Escondido vs San Diego

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

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

San Diego has the higher population (1,385,061 vs 149,913 in Escondido). San Diego has the higher median household income ($104,321 vs $84,477 in Escondido). San Diego has the higher median home value ($848,500 vs $663,500 in Escondido).

Population, income & housing

	Escondido	San Diego
Population	149,913	1,385,061
Median age	37.1 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$84,477	$104,321
Median home value	$663,500	$848,500
Median gross rent	$1,922	$2,223
Housing units	52,662	559,653
Homeownership rate	52.2%	47.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.8%	49.9%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Escondido	San Diego
Population	151,300 → 149,913 (-0.9%)	1,409,573 → 1,385,061 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$64,038 → $84,477 (+31.9%)	$79,673 → $104,321 (+30.9%)
Median home value	$450,200 → $663,500 (+47.4%)	$602,600 → $848,500 (+40.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,448 → $1,922 (+32.7%)	$1,695 → $2,223 (+31.2%)

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

San Diego

Population

1,409,5731,385,061

Median household income

$79,673$104,321

Median home value

$602,600$848,500

Median gross rent

$1,695$2,223

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Escondido	San Diego
Under 5	6.5%	5.3%
5 to 17	16.3%	13.5%
18 to 24	8.5%	10.7%
25 to 34	15.1%	18.7%
35 to 44	14.4%	14.7%
45 to 54	12.3%	12.0%
55 to 64	12.7%	10.9%
65 to 74	8.2%	8.2%
75 and over	6.0%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Escondido	San Diego
White (non-Hispanic)	34.5%	41.4%
Black or African American	2.1%	5.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	6.9%	17.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.4%
Some other race	0.6%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.6%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	51.7%	29.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Escondido	San Diego
No high school diploma	19.6%	9.8%
High school graduate	23.2%	15.0%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	28.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	21.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Escondido	San Diego
Drove alone	72.0%	64.2%
Carpooled	9.8%	7.8%
Public transit	1.5%	3.0%
Walked	1.6%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.7%
Worked from home	12.8%	19.2%
Other means	1.9%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Escondido	San Diego
1-unit, detached	50.9%	43.5%
1-unit, attached	7.4%	9.9%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	9.0%	16.9%
20 or more units	19.1%	20.9%
Mobile home & other	7.1%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Escondido	San Diego
Poverty rate	13.4%	11.1%
Average household size	2.90	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	28	24
Median year structure built	1981	1978