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Rancho San DiegoCA

Rancho San Diego, CA is a 21K-resident city in San Diego County with a median household income of $118,682.

San Diego County, California. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Rancho San Diego, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Rancho San Diego has a population larger than 47% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $905,300.

Data updated 2026-09-03

21K
Population (place)
Bottom 48%
By size
$118,682
Median income (place)
$905,300
Median home (place)
10.1%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Rancho San Diego

Rancho San Diego posts a median household income higher than 81% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Top 19%
by median income, US cities

Where Rancho San Diego income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$118,682 Top 19% higher than 81% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Rancho San Diego $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in CA

Population among 482 CA places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Los Angeles is the largest CA city on this list; Alamo leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in CA

Median household income among the same 482-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Alamo posts the highest place-level median income in CA; Los Angeles is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Rancho San Diego, CA beyond the headline numbers

Rancho San Diego sits inside San Diego County, California, at roughly 32.75°N, -116.94°W. Population 21,208, $118,682 median household income. Median home value $905,300, median rent $2,618. Poverty rate 10.1%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

At 10.1%, poverty in Rancho San Diego, CA runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.

The median home in Rancho San Diego costs around 7.6 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.

12.6% of Rancho San Diego workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, obesity departs furthest from its peer median: 25% in Rancho San Diego, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0% of Rancho San Diego workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

At 44.2 years, Rancho San Diego's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Rancho San Diego from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
21,208
Rancho San Diego · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$118,682
+33% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$905,300
+119% vs avg
Median Age (place)
44.2
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (San Diego County): Rancho San Diego's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
3.3M+5%
Median Income
$106,268+69%
Median Home Value
$854,700+113%
Poverty Rate
10.3%-28%
Unemployment
5.8%-39%

Economics

Economics indicators for Rancho San Diego, CA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$2,618/mo
Poverty Rate
10.1% -19% vs avg
Unemployment 6.9%
Bachelor's Degree+ 45.7%
Work From Home 12.6%
Public Transit 0%

Population

White 74%
African American 1.2%
Asian 4.7%
Two or More Ethnicities 4.4%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
32.3%
High Blood Pressure
31.3%
Obesity
25%
Physical Inactivity
18.3%
Binge Drinking
16.7%
Frequent Mental Distress
16.3%
Frequent Physical Distress
12.3%
Current Smoking
10%
Current Asthma
9.7%
Diabetes
9.7%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 68.6%
Annual Checkup 75.2%

Other Measures

Coronary Heart Disease
5.9%
Lack of Health Insurance
5.8%
Stroke
3.2%

What alerts and safety updates affect Rancho San Diego?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Rancho San Diego right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

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Sheet CA-RANCHO-SAN-DIEGO · Rancho San Diego

Rancho San Diego: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Rancho San Diego; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse California state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Rancho San Diego, CA? ▼
Rancho San Diego, CA has a population of 21,208 people, located in San Diego County, California.
What is the median household income in Rancho San Diego? ▼
The median household income in Rancho San Diego, CA is $118,682 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 10.1%.
What is the median home value in Rancho San Diego? ▼
The median home value in Rancho San Diego, CA is $905,300. Median rent is $2,618/month.
What are the top health concerns in Rancho San Diego? ▼
The top health indicators in Rancho San Diego include Short Sleep Duration (32.3%), High Blood Pressure (31.3%), Obesity (25%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Rancho San Diego? ▼
The median age in Rancho San Diego, CA is 44.2 years. 45.7% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Rancho San Diego, both outside California so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside CA (10.1% here).

Stamford, CT 10.1% Beaverton, OR 10.1% Parma, OH 10.1% New Rochelle, NY 10.1%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside CA ($118,682 here).

Makakilo, HI $118,550 Makakilo City, HI $118,550 Hutto, TX $118,834 Pearland, TX $118,842

Compare Rancho San Diego with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

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Nearby Cities 8

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Using Rancho San Diego's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Rancho San Diego area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Rancho San Diego against California peers on any ranking lens. Explore California

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (San Diego County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.