Etna vs Fort Jones

A side-by-side comparison of Etna and Fort Jones: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Etna has the higher population (701 vs 616 in Fort Jones). Etna has the higher median household income ($60,313 vs $43,438 in Fort Jones). Etna has the higher median home value ($238,400 vs $212,700 in Fort Jones).

Population, income & housing

	Etna	Fort Jones
Population	701	616
Median age	43.0 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$60,313	$43,438
Median home value	$238,400	$212,700
Median gross rent	$854	$1,112
Housing units	341	318
Homeownership rate	67.5%	54.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.7%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	13.9%	11.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Etna	Fort Jones
Population	735 → 701 (-4.6%)	689 → 616 (-10.6%)
Median household income	$52,833 → $60,313 (+14.2%)	$29,327 → $43,438 (+48.1%)
Median home value	$187,500 → $238,400 (+27.1%)	$169,600 → $212,700 (+25.4%)
Median gross rent	$914 → $854 (-6.6%)	$886 → $1,112 (+25.5%)

Etna

Population

735701

Median household income

$52,833$60,313

Median home value

$187,500$238,400

Median gross rent

$914$854

Fort Jones

Population

689616

Median household income

$29,327$43,438

Median home value

$169,600$212,700

Median gross rent

$886$1,112

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Etna	Fort Jones
Under 5	10.4%	8.1%
5 to 17	7.3%	21.6%
18 to 24	6.6%	2.3%
25 to 34	11.7%	6.7%
35 to 44	16.7%	18.0%
45 to 54	9.7%	11.5%
55 to 64	13.3%	13.3%
65 to 74	19.8%	13.1%
75 and over	4.6%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Etna	Fort Jones
White (non-Hispanic)	79.9%	75.8%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.3%	6.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.7%	7.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Etna	Fort Jones
No high school diploma	3.8%	8.4%
High school graduate	21.3%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	47.3%	51.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	15.4%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Etna	Fort Jones
Drove alone	67.7%	68.8%
Carpooled	4.5%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	19.7%	6.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	13.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Etna	Fort Jones
1-unit, detached	80.6%	71.4%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	19.8%

Poverty & households

	Etna	Fort Jones
Poverty rate	20.5%	28.4%
Average household size	2.17	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1967	1971