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Carlsbad, CA

114,411 Population
37.8 square miles 3,028.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.8 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 36.1 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in California: 36.7 ±0.1

Economics

$57,607 ±$2,242 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: $39,737 ±$356
  • about 1.5 times the amount in California: $38,576 ±$120
$112,933 ±$3,834 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: $82,426 ±$734
  • about 1.4 times the amount in California: $78,672 ±$270

6.6% ±1.2% (7,479  ±1,379) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 10.9% 353,841 (±0.3% / ±9,298)
  • about half the rate in California: 12.6% 4,853,434 (±0.1% / ±39,919)

28 minutes ±0.8 (1,283,920  ±58,538) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 26.5 38,963,030 (±0.1 / ±294,584)
  • a little less than the figure in California: 29.8 498,276,585 (±0.1 / ±1,174,085)

Families

43,107 ±899 Number of households
  • the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 1,130,703 ±2,942
  • California: 13,103,114 ±18,542
2.6 ±0.1 (113,886  ±159) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 2.9 3,232,647 (±0 / ±2,341)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 2.9 38,521,288

4.1% ±1.3% (1,041  ±318) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 5.1% 41,127 (±0.2% / ±1,753)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 4.8% 463,780 (±0.1% / ±5,839)

Housing

46,918 ±986 Number of housing units
  • the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 1,215,528 ±822
  • California: 14,210,945 ±1,339

$857,300 ±$12,213 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: $595,600 ±$2,794
  • about 1.5 times the amount in California: $538,500 ±$1,127

14.1% ±1.5% (15,967  ±1,694.7) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 15% 491,189 (±0.3% / ±8,986.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 12.4% 4,842,940 (±0.1% / ±30,091.1)

Social

94.6% ±2.2% (75,914  ±2,263.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 88.1% 1,994,138 (±0.5% / ±11,478.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 83.9% 22,378,605 (±0.2% / ±40,789.5)
59.1% ±1.7% (47,404  ±1,627.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 39.5% 893,648 (±0.3% / ±7,433.1)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in California: 34.7% 9,256,873 (±0.1% / ±25,121.8)

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

15.6% ±1.4% (17,789  ±1,586) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 22.9% 762,260 (±0.2% / ±7,171)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in California: 26.6% 10,463,818 (±0.1% / ±35,653)

7% ±0.8% (6,111  ±711) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 8.3% 210,611 (±0.2% / ±3,742)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in California: 5% 1,525,746 (±0% / ±9,062)
6,111 Total veterans ±711 5,620 Male ±647 491 Female ±168

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