Because of many things, Jamul is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Jamul really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Jamul perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.
In Jamul, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 36.32 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
The education level of Jamul citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 35.63% of adults in Jamul have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Jamul in 2018 was $57,569, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $230,276 for a family of four.
Jamul is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Jamul home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Jamul residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Jamul also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 28.05% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Jamul include Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac, Irish, English, German, and Swedish.
In addition, Jamul has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (15.42%).
The most common language spoken in Jamul is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.
