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Oceanside, CA

170,042 Population
41.3 square miles 4,120.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.7 ±2.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 37.6 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in California: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$46,639 ±$3,529 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: $51,564 ±$842
  • a little less than the amount in California: $48,013 ±$250
$99,108 ±$5,263 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: $103,674 ±$1,360
  • a little higher than the amount in California: $95,521 ±$611

8.3% ±1.7% (14,044  ±2,808) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 10.1% 318,653 (±0.5% / ±16,712)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in California: 12% 4,588,687 (±0.2% / ±71,646)

30.4 minutes ±1.4 (2,372,785  ±167,861) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 25.7 36,171,976 (±0.3 / ±565,726)
  • a little higher than the figure in California: 29.2 465,548,030 (±0.1 / ±2,732,201)

Families

63,683 ±2,768 Number of households
  • the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 1,181,259 ±6,526
  • California: 13,699,816 ±20,966
2.7 ±0.1 (168,517  ±336) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 2.7 3,148,585 (±0 / ±1,666)
  • a little less than the figure in California: 2.8 38,073,200

4.8% ±2.1% (1,767  ±760) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 5.4% 42,558 (±0.5% / ±3,894)
  • about the same as the rate in California: 4.8% 450,412 (±0.1% / ±12,915)

Housing

69,468 ±2,790 Number of housing units
  • the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 1,261,999 ±668
  • California: 14,762,527 ±428

$786,900 ±$25,774 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: $864,900 ±$7,906
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in California: $725,800 ±$2,850

12% ±2.2% (20,190  ±3,772.1) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 12.6% 407,477 (±0.5% / ±16,764.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 10.5% 4,056,831 (±0.2% / ±59,611.4)

Social

87.8% ±3.2% (109,734  ±5,322.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 89% 2,026,569 (±1% / ±23,755.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in California: 84.8% 22,875,415 (±0.3% / ±78,978.8)
34.4% ±2.2% (42,985  ±3,122.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 43.5% 991,750 (±0.7% / ±15,635.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 37.5% 10,110,325 (±0.2% / ±48,413.6)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

22.1% ±2.6% (37,641  ±4,338) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 23.1% 756,142
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 27.3% 10,640,017

9% ±1.5% (12,420  ±2,047) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 7% 176,043 (±0.3% / ±7,323)
  • more than double the rate in California: 4.1% 1,242,882 (±0.1% / ±19,495)
12,420 Total veterans ±2,047 11,332 Male ±1,967 1,088 Female ±465

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