ZIP Code 92026 — Escondido, California

The median home in 92026 is valued at $632,600 against a median household income of $86,579, a price-to-income ratio of 7.3. 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, 92026 ranks 45 of 94 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 7.4. Renting takes 26.9% of median household income (median rent $1,943 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

92026 ranks 786 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 720 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is below the $98,033 San Diego County median. 61% of households own their home, in line with the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, in line with the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 11.4%, above the 10.8% statewide ZIP median. Unemployment stands at 5.0%.

With 1,470 residents per square mile across 36.1 square miles of land, 92026 is denser than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 742 of 1,558). This is a low-density pattern of large lots, small towns or scattered subdivisions.