Fort Jones vs McCloud

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

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

McCloud has the higher population (871 vs 616 in Fort Jones). Fort Jones has the higher median household income ($43,438 vs $39,519 in McCloud). McCloud has the higher median home value ($310,000 vs $212,700 in Fort Jones).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Jones	McCloud
Population	616	871
Median age	41.3 yrs	56.9 yrs
Median household income	$43,438	$39,519
Median home value	$212,700	$310,000
Median gross rent	$1,112	$980
Housing units	318	638
Homeownership rate	54.5%	74.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%	19.4%
Unemployment rate	11.3%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Jones	McCloud
Population	689 → 616 (-10.6%)	1,020 → 871 (-14.6%)
Median household income	$29,327 → $43,438 (+48.1%)	$34,405 → $39,519 (+14.9%)
Median home value	$169,600 → $212,700 (+25.4%)	$187,200 → $310,000 (+65.6%)
Median gross rent	$886 → $1,112 (+25.5%)	$956 → $980 (+2.5%)

Fort Jones

Population

689616

Median household income

$29,327$43,438

Median home value

$169,600$212,700

Median gross rent

$886$1,112

McCloud

Population

1,020871

Median household income

$34,405$39,519

Median home value

$187,200$310,000

Median gross rent

$956$980

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Jones	McCloud
Under 5	8.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	21.6%	16.2%
18 to 24	2.3%	10.9%
25 to 34	6.7%	2.1%
35 to 44	18.0%	6.1%
45 to 54	11.5%	12.3%
55 to 64	13.3%	10.0%
65 to 74	13.1%	24.6%
75 and over	5.4%	17.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Jones	McCloud
White (non-Hispanic)	75.8%	79.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	6.5%	2.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.1%	11.9%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Jones	McCloud
No high school diploma	8.4%	9.3%
High school graduate	29.4%	34.3%
Some college or associate's	51.6%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Jones	McCloud
Drove alone	68.8%	79.2%
Carpooled	11.5%	12.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.3%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.4%
Worked from home	13.5%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Jones	McCloud
1-unit, detached	71.4%	84.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	19.8%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Fort Jones	McCloud
Poverty rate	28.4%	21.2%
Average household size	2.15	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	22	19
Median year structure built	1971	1938