Encinitas vs La Presa

A side-by-side comparison of Encinitas and La Presa: population, income, housing, and more.

Encinitas and La Presa are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Encinitas has the higher population (61,585 vs 36,669 in La Presa). Encinitas has the higher median household income ($150,471 vs $88,479 in La Presa). Encinitas has the higher median home value ($1,466,000 vs $595,400 in La Presa).

Population, income & housing

	Encinitas	La Presa
Population	61,585	36,669
Median age	43.0 yrs	35.4 yrs
Median household income	$150,471	$88,479
Median home value	$1,466,000	$595,400
Median gross rent	$2,730	$1,795
Housing units	26,209	11,464
Homeownership rate	66.4%	66.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	67.1%	24.1%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	9.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Encinitas	La Presa
Population	62,780 → 61,585 (-1.9%)	38,227 → 36,669 (-4.1%)
Median household income	$116,022 → $150,471 (+29.7%)	$66,158 → $88,479 (+33.7%)
Median home value	$947,700 → $1,466,000 (+54.7%)	$421,300 → $595,400 (+41.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,980 → $2,730 (+37.9%)	$1,438 → $1,795 (+24.8%)

Encinitas

Population

62,78061,585

Median household income

$116,022$150,471

Median home value

$947,700$1,466,000

Median gross rent

$1,980$2,730

La Presa

Population

38,22736,669

Median household income

$66,158$88,479

Median home value

$421,300$595,400

Median gross rent

$1,438$1,795

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Encinitas	La Presa
Under 5	5.5%	6.0%
5 to 17	14.9%	18.0%
18 to 24	5.1%	8.1%
25 to 34	12.5%	16.9%
35 to 44	14.4%	13.8%
45 to 54	13.3%	11.3%
55 to 64	13.9%	11.7%
65 to 74	12.8%	8.8%
75 and over	7.5%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Encinitas	La Presa
White (non-Hispanic)	73.9%	23.6%
Black or African American	0.6%	12.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	4.4%	8.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.3%
Some other race	0.4%	1.4%
Two or more races	4.8%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	15.7%	49.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Encinitas	La Presa
No high school diploma	4.7%	13.9%
High school graduate	8.3%	26.2%
Some college or associate's	20.0%	35.8%
Bachelor's degree	38.9%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	28.1%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Encinitas	La Presa
Drove alone	61.7%	77.3%
Carpooled	5.5%	10.9%
Public transit	0.6%	0.7%
Walked	1.4%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.7%	8.6%
Other means	1.2%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Encinitas	La Presa
1-unit, detached	56.7%	65.5%
1-unit, attached	18.1%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	6.2%
20 or more units	7.5%	10.6%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Encinitas	La Presa
Poverty rate	7.3%	9.9%
Average household size	2.53	3.26
Mean commute (minutes)	24	28
Median year structure built	1980	1975