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San Diego County

County in California. 3,288,774 residents. 10,906 km² of land (4,211 sq mi).

Rents

Median gross rent

$2,246USD per month, ± $11

California $2,036, U.S. $1,413

2020–2024.

Gross rent is the contract rent plus utilities. It covers all renter households, sitting tenants included, so it lags the rents asked for new leases. Five-year pooled sample survey (2020–2024), not a single-year figure; small areas carry large margins of error. Medians above $3,500 are published only as "$3,500+" and medians below $100 as "$100-". Medians by number of bedrooms rest on fewer households, so they are missing more often and less precise.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

By number of bedrooms

Home sizeMedian rent, USD per month
Studio (no bedroom)$1,761 ± $35
1 bedroom$1,888 ± $14
2 bedrooms$2,290 ± $15
3 bedrooms$2,826 ± $40
4 bedrooms$3,451 ± $82
5 or more bedrooms$3,501+

2020–2024. The publisher reports only that the figure is at or above this amount. Gross rent is the contract rent plus utilities. It covers all renter households, sitting tenants included, so it lags the rents asked for new leases. Five-year pooled sample survey (2020–2024), not a single-year figure; small areas carry large margins of error. Medians above $3,500 are published only as "$3,500+" and medians below $100 as "$100-". Medians by number of bedrooms rest on fewer households, so they are missing more often and less precise.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Home prices

Median home value

$854,700USD, ± $3,996

California $734,700, U.S. $332,700

2020–2024.

The value is each owner's own estimate of what the home would sell for, not a sale price. Five-year pooled sample survey (2020–2024), not a single-year figure; small areas carry large margins of error. Medians above $2,000,000 are published only as "$2,000,000+" and medians below $10,000 as "$10,000-".

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Houses and apartments

Type of homeAverage value, USD
All owner-occupied homes$1,036,262
Houses (one-unit, detached or attached)$1,116,645
Apartments (buildings with two or more units)$718,674
Mobile homes$202,228

2020–2024. This is an average, not a median, so a few very expensive homes pull it above the median home value. Values are each owner's own estimate of what the home would sell for, not sale prices. "Apartment" means an owner-occupied home in a building with two or more units, condominiums and co-ops included; rented homes are not counted. The Census Bureau publishes no median value for houses or for apartments (only for mobile homes), which is why this figure is an average. It publishes the underlying totals for the country, most states and about a quarter of counties; no figure is shown where an input is missing. It is not shown for census tracts, where the totals are rare and too unstable to read without a margin of error. Five-year pooled sample survey (2020–2024), not a single-year figure; small areas carry large margins of error.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. Calculated by Marsadata from ACS tables B25080 (total value of owner-occupied homes by units in structure) and B25032 (owner-occupied homes by units in structure): total value divided by the number of homes. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Work and pay

Average wage

$39.83$1,593$6,903USD per hour, at 40 hours a weekUSD per weekUSD per month

California $44.30$1,772$7,679, U.S. $36.35$1,454$6,301

2014: $27.20$1,088$4,7152024: $39.83$1,593$6,903

2024.

Hourly figure calculated by Marsadata: the weekly wage divided by 40 hours. The source does not report hours worked and counts part-time jobs, so actual hourly pay is higher where part-time work is common.

Monthly figure calculated by Marsadata: the weekly wage times 52, divided by 12.

Covers jobs at employers subject to unemployment insurance, more than 95% of U.S. jobs; the self-employed are not included. Wages include bonuses. It is an average per job, full-time and part-time alike, not per worker. Figures are withheld where they could reveal an individual employer. Recent figures are revised by the publisher.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages.

Employment

1,536,541jobs

2014: 1,332,9602024: 1,536,541

2024.

Counts jobs at employers subject to unemployment insurance, more than 95% of U.S. jobs; the self-employed are not included. A person with two jobs is counted twice. Figures are withheld where they could reveal an individual employer.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages.

By industry sector

SectorWage, private sector, USD per hour, at 40 hours a weekUSD per weekUSD per monthJobs, private sectorEstablishments
Health care and social assistance$32.15$1,286$5,573222,46711,649
Accommodation and food services$17.28$691$2,994170,7768,380
Professional, scientific, and technical services$73.35$2,934$12,714148,12216,216
Retail trade$21.93$877$3,800136,9189,207
Manufacturing$56.93$2,277$9,867111,9402,929
Administrative and support and waste management services$29.65$1,186$5,13990,8174,700
Construction$40.58$1,623$7,03389,9408,325
Other services (except public administration)$23.00$920$3,98755,3587,788
Wholesale trade$50.38$2,015$8,73242,0604,148
Finance and insurance$67.65$2,706$11,72639,9624,858
Transportation and warehousing$32.38$1,295$5,61236,0732,160
Arts, entertainment, and recreation$26.35$1,054$4,56731,2131,692
Real estate and rental and leasing$39.15$1,566$6,78630,3467,245
Educational services$26.10$1,044$4,52428,0301,721
Management of companies and enterprises$65.68$2,627$11,38421,739363
Information$82.23$3,289$14,25219,9621,645
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting$24.08$963$4,1739,071143
Utilities$80.88$3,235$14,0185,792146
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction$48.45$1,938$8,39832721

Periods: 2024, 2023. “Withheld” marks cells the publisher suppresses to protect individual employers.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Businesses

Business establishments

93,407establishments

2023.

Employer establishments only: the self-employed are not counted. Excludes crop and animal production, rail transportation, the postal service, public administration and most government. The source publishes no turnover.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Business establishments per 1,000 residents

28.4per 1,000 residents

California 26.2, U.S. 25.0

2023.

The two inputs cover different periods (2023 and 2020–2024). Establishments are counted where they operate and residents where they live, so employment centres score high. The self-employed and most government are not counted.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. Calculated by Marsadata from County Business Patterns 2023 total establishments divided by the ACS 5-year 2020–2024 population estimate, times 1,000. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Energy

Residential electricity price

Published for states only. See California

Residential natural gas price

Published for states only. See California

People

Population

3,288,774people

2020–2024.

Five-year pooled sample survey (2020–2024), not a single-year figure; small areas carry large margins of error. It is a survey estimate, not a census count. The national figure covers the 50 states and the District of Columbia; Puerto Rico is published separately.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Population density

301.6people per km²

California 97.3, U.S. 36.6

2020–2024.

Land area excludes water. The national figure uses the land area of the 50 states and the District of Columbia, matching the population estimate.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. Calculated by Marsadata from the ACS 5-year population estimate (table B01003) divided by the land area in the Census Bureau's 2025 cartographic boundary files. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Languages

People speaking a language other than English at home

37.3%% of people aged 5 and over

California 44.4%, U.S. 22.3%

2020–2024.

Says nothing about English ability: many of these people also speak English very well. Based on a sample survey with large margins of error for census tracts; no margin of error is given for the share.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. Calculated by Marsadata from ACS table C16001: population aged 5 and over minus people who speak only English at home, divided by the population aged 5 and over, times 100. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.

Languages spoken at home

Language groupSharePeople
English only62.7%1,948,284 ± 9,399
Spanish24.1%748,300 ± 6,995
Tagalog (incl. Filipino)2.7%84,652 ± 2,769
Other Indo-European languages2.1%66,319 ± 3,894
Chinese (incl. Mandarin, Cantonese)1.7%53,115 ± 2,708
Other Asian and Pacific Island languages1.6%50,233 ± 2,895
Vietnamese1.2%37,946 ± 2,640
Arabic1.0%30,640 ± 2,735
Other and unspecified languages0.7%23,194 ± 1,981
Russian, Polish or other Slavic languages0.7%22,551 ± 1,934
Korean0.5%15,176 ± 1,501
French, Haitian or Cajun0.4%12,830 ± 1,189
German or other West Germanic languages0.4%11,921 ± 1,275

2020–2024. Of 3,105,161 residents aged five and over. Shares are calculated by Marsadata from the published counts.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024. This site uses U.S. Census Bureau data but is not endorsed or certified by the Census Bureau.