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San Diego.

3.30 million people live in the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area. Households earn a median $109,132 a year and median gross rent is $2,336 a month (ACS 2024).

San Diego cityscape
San Diego · Photo creditBoatguy619 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized and cropped.
The metro at a glance · ACS 2024

San Diego at a glance.

Households earn a median $109,132 a year. Educational services, and health care and social assistance is the largest employment sector among residents, at 22.9% of employed residents.

37% of commuters reach work in under 20 minutes, while 16% of all workers work from home. Median gross rent is $2,336 a month.

Everyday life · ACS 2024

Rent, commuting and remote work.

$2,336median monthly gross rent
36.6%commute under 20 minutes
16.1%work from home
What these numbers mean

Median gross rent includes contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities for renter-occupied units paying cash rent. It reflects existing tenants, not today’s advertised rents. Commute times cover workers age 16+ who do not work from home; work-from-home and transit shares cover all workers age 16+. Survey estimates have margins of error; small rank differences may not be statistically meaningful.

Census ACS 2024 · B25064 / B08303 / B08301 ↗
Income · ACS 2024
Median household income$109,132per year · ±$1,813
Per-capita income$53,674per resident · ±$675
US Census Bureau · ACS 2024 1-year via Census Reporter ↗
Job market · ACS 2024

The local economy.

Unemployment5.1%
Labor-force participation66.4%
IndustryShare of employed residents
Education & health
22.9%
Professional & business services
17.8%
Arts, hospitality & recreation
10.3%
US Census Bureau via Census Reporter · B23025 / B24030 ↗
Climate · 2001–2020 averages

Weather through the year.

July mean temperature76°F
Estimated monthly precipitation0.2in
45°64°82°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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Where these numbers come fromData & methodology
Source
Census ACS 2024 one-year ↗Income, employment, rent and commuting via Census Reporter. Weather: NASA POWER / MERRA-2. Housing: Demographia 2026 edition · Read the source ↗
Period
2024ACS survey year 2024 · climate averages 2001–2020 · house prices Q3 2025
Coverage
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA Metro Area31000US41740 · one of 58 metros. Housing-market boundaries, not city limits; source boundaries may differ from ACS metros.
Definition
Gross household income, not individual salaryGross rent includes tenant-paid utilities for existing tenants, not asking rent. Home prices exclude interest, tax, insurance and maintenance. Climate is a modelled average at one reference point, not live weather.

Ranks are ordinal positions among these 58 metros; survey margins of error are retained in the source data and small differences may not be statistically meaningful. Data definitions and sources also appear in each section. San Diego photograph: Boatguy619 · CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons; resized and cropped. Related-metro thumbnails are credited on their own profiles. Climate reference point: 33.02°, -116.78°.

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