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Census Tract 161, San Diego, CA

6,199 Population
1.1 square miles 5,667.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.2 ±4.2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in El Cajon: 36.1 ±0.9
  • about the same as the figure in San Diego County: 37.3 ±0.1

Economics

$45,052 ±$6,038 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in El Cajon: $31,254 ±$1,345
  • about 90 percent of the amount in San Diego County: $51,976 ±$362
$114,228 ±$14,436 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in El Cajon: $67,511 ±$4,257
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in San Diego County: $106,268 ±$949

8.5% ±6.1% (527  ±387) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in El Cajon: 20.5% † 21,064 (±2.2% / ±2,250)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in San Diego County: 10.3% 328,769 (±0.2% / ±7,662)

27.4 minutes ±8.6 (60,165  ±12,783) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in El Cajon: 24.8 952,650 (±0.6 / ±47,024)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in San Diego County: 25.5 33,954,336 (±0.2 / ±306,567)

Families

2,106 ±304 Number of households
  • El Cajon: 33,890 ±848
  • San Diego County: 1,171,278 ±2,902
2.9 ±0.1 (6,179  ±913) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in El Cajon: 3 100,760 (±0.1 / ±151)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in San Diego County: 2.7 3,181,561 (±0 / ±1,226)

8.8% ±7.4% (123  ±111) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in El Cajon: 7.9% † 2,027 (±1.9% / ±502)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in San Diego County: 5.1% 40,517 (±0.2% / ±1,729)

Housing

2,232 ±230 Number of housing units
  • El Cajon: 35,185 ±811
  • San Diego County: 1,250,641 ±516

$753,000 ±$93,868 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in El Cajon: $681,700 ±$18,389
  • about 90 percent of the amount in San Diego County: $854,700 ±$3,996

7.4% ±4.8% (449  ±299.3) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in El Cajon: 15.4% † 15,867 (±1.8% / ±1,800.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in San Diego County: 12.9% 417,919 (±0.3% / ±8,227.6)

Social

93.7% ±7.7% (3,755  ±560.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in El Cajon: 84.4% 57,890 (±2.7% / ±2,116.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in San Diego County: 89.1% 2,033,091
33.4% ±6% (1,340  ±294.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in El Cajon: 23% 15,789 (±1.5% / ±1,048.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in San Diego County: 43.2% 984,641

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

8.3% ±2.3% (513  ±160) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in El Cajon: 29.3% 30,621 (±1.8% / ±1,840)
  • about one-third of the rate in San Diego County: 22.8% 749,735

9.5% ±4.1% (449  ±202) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in El Cajon: 6.5% † 5,040 (±0.9% / ±676)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in San Diego County: 7.3% 183,791 (±0.1% / ±3,487)
449 Total veterans ±202 430 Male ±193 19 Female ±33

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