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San Marcos, CA

94,197 Population
24.6 square miles 3,833.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.8 ±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

$41,398 ±$3,023 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: $51,564 ±$842
  • about 90 percent of the amount in California: $48,013 ±$250
$96,214 ±$6,459 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

9.3% ±3% (8,604  ±2,735) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 10.1% 318,653 (±0.5% / ±16,712)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 12% 4,588,687 (±0.2% / ±71,646)

26.7 minutes ±0.2 (997,700  ±40,926) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2022 5-year data
  • about the same as the figure in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 26.1 36,065,072 (±0.1 / ±278,817)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 29.2 463,270,940 (±0.1 / ±1,077,551)

Families

31,360 ±1,771 Number of households
  • the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 1,181,259 ±6,526
  • California: 13,699,816 ±20,966
2.9 ±0.2 (91,821  ±102) 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)
  • a little higher than the figure in California: 2.8 † 38,073,200 (±40.6 / ±-555,555,600)

4.6% ±2.7% (1,122  ±669) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 5.4% 42,558 (±0.5% / ±3,894)
  • a little less than the rate in California: 4.8% 450,412 (±0.1% / ±12,915)

Housing

33,125 ±1,942 Number of housing units
  • the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 1,261,999 ±668
  • California: 14,762,527 ±428

$859,000 ±$45,151 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: $864,900 ±$7,906
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in California: $725,800 ±$2,850

11.8% ±2.9% (10,936  ±2,689.4) 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

84.9% ±4.9% (52,327  ±3,909.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 89% 2,026,569 (±1% / ±23,755.3)
  • about the same as the rate in California: 84.8% 22,875,415 (±0.3% / ±78,978.8)
42.5% ±3.7% (26,190  ±2,600.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 43.5% 991,750 (±0.7% / ±15,635.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than 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

23.1% ±3.5% (21,775  ±3,325) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 23.1% † 756,142 (±3,928.6% / ±16,523)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 27.3% † 10,640,017 (±,389.3% / ±60,440)

4.5% ±1.2% (3,210  ±844) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area: 7% 176,043 (±0.3% / ±7,323)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 4.1% 1,242,882 (±0.1% / ±19,495)
3,210 Total veterans ±844 3,047 Male ±797 163 Female ±234

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