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Encinitas, CA

61,480 Population
19.1 square miles 3,226.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.1 ±1.3 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 37.3 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in California: 37.9 ±0.1

Economics

$84,594 ±$4,211 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: $51,976 ±$362
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in California: $49,513 ±$168
$162,229 ±$10,306 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: $106,268 ±$949
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in California: $99,122 ±$310

7.4% ±3.1% (4,515  ±1,888) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 10.3% 328,769 (±0.2% / ±7,662)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in California: 12% 4,632,248 (±0.1% / ±34,481)

24.7 minutes ±0.4 (522,865  ±30,455) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 25.5 33,954,336 (±0.2 / ±306,567)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 28.7 436,266,100 (±0 / ±1,099,829)

Families

23,927 ±587 Number of households
  • the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 1,171,278 ±2,902
  • California: 13,548,091 ±17,724
2.5 ±0.1 (60,817  ±57) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 2.7 3,181,561 (±0 / ±1,226)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 2.8 38,419,212

4.1% ±1.3% (532  ±163) 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% 40,517 (±0.2% / ±1,729)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 4.8% 455,771 (±0.1% / ±6,129)

Housing

26,230 ±633 Number of housing units
  • the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 1,250,641 ±516
  • California: 14,644,735 ±1,665

$1,646,800 ±$53,037 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: $854,700 ±$3,996
  • more than double the amount in California: $734,700 ±$1,307

8.9% ±1.3% (5,411  ±814.3) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 12.9% 417,919 (±0.3% / ±8,227.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 10.8% 4,206,887 (±0.1% / ±26,182)

Social

95.2% ±2.8% (43,330  ±1,510.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 89.1% 2,033,091
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 84.7% 22,936,996 (±0.2% / ±44,650.5)
67.7% ±2.4% (30,794  ±1,231.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 43.2% 984,641
  • nearly double the rate in California: 37.1% 10,039,805 (±0.1% / ±28,607.4)

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

12.8% ±1.6% (7,863  ±951) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 22.8% 749,735
  • about half the rate in California: 27% 10,598,301

4.7% ±0.7% (2,257  ±346) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 7.3% 183,791 (±0.1% / ±3,487)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 4.3% 1,305,453 (±0% / ±10,059)
2,257 Total veterans ±346 2,018 Male ±320 239 Female ±108

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