%)
Median household income	$63,548 → $79,278 (+24.8%)	$84,289 → $101,023 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$432,000 → $640,600 (+48.3%)	$476,800 → $704,500 (+47.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,333 → $1,769 (+32.7%)	$1,480 → $1,797 (+21.4%)

Lemon Grove

Population

26,80227,489

Median household income

$63,548$79,278

Median home value

$432,000$640,600

Median gross rent

$1,333$1,769

Ramona

Population

21,32322,829

Median household income

$84,289$101,023

Median home value

$476,800$704,500

Median gross rent

$1,480$1,797

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lemon Grove	Ramona
Under 5	5.9%	6.0%
5 to 17	15.9%	16.6%
18 to 24	7.6%	9.3%
25 to 34	16.6%	13.3%
35 to 44	12.5%	12.9%
45 to 54	12.2%	11.7%
55 to 64	14.5%	13.6%
65 to 74	10.2%	10.0%
75 and over	4.7%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lemon Grove	Ramona
White (non-Hispanic)	27.1%	54.7%
Black or African American	14.7%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	8.3%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.3%
Some other race	0.2%	0.6%
Two or more races	5.2%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	44.1%	37.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lemon Grove	Ramona
No high school diploma	10.9%	16.1%
High school graduate	28.2%	29.8%
Some college or associate's	40.6%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lemon Grove	Ramona
Drove alone	73.8%	75.7%
Carpooled	9.3%	8.8%
Public transit	2.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.0%	12.0%
Other means	1.1%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lemon Grove	Ramona
1-unit, detached	62.9%	70.4%
1-unit, attached	8.0%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	9.1%
20 or more units	12.6%	7.4%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Lemon Grove	Ramona
Poverty rate	10.3%	7.0%
Average household size	2.89	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	30	34
Median year structure built	1967	1981