National City vs Poway

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

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

National City has the higher population (55,960 vs 48,515 in Poway). Poway has the higher median household income ($143,825 vs $64,248 in National City). Poway has the higher median home value ($971,500 vs $580,900 in National City).

Population, income & housing

	National City	Poway
Population	55,960	48,515
Median age	36.6 yrs	41.9 yrs
Median household income	$64,248	$143,825
Median home value	$580,900	$971,500
Median gross rent	$1,619	$2,261
Housing units	18,783	16,969
Homeownership rate	34.2%	75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	53.4%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	National City	Poway
Population	61,121 → 55,960 (-8.4%)	49,701 → 48,515 (-2.4%)
Median household income	$47,119 → $64,248 (+36.4%)	$107,902 → $143,825 (+33.3%)
Median home value	$402,000 → $580,900 (+44.5%)	$686,400 → $971,500 (+41.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,163 → $1,619 (+39.2%)	$1,627 → $2,261 (+39.0%)

National City

Population

61,12155,960

Median household income

$47,119$64,248

Median home value

$402,000$580,900

Median gross rent

$1,163$1,619

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)

	National City	Poway
Under 5	5.9%	5.6%
5 to 17	17.1%	17.3%
18 to 24	8.6%	6.3%
25 to 34	15.8%	11.2%
35 to 44	13.8%	13.5%
45 to 54	11.2%	12.2%
55 to 64	12.2%	14.8%
65 to 74	9.1%	11.6%
75 and over	6.2%	7.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	National City	Poway
White (non-Hispanic)	9.5%	59.6%
Black or African American	4.3%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	16.8%	13.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.4%
Some other race	0.7%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.5%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	65.8%	16.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	National City	Poway
No high school diploma	23.5%	6.2%
High school graduate	28.0%	13.2%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	31.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	22.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	National City	Poway
Drove alone	70.3%	66.9%
Carpooled	14.7%	8.1%
Public transit	3.8%	1.0%
Walked	2.9%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.4%
Worked from home	6.2%	20.2%
Other means	1.7%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	National City	Poway
1-unit, detached	41.2%	77.1%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	17.5%	5.5%
20 or more units	21.1%	6.8%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	National City	Poway
Poverty rate	14.0%	5.2%
Average household size	3.09	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1969	1978