Encinitas vs Poway

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

Encinitas and Poway 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 48,515 in Poway). Encinitas has the higher median household income ($150,471 vs $143,825 in Poway). Encinitas has the higher median home value ($1,466,000 vs $971,500 in Poway).

Population, income & housing

	Encinitas	Poway
Population	61,585	48,515
Median age	43.0 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$150,471	$143,825
Median home value	$1,466,000	$971,500
Median gross rent	$2,730	$2,261
Housing units	26,209	16,969
Homeownership rate	66.4%	75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	67.1%	53.4%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Encinitas	Poway
Population	62,780 → 61,585 (-1.9%)	49,701 → 48,515 (-2.4%)
Median household income	$116,022 → $150,471 (+29.7%)	$107,902 → $143,825 (+33.3%)
Median home value	$947,700 → $1,466,000 (+54.7%)	$686,400 → $971,500 (+41.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,980 → $2,730 (+37.9%)	$1,627 → $2,261 (+39.0%)

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

Poway

Population

49,70148,515

Median household income

$107,902$143,825

Median home value

$686,400$971,500

Median gross rent

$1,627$2,261

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Encinitas	Poway
Under 5	5.5%	5.6%
5 to 17	14.9%	17.3%
18 to 24	5.1%	6.3%
25 to 34	12.5%	11.2%
35 to 44	14.4%	13.5%
45 to 54	13.3%	12.2%
55 to 64	13.9%	14.8%
65 to 74	12.8%	11.6%
75 and over	7.5%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Encinitas	Poway
White (non-Hispanic)	73.9%	59.6%
Black or African American	0.6%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	4.4%	13.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.4%
Some other race	0.4%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.8%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	15.7%	16.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Encinitas	Poway
No high school diploma	4.7%	6.2%
High school graduate	8.3%	13.2%
Some college or associate's	20.0%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	38.9%	31.4%
Graduate or professional degree	28.1%	22.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Encinitas	Poway
Drove alone	61.7%	66.9%
Carpooled	5.5%	8.1%
Public transit	0.6%	1.0%
Walked	1.4%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.4%
Worked from home	28.7%	20.2%
Other means	1.2%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Encinitas	Poway
1-unit, detached	56.7%	77.1%
1-unit, attached	18.1%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	5.5%
20 or more units	7.5%	6.8%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Encinitas	Poway
Poverty rate	7.3%	5.2%
Average household size	2.53	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1980	1978