housing costs · California
Housing costs in San Diego County
What it costs to live here: rent, home values and the share of income rent takes.
Median gross rent
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $2,246 | ± $11 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $2,154 | ± $13 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $2,011 | ± $13 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $1,842 | ± $9 | evidence → |
Median home value
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | $854,700 | ± $3,996 | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | $791,600 | ± $4,893 | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | $725,200 | ± $2,959 | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | $627,200 | ± $2,593 | evidence → |
Rent as share of income
| Survey period | Value | Margin of error | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020–2024 | 33.9 % | ± 0.3 % | evidence → |
| 2019–2023 | 33.7 % | ± 0.3 % | evidence → |
| 2018–2022 | 33.6 % | ± 0.3 % | evidence → |
| 2017–2021 | 33.4 % | ± 0.3 % | evidence → |
In context
Median rent in San Diego County is $2,246, above the California median of $1,624 across 56 counties (2020–2024).
American Community Survey, five-year estimates. Each release covers five years, so consecutive releases overlap by four of them — a change from one release to the next is damped, and reading them as annual values understates swings. Margins of error are at 90 % confidence and are wide in sparsely populated counties.
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