Pala vs Pine Valley

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

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

Pine Valley has the higher population (1,646 vs 924 in Pala). Pine Valley has the higher median household income ($124,722 vs $90,938 in Pala). Pine Valley has the higher median home value ($582,900 vs $265,000 in Pala).

Population, income & housing

	Pala	Pine Valley
Population	924	1,646
Median age	31.5 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$90,938	$124,722
Median home value	$265,000	$582,900
Median gross rent	$1,235	—
Housing units	308	780
Homeownership rate	59.9%	92.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.1%	27.5%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	31.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pala	Pine Valley
Population	1,005 → 924 (-8.1%)	1,477 → 1,646 (+11.4%)
Median household income	$93,194 → $90,938 (-2.4%)	$108,721 → $124,722 (+14.7%)
Median home value	$301,500 → $265,000 (-12.1%)	$459,700 → $582,900 (+26.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,069 → $1,235 (+15.5%)	$1,732 → $1,944 (+12.2%)

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

Pine Valley

Population

1,4771,646

Median household income

$108,721$124,722

Median home value

$459,700$582,900

Median gross rent

$1,732$1,944

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pala	Pine Valley
Under 5	10.4%	1.8%
5 to 17	19.0%	16.5%
18 to 24	14.2%	9.4%
25 to 34	11.8%	18.5%
35 to 44	9.4%	6.4%
45 to 54	14.1%	6.6%
55 to 64	11.8%	16.3%
65 to 74	4.8%	17.6%
75 and over	4.5%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pala	Pine Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	4.7%	74.3%
Black or African American	0.8%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	42.4%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	50.8%	20.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pala	Pine Valley
No high school diploma	31.9%	4.9%
High school graduate	30.3%	19.5%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	48.1%
Bachelor's degree	3.8%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	15.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pala	Pine Valley
Drove alone	90.1%	77.7%
Carpooled	5.1%	3.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	18.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pala	Pine Valley
1-unit, detached	60.7%	96.3%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	38.6%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Pala	Pine Valley
Poverty rate	12.3%	1.0%
Average household size	3.46	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	20	37
Median year structure built	1982	1977