San Diego.
California·
Neighborhoods
POPMEDIAN
California·
California
Foundation
Daily Life
Money & Work
Fair Housing. Race, ethnicity, language, national origin, income, disability, household makeup, commute and vehicle access, home tenure, and similar characteristics shown anywhere in this report are descriptive context only — never used to rate, score, or rank a place. Using protected-class characteristics to evaluate a neighborhood may violate the Fair Housing Act.
California·San Diego County
339 tracts·1.4M people·$907K median·4,253/mi²
White 41 · Hispanic 30 · Asian 17 · Multiracial 6 · Black 5 · Other 1
Married couple 44 · Living alone 29 · Other 27
San Diego 61 · Chula Vista 3 · Los Angeles 3 · Poway 2 · El Cajon 2 · Elsewhere 29
Professional 34 · Health 24 · Retail 12 · Manufacturing 12 · Leisure 9 · Public admin 5 · Other 3
Management · business · science · arts 54 · Sales · office 17 · Service 17 · Production · transport 8 · Construction · maintenance 5
Drive alone 63 · Work from home 22 · Carpool 15 · Walk 3 · Transit 3 · Bike 1
Rep-tract reading · same station-interpolated source as address reports
Rep-tract reading · FEMA National Risk Index, national ranks 0–100; the tick is the national median
Showing up to 10 schools per level · School assignment depends on the exact address; open a neighborhood or address report to see your assigned schools.
The median home value in San Diego is $906,700 (Census ACS) — 2.0× the US median of $458,812.
San Diego has 1,389,526 residents across 324 census tracts and 237 named neighborhoods (Census ACS).
The median age is 36.2; the population is 40.9% White, 29.8% Hispanic or Latino, 17.3% Asian, 5.5% Multiracial, 5.3% Black and 1.2% Other; the average household has 2.5 people; 51.0% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 11.0% (Census ACS).
Ocean Air (90%), Holmes Elementary (89%) and Sage Canyon (88%) lead the elementary schools; Solana Pacific Elementary (86%), Pacific Trails Middle (82%) and Carmel Valley Middle (81%) lead the middle schools; Canyon Crest Academy (87%), Westview High (82%) and Del Norte High (80%) lead the high schools. Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $2,313/month, 47% above the US median (Census ACS).
The median household income in San Diego is $108,077 a year, 26% above the US median (Census ACS).
In San Diego, median rent is $2,313/month and the median home value is $906,700 (Census ACS).
San Diego reported 4.2 violent crimes and 18.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents (FBI UCR, 2023).
Summer highs average 74°F; winter lows average 49°F; there are 308 comfortable days a year; annual precipitation is 10 inches (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in San Diego are earthquake (90), landslide (81) and inland flooding (41), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.77g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
San Diego scores 12.6 out of 20 on the EPA National Walkability Index, vs a US average of 12.3; 3.3% of workers walk to work (EPA Smart Location Database; Census ACS).