ZIP Code 92024 — Encinitas, California

The median home in 92024 is valued at $1,299,800 against a median household income of $141,329, a price-to-income ratio of 9.2. That is above the 6.7 median across the 1,558 California ZIP codes with published housing data, and well past the 3.0 ratio that marks an attainable market nationally, so buying here on a local median income requires substantial savings or a second income. Within San Diego County, 92024 ranks 76 of 94 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 7.4. Renting takes 21.0% of median household income (median rent $2,471 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

92024 ranks 192 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 166 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is above the $98,033 San Diego County median. 66% of households own their home, in line with the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 65% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, far above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 5.4%, far below the 10.8% statewide ZIP median and among the lowest in the state. Unemployment stands at 4.6%.

With 2,790 residents per square mile across 18 square miles of land, 92024 is far denser than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 621 of 1,558). This is predominantly single-family residential with suburban street patterns.