Escondido vs Oceanside

A side-by-side comparison of Escondido and Oceanside: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Oceanside has the higher population (172,542 vs 149,913 in Escondido). Oceanside has the higher median household income ($93,724 vs $84,477 in Escondido). Oceanside has the higher median home value ($702,000 vs $663,500 in Escondido).

Population, income & housing

	Escondido	Oceanside
Population	149,913	172,542
Median age	37.1 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$84,477	$93,724
Median home value	$663,500	$702,000
Median gross rent	$1,922	$2,207
Housing units	52,662	66,744
Homeownership rate	52.2%	58.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.8%	34.3%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Escondido	Oceanside
Population	151,300 → 149,913 (-0.9%)	175,622 → 172,542 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$64,038 → $84,477 (+31.9%)	$72,697 → $93,724 (+28.9%)
Median home value	$450,200 → $663,500 (+47.4%)	$492,600 → $702,000 (+42.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,448 → $1,922 (+32.7%)	$1,753 → $2,207 (+25.9%)

Escondido

Population

151,300149,913

Median household income

$64,038$84,477

Median home value

$450,200$663,500

Median gross rent

$1,448$1,922

Oceanside

Population

175,622172,542

Median household income

$72,697$93,724

Median home value

$492,600$702,000

Median gross rent

$1,753$2,207

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Escondido	Oceanside
Under 5	6.5%	5.8%
5 to 17	16.3%	15.4%
18 to 24	8.5%	8.7%
25 to 34	15.1%	15.7%
35 to 44	14.4%	13.4%
45 to 54	12.3%	11.8%
55 to 64	12.7%	13.4%
65 to 74	8.2%	9.1%
75 and over	6.0%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Escondido	Oceanside
White (non-Hispanic)	34.5%	43.3%
Black or African American	2.1%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	6.9%	7.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.5%
Some other race	0.6%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.6%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	51.7%	38.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Escondido	Oceanside
No high school diploma	19.6%	13.5%
High school graduate	23.2%	18.8%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	22.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	12.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Escondido	Oceanside
Drove alone	72.0%	71.4%
Carpooled	9.8%	7.9%
Public transit	1.5%	2.1%
Walked	1.6%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.2%
Worked from home	12.8%	14.8%
Other means	1.9%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Escondido	Oceanside
1-unit, detached	50.9%	52.2%
1-unit, attached	7.4%	12.5%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	9.0%	14.1%
20 or more units	19.1%	9.3%
Mobile home & other	7.1%	4.2%

Poverty & households

	Escondido	Oceanside
Poverty rate	13.4%	8.1%
Average household size	2.90	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	1981	1984