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Escondido, CA

148,119 Population
37.3 square miles 3,966 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37 ±1.7 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 37.6 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in California: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$39,190 ±$2,464 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: $51,564 ±$842
  • about 80 percent of the amount in California: $48,013 ±$250
$95,052 ±$8,964 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: $103,674 ±$1,360
  • about the same as the amount in California: $95,521 ±$611

12.8% ±3.2% (18,752  ±4,603) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 10.1% 318,653 (±0.5% / ±16,712)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 12% 4,588,687 (±0.2% / ±71,646)

28.1 minutes ±0.5 (1,756,660  ±62,743) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 25.9 35,052,600 (±0.1 / ±254,394)
  • a little less than the figure in California: 29 449,199,070 (±0 / ±1,016,968)

Families

47,740 ±2,673 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 (145,452  ±94) Persons per household
  • about 10 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

8.5% ±3% (2,933  ±1,055) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 5.4% 42,558 (±0.5% / ±3,894)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in California: 4.8% 450,412 (±0.1% / ±12,915)

Housing

50,487 ±2,981 Number of housing units
  • the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 1,261,999 ±668
  • California: 14,762,527 ±428

$696,700 ±$27,807 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

11.3% ±2.8% (16,401  ±4,034.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of 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

81% ±4.5% (82,947  ±5,346.9) 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)
29% ±2.6% (29,723  ±2,795.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 43.5% 991,750 (±0.7% / ±15,635.7)
  • about three-quarters 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

29.5% ±2.6% (43,759  ±3,808) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 23.1% 756,142
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 27.3% 10,640,017

5.8% ±1.3% (6,517  ±1,475) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 7% 176,043 (±0.3% / ±7,323)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in California: 4.1% 1,242,882 (±0.1% / ±19,495)
6,517 Total veterans ±1,475 5,645 Male ±1,124 872 Female ±579

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