Because of many things, Jamul is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Jamul a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Jamul has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Jamul’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.
One downside of living in Jamul, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 36.32 minutes every day commuting to work.
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.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Jamul's cultural character, accounting for 15.42% of the town’s population.
The most common language spoken in Jamul is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.
