Fort Jones vs Tulelake

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

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

Tulelake has the higher population (837 vs 616 in Fort Jones). Fort Jones has the higher median household income ($43,438 vs $43,125 in Tulelake). Fort Jones has the higher median home value ($212,700 vs $112,200 in Tulelake).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Jones	Tulelake
Population	616	837
Median age	41.3 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$43,438	$43,125
Median home value	$212,700	$112,200
Median gross rent	$1,112	$724
Housing units	318	360
Homeownership rate	54.5%	65.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%	5.6%
Unemployment rate	11.3%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Jones	Tulelake
Population	689 → 616 (-10.6%)	842 → 837 (-0.6%)
Median household income	$29,327 → $43,438 (+48.1%)	$29,886 → $43,125 (+44.3%)
Median home value	$169,600 → $212,700 (+25.4%)	$79,100 → $112,200 (+41.8%)
Median gross rent	$886 → $1,112 (+25.5%)	$576 → $724 (+25.7%)

Fort Jones

Population

689616

Median household income

$29,327$43,438

Median home value

$169,600$212,700

Median gross rent

$886$1,112

Tulelake

Population

842837

Median household income

$29,886$43,125

Median home value

$79,100$112,200

Median gross rent

$576$724

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Jones	Tulelake
Under 5	8.1%	8.0%
5 to 17	21.6%	19.1%
18 to 24	2.3%	2.7%
25 to 34	6.7%	12.9%
35 to 44	18.0%	11.9%
45 to 54	11.5%	7.9%
55 to 64	13.3%	15.7%
65 to 74	13.1%	14.8%
75 and over	5.4%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Jones	Tulelake
White (non-Hispanic)	75.8%	47.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	6.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	7.1%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	51.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Jones	Tulelake
No high school diploma	8.4%	36.1%
High school graduate	29.4%	50.4%
Some college or associate's	51.6%	7.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	5.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	0.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Jones	Tulelake
Drove alone	68.8%	83.3%
Carpooled	11.5%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.3%	11.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.7%
Worked from home	13.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Jones	Tulelake
1-unit, detached	71.4%	76.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.8%	10.0%

Poverty & households

	Fort Jones	Tulelake
Poverty rate	28.4%	26.4%
Average household size	2.15	3.07
Mean commute (minutes)	22	20
Median year structure built	1971	1965