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San Diego, CA

1,381,182 Population
325.9 square miles 4,238.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.2 ±0.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 37.3 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in California: 37.9 ±0.1

Economics

$52,701 ±$1,190 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: $48,258 ±$719
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in California: $46,661 ±$225
$100,010 ±$2,744 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: $98,928 ±$2,263
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in California: $91,551 ±$471

11.3% ±0.8% (150,973  ±10,175) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 10.6% 336,145 (±0.6% / ±19,621)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 12.2% 4,670,324 (±0.2% / ±66,972)

23 minutes ±0.4 (13,414,000  ±336,794) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 25.5 34,491,632 (±0.3 / ±569,035)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 28.3 436,695,300 (±0.1 / ±2,279,997)

Families

528,530 ±5,565 Number of households
  • the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 1,172,343 ±5,008
  • California: 13,550,586 ±19,485
2.5 ±0 (1,322,419  ±1,108) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 2.7 3,160,203 (±0 / ±2,646)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 2.8 † 38,154,104 (±41 / ±-555,555,600)

4.1% ±0.5% (14,666  ±1,814) 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: 4.9% 38,817 (±0.4% / ±3,394)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 4.8% 453,850 (±0.1% / ±13,512)

Housing

565,401 ±6,665 Number of housing units
  • the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 1,247,279 ±1,020
  • California: 14,627,041 ±997

$905,300 ±$12,344 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: $846,600 ±$7,716
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in California: $715,900 ±$2,271

14.2% ±0.9% (194,656  ±11,752.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 12.2% 396,661 (±0.6% / ±17,866.8)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in California: 11.1% 4,293,993 (±0.2% / ±58,514.1)

Social

90.8% ±1.5% (881,978  ±16,413.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 89.7% 2,034,265 (±1.1% / ±24,042.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 84.7% 22,751,090 (±0.3% / ±80,766.1)
51.2% ±1.1% (497,177  ±11,705.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 43% 975,935 (±0.7% / ±15,475.1)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in California: 37% 9,935,941 (±0.2% / ±52,591.7)

39.5% ±1.1% (518,464  ±14,379) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • a little higher than the rate in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 37.4% 1,157,367 (±0.6% / ±19,463.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 44.4% 16,370,476 (±0.2% / ±70,307.3)

24.6% ±0.7% (339,576  ±10,228) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 22.3% † 731,450 (±3,785.9% / ±14,877)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 26.7% † 10,428,025 (±380.3% / ±57,193)

6.3% ±0.4% (69,177  ±4,585) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 7.3% 181,742 (±0.3% / ±7,268)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in California: 4.3% 1,292,737 (±0.1% / ±18,307)
69,177 Total veterans ±4,585 59,850 Male ±4,151 9,327 Female ±1,908

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