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El Cajon, CA

102,989 Population
14.5 square miles 7,098 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.2 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 37.6 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$28,148 ±$2,637 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: $51,564 ±$842
  • about three-fifths of the amount in California: $48,013 ±$250
$67,773 ±$10,522 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: $103,674 ±$1,360
  • about two-thirds of the amount in California: $95,521 ±$611

20.3% ±4.5% (20,490  ±4,506) Persons below poverty line
  • about double the rate in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 10.1% 318,653 (±0.5% / ±16,712)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in California: 12% 4,588,687 (±0.2% / ±71,646)

25.4 minutes ±1.3 (945,970  ±98,150) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 25.7 36,171,976 (±0.3 / ±565,726)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 29.2 465,548,030 (±0.1 / ±2,732,201)

Families

32,145 ±2,128 Number of households
  • the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 1,181,259 ±6,526
  • California: 13,699,816 ±20,966
3.1 ±0.2 (99,129  ±141) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 2.7 3,148,585 (±0 / ±1,666)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in California: 2.8 38,073,200

8.7% ±3.7% (2,219  ±970) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 5.4% 42,558 (±0.5% / ±3,894)
  • nearly double the rate in California: 4.8% 450,412 (±0.1% / ±12,915)

Housing

34,651 ±2,193 Number of housing units
  • the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 1,261,999 ±668
  • California: 14,762,527 ±428

$683,800 ±$45,151 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: $864,900 ±$7,906
  • a little less than the amount in California: $725,800 ±$2,850

15.1% ±3.4% (15,209  ±3,443.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 12.6% 407,477 (±0.5% / ±16,764.5)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in California: 10.5% 4,056,831 (±0.2% / ±59,611.4)

Social

82.2% ±4.5% (53,696  ±3,851.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 89% 2,026,569 (±1% / ±23,755.3)
  • a little less than the rate in California: 84.8% 22,875,415 (±0.3% / ±78,978.8)
19.7% ±3% (12,834  ±2,028) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 43.5% 991,750 (±0.7% / ±15,635.7)
  • about half 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

31.8% ±4.6% (32,699  ±4,717) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 23.1% 756,142
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in California: 27.3% 10,640,017

6.1% ±1.3% (4,456  ±974) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 7% 176,043 (±0.3% / ±7,323)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in California: 4.1% 1,242,882 (±0.1% / ±19,495)
4,456 Total veterans ±974 3,925 Male ±965 531 Female ±415

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