Lemon Grove vs Rancho San Diego

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

Lemon Grove and Rancho San Diego 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 22,264 in Rancho San Diego). Rancho San Diego has the higher median household income ($118,431 vs $79,278 in Lemon Grove). Rancho San Diego has the higher median home value ($854,200 vs $640,600 in Lemon Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Lemon Grove	Rancho San Diego
Population	27,489	22,264
Median age	38.8 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$79,278	$118,431
Median home value	$640,600	$854,200
Median gross rent	$1,769	$2,431
Housing units	9,698	8,362
Homeownership rate	53.3%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.3%	44.5%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lemon Grove	Rancho San Diego
Population	26,802 → 27,489 (+2.6%)	21,799 → 22,264 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$63,548 → $79,278 (+24.8%)	$95,892 → $118,431 (+23.5%)
Median home value	$432,000 → $640,600 (+48.3%)	$611,000 → $854,200 (+39.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,333 → $1,769 (+32.7%)	$1,900 → $2,431 (+27.9%)

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

Rancho San Diego

Population

21,79922,264

Median household income

$95,892$118,431

Median home value

$611,000$854,200

Median gross rent

$1,900$2,431

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lemon Grove	Rancho San Diego
Under 5	5.9%	4.9%
5 to 17	15.9%	15.3%
18 to 24	7.6%	9.5%
25 to 34	16.6%	10.7%
35 to 44	12.5%	10.8%
45 to 54	12.2%	11.8%
55 to 64	14.5%	16.3%
65 to 74	10.2%	12.9%
75 and over	4.7%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lemon Grove	Rancho San Diego
White (non-Hispanic)	27.1%	74.5%
Black or African American	14.7%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	8.3%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	1.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.2%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	44.1%	14.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lemon Grove	Rancho San Diego
No high school diploma	10.9%	7.2%
High school graduate	28.2%	15.6%
Some college or associate's	40.6%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	25.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	18.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lemon Grove	Rancho San Diego
Drove alone	73.8%	80.6%
Carpooled	9.3%	5.8%
Public transit	2.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.2%
Worked from home	12.0%	10.0%
Other means	1.1%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lemon Grove	Rancho San Diego
1-unit, detached	62.9%	69.3%
1-unit, attached	8.0%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	10.0%
20 or more units	12.6%	11.6%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Lemon Grove	Rancho San Diego
Poverty rate	10.3%	6.9%
Average household size	2.89	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	30	30
Median year structure built	1967	1985