Lakeside vs Rancho San Diego

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

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

Rancho San Diego has the higher population (22,264 vs 21,788 in Lakeside). Rancho San Diego has the higher median household income ($118,431 vs $94,877 in Lakeside). Rancho San Diego has the higher median home value ($854,200 vs $585,500 in Lakeside).

Population, income & housing

	Lakeside	Rancho San Diego
Population	21,788	22,264
Median age	38.4 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$94,877	$118,431
Median home value	$585,500	$854,200
Median gross rent	$1,976	$2,431
Housing units	7,731	8,362
Homeownership rate	68.4%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.8%	44.5%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	8.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakeside	Rancho San Diego
Population	21,917 → 21,788 (-0.6%)	21,799 → 22,264 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$74,823 → $94,877 (+26.8%)	$95,892 → $118,431 (+23.5%)
Median home value	$428,200 → $585,500 (+36.7%)	$611,000 → $854,200 (+39.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,423 → $1,976 (+38.9%)	$1,900 → $2,431 (+27.9%)

Lakeside

Population

21,91721,788

Median household income

$74,823$94,877

Median home value

$428,200$585,500

Median gross rent

$1,423$1,976

Rancho San Diego

Population

21,79922,264

Median household income

$95,892$118,431

Median home value

$611,000$854,200

Median gross rent

$1,900$2,431

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakeside	Rancho San Diego
Under 5	6.2%	4.9%
5 to 17	17.5%	15.3%
18 to 24	8.9%	9.5%
25 to 34	12.7%	10.7%
35 to 44	11.7%	10.8%
45 to 54	10.1%	11.8%
55 to 64	12.1%	16.3%
65 to 74	12.6%	12.9%
75 and over	8.2%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakeside	Rancho San Diego
White (non-Hispanic)	66.3%	74.5%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	3.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	1.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.7%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	23.5%	14.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakeside	Rancho San Diego
No high school diploma	9.4%	7.2%
High school graduate	27.4%	15.6%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	25.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.4%	18.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakeside	Rancho San Diego
Drove alone	75.6%	80.6%
Carpooled	4.8%	5.8%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.2%
Worked from home	13.8%	10.0%
Other means	2.3%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakeside	Rancho San Diego
1-unit, detached	53.3%	69.3%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	2.9%
5 to 19 units	9.5%	10.0%
20 or more units	11.6%	11.6%
Mobile home & other	18.7%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Lakeside	Rancho San Diego
Poverty rate	10.0%	6.9%
Average household size	2.96	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	1981	1985