ZIP Code 92029 — Escondido, California

The median home in 92029 is valued at $850,900 against a median household income of $110,456, a price-to-income ratio of 7.7. 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, 92029 ranks 56 of 94 ZIPs on affordability (1 = lowest ratio); the county median ratio is 7.4. Renting takes 24.0% of median household income (median rent $2,212 a month), under the 30% cost-burden threshold.

92029 ranks 448 of 1,558 statewide on median household income and 435 of 1,558 on median home value; its income is above the $98,033 San Diego County median. 74% of households own their home, above the 64% statewide ZIP median, making this a majority-owner ZIP. 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, above the 31% median, and the poverty rate is 5.1%, far below the 10.8% statewide ZIP median and among the lowest in the state. Unemployment stands at 3.0%.

With 884 residents per square mile across 22.6 square miles of land, 92029 is less dense than the statewide ZIP median of 1,120 (rank 817 of 1,558). This is a low-density pattern of large lots, small towns or scattered subdivisions.