Housing density: 1,743 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $1,186,739.
Median contract rent in 2022: $1,971 (lower quartile is $1,521, upper quartile is over $2,000)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $2,436
Median gross rent in San Diego, CA in 2022: over $2,000
Housing units in San Diego with a mortgage: 171,794 (14,249 second mortgage, 428 home equity loan, 12,430 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 2,148
Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $150,164
Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $94,792
162,834 married couples with children.
61,604 single-parent households (15,449 men, 46,155 women).
60.5% of residents of San Diego speak English at home.
21.1% of residents speak Spanish at home (68% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
5.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (75% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 5% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
11.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (55% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
1.3% of residents speak other language at home (71% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
Foreign born population: 339,576 (24.6%)
(59.8% of them are naturalized citizens)
Percentage of workers working in this county: 98.8% Number of people working at home: 152,868 (20.8% of all workers)
Travel time to work (commute)
Less than 5 minutes: 10,696
5 to 9 minutes: 37,276
10 to 14 minutes: 85,794
15 to 19 minutes: 114,153
20 to 24 minutes: 114,006
25 to 29 minutes: 47,541
30 to 34 minutes: 93,395
35 to 39 minutes: 16,927
40 to 44 minutes: 16,962
45 to 59 minutes: 23,612
60 to 89 minutes: 13,747
90 or more minutes: 8,309
Means of transportation to work:
Drove a car alone: 607,529 (66.9%)
Carpooled: 77,610 (8.6%)
Bus: 18,951 (2.1%)
Subway or elevated rail: 750 (0.1%)
Long-distance train or commuter rail: 717 (0.1%)
Light rail, streetcar or trolley: 4,433 (0.5%)
Ferryboat: 82 (0.0%)
Taxi: 12,698 (1.4%)
Bicycle: 4,520 (0.5%)
Walked: 27,559 (3.0%)
Worked at home: 152,868 (16.8%)
Unemployment by race in 2022
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
4.0%Males
4.7%Females
Unemployment rate for Black residents
4.9%Males
5.7%Females
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native residents
1.5%Males
2.6%Females
Unemployment rate for Asian residents
4.3%Males
4.2%Females
Unemployment rate for other race residents
5.0%Males
4.7%Females
Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
5.4%Males
7.0%Females
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
4.7%Males
5.9%Females
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in San Diego, California
94,4902010 or later
75,2272000 to 2009
61,2481990 to 1999
100,6291980 to 1989
54,3441970 to 1979
41,645Before 1970
First ancestries reported:
German: 31,662 (4.0%)
English: 28,715 (3.6%)
Irish: 25,842 (3.3%)
American: 23,769 (3.0%)
Italian: 17,489 (2.2%)
European: 14,670 (1.9%)
Iranian: 9,700 (1.2%)
Polish: 5,952 (0.8%)
French: 5,859 (0.7%)
Russian: 5,572 (0.7%)
Scottish: 5,454 (0.7%)
Eastern European: 4,857 (0.6%)
Portuguese: 4,429 (0.6%)
African: 4,250 (0.5%)
Dutch: 4,174 (0.5%)
Ukrainian: 3,844 (0.5%)
British: 3,771 (0.5%)
Norwegian: 3,441 (0.4%)
Brazilian: 3,189 (0.4%)
Ethiopian: 3,141 (0.4%)
Swedish: 2,975 (0.4%)
Jamaican: 2,626 (0.3%)
Canadian: 2,573 (0.3%)
Greek: 2,197 (0.3%)
Romanian: 2,129 (0.3%)
Hungarian: 2,004 (0.3%)
Haitian: 1,845 (0.2%)
Lebanese: 1,713 (0.2%)
Israeli: 1,635 (0.2%)
Scotch-Irish: 1,542 (0.2%)
Scandinavian: 1,451 (0.2%)
Swiss: 1,423 (0.2%)
Danish: 1,345 (0.2%)
Egyptian: 1,329 (0.2%)
Arab: 1,224 (0.2%)
Somali: 1,212 (0.2%)
French Canadian: 1,080 (0.1%)
Croatian: 1,045 (0.1%)
Afghan: 1,011 (0.1%)
Lithuanian: 978 (0.1%)
Austrian: 952 (0.1%)
Czech: 920 (0.1%)
Serbian: 835 (0.1%)
Northern European: 772 (0.10%)
Nigerian: 765 (0.10%)
Finnish: 765 (0.10%)
Welsh: 747 (0.09%)
Belgian: 646 (0.08%)
Turkish: 626 (0.08%)
Syrian: 586 (0.07%)
Iraqi: 548 (0.07%)
Albanian: 532 (0.07%)
Sudanese: 510 (0.06%)
Cypriot: 474 (0.06%)
Macedonian: 464 (0.06%)
Armenian: 434 (0.05%)
Assyrian: 374 (0.05%)
Basque: 371 (0.05%)
Palestinian: 346 (0.04%)
Yugoslavian: 338 (0.04%)
Slovak: 315 (0.04%)
Bulgarian: 279 (0.04%)
Zimbabwean: 272 (0.03%)
Kenyan: 263 (0.03%)
Jordanian: 238 (0.03%)
South African: 232 (0.03%)
Ugandan: 214 (0.03%)
Icelander: 207 (0.03%)
Guyanese: 153 (0.02%)
Cape Verdean: 115 (0.01%)
Ghanaian: 103 (0.01%)
Celtic: 99 (0.01%)
Slavic: 96 (0.01%)
West Indian: 92 (0.01%)
Estonian: 83 (0.01%)
Belizean: 74 (0.01%)
Latvian: 70 (0.01%)
Australian: 54 (0.01%)
Luxembourger: 54 (0.01%)
Pennsylvania German: 49 (0.01%)
Maltese: 49 (0.01%)
Moroccan: 47 (0.01%)
Slovene: 44 (0.01%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
Mexico
San Diego:
29.8% (101,093)
California:
36.6% (3,820,641)
Philippines
San Diego:
13.1% (44,345)
California:
7.7% (800,706)
Vietnam
San Diego:
7.7% (26,196)
California:
5.0% (517,945)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
San Diego:
6.4% (21,877)
California:
6.6% (684,205)
India
San Diego:
5.7% (19,440)
California:
5.6% (579,387)
Korea
San Diego:
2.6% (8,995)
California:
3.1% (320,162)
Iran
San Diego:
2.3% (7,943)
California:
2.1% (216,689)
Japan
San Diego:
2.0% (6,813)
California:
0.9% (95,485)
Canada
San Diego:
1.8% (6,032)
California:
1.2% (128,811)
Taiwan
San Diego:
1.6% (5,512)
California:
1.7% (174,181)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 663,940
Other state: 344,426
Northeast: 88,877
Midwest: 99,015
South: 93,918
West: 62,616
85.8% of San Diego residents lived in the same house 1 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 36.3% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 43.7% lived in California.
San Diego:
85.8%
State average:
88.9%
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 10,670
Nursery to 4th grade: 3,165
5th and 6th grade: 3,317
7th and 8th grade: 2,510
9th grade: 2,930
10th grade: 2,867
11th grade: 3,781
12th grade, no diploma: 11,107
High school graduate (or equivalency): 73,245
Less than 1 year of college: 27,296
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 68,556
Associate degree: 35,130
Bachelor's degree: 141,531
Master's degree: 65,738
Professional school degree: 19,244
Doctorate degree: 21,103
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 12,959
Nursery to 4th grade: 3,929
5th and 6th grade: 5,296
7th and 8th grade: 3,877
9th grade: 5,017
10th grade: 4,384
11th grade: 4,125
12th grade, no diploma: 9,894
High school graduate (or equivalency): 64,998
Less than 1 year of college: 24,034
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 54,232
Associate degree: 37,310
Bachelor's degree: 145,173
Master's degree: 69,134
Professional school degree: 17,776
Doctorate degree: 17,478
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 249,668
One, attached: 51,941
Two: 14,248
3 or 4: 30,740
5 to 9: 51,607
10 to 19: 40,542
20 to 49: 34,836
50 or more: 85,579
Mobile homes: 5,832
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 408
Median worth of mobile homes: $149,100
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities in 2022: 0.6%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 1.1%
House/condo owner moved in on average 12 years ago