Housing density: 1,446 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $1,000,382.
Median contract rent in 2022: $1,791 (lower quartile is $1,432, upper quartile is over $2,000)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $1,842
Median gross rent in Escondido, CA in 2022: $1,877
Housing units in Escondido with a mortgage: 19,084 (1,494 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 979 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 227
Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $134,441
Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $81,495
19,267 married couples with children.
9,131 single-parent households (1,876 men, 7,255 women).
58.6% of residents of Escondido speak English at home.
34.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (55% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 18% speak English not well, 10% don't speak English at all).
1.8% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (68% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
4.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (50% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (68% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
Foreign born population: 43,491 (28.9%)
(43.8% of them are naturalized citizens)
Percentage of workers working in this county: 97.8% Number of people working at home: 11,364 (14.5% of all workers)
Travel time to work (commute)
Less than 5 minutes: 1,084
5 to 9 minutes: 2,695
10 to 14 minutes: 5,280
15 to 19 minutes: 9,192
20 to 24 minutes: 11,629
25 to 29 minutes: 4,686
30 to 34 minutes: 13,908
35 to 39 minutes: 1,959
40 to 44 minutes: 3,922
45 to 59 minutes: 8,235
60 to 89 minutes: 2,913
90 or more minutes: 1,507
Means of transportation to work:
Drove a car alone: 43,184 (69.7%)
Carpooled: 4,786 (7.7%)
Bus: 763 (1.2%)
Light rail, streetcar or trolley: 34 (0.1%)
Taxi: 947 (1.5%)
Bicycle: 191 (0.3%)
Walked: 718 (1.2%)
Worked at home: 11,364 (18.3%)
Unemployment by race in 2022
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
4.5%Males
3.9%Females
Unemployment rate for Black residents
2.7%Males
8.2%Females
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native residents
0.7%Males
6.9%Females
Unemployment rate for Asian residents
3.5%Females
Unemployment rate for other race residents
0.4%Males
4.4%Females
Unemployment rate for two or more race residents
3.2%Males
4.8%Females
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino residents
0.5%Males
2.6%Females
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Escondido, California
6,6972010 or later
10,1202000 to 2009
9,0951990 to 1999
12,5941980 to 1989
4,3381970 to 1979
3,369Before 1970
First ancestries reported:
German: 3,365 (3.8%)
English: 2,935 (3.3%)
American: 1,983 (2.2%)
Irish: 1,859 (2.1%)
Italian: 1,473 (1.7%)
European: 1,411 (1.6%)
Dutch: 715 (0.8%)
Polish: 538 (0.6%)
Serbian: 507 (0.6%)
Scottish: 451 (0.5%)
Norwegian: 389 (0.4%)
Iranian: 352 (0.4%)
Scotch-Irish: 316 (0.4%)
Jamaican: 278 (0.3%)
Hungarian: 268 (0.3%)
Lebanese: 252 (0.3%)
Russian: 241 (0.3%)
Canadian: 216 (0.2%)
British: 213 (0.2%)
French: 164 (0.2%)
Eastern European: 150 (0.2%)
Swedish: 144 (0.2%)
Northern European: 138 (0.2%)
Nigerian: 137 (0.2%)
Greek: 136 (0.2%)
African: 131 (0.1%)
Afghan: 121 (0.1%)
West Indian: 114 (0.1%)
Welsh: 110 (0.1%)
Portuguese: 106 (0.1%)
Danish: 93 (0.1%)
Egyptian: 88 (0.10%)
French Canadian: 79 (0.09%)
Scandinavian: 73 (0.08%)
Arab: 59 (0.07%)
Austrian: 55 (0.06%)
Czech: 54 (0.06%)
Bulgarian: 52 (0.06%)
Armenian: 51 (0.06%)
Ghanaian: 50 (0.06%)
Ethiopian: 40 (0.05%)
Iraqi: 39 (0.04%)
Ukrainian: 38 (0.04%)
Lithuanian: 34 (0.04%)
Slovak: 33 (0.04%)
Syrian: 31 (0.04%)
Belgian: 30 (0.03%)
Finnish: 29 (0.03%)
Celtic: 23 (0.03%)
Czechoslovakian: 22 (0.02%)
Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 16 (0.02%)
Basque: 11 (0.01%)
Israeli: 11 (0.01%)
Swiss: 11 (0.01%)
Yugoslavian: 11 (0.01%)
Icelander: 8 (0.01%)
Ugandan: 7 (0.01%)
New Zealander: 5 (0.01%)
Haitian: 5 (0.01%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
Mexico
Escondido:
65.7% (26,940)
California:
37.2% (3,881,193)
Philippines
Escondido:
6.4% (2,616)
California:
7.8% (818,297)
Guatemala
Escondido:
4.4% (1,823)
California:
2.8% (290,436)
Vietnam
Escondido:
3.3% (1,355)
California:
4.9% (512,335)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 77,131
Other state: 28,707
Northeast: 6,963
Midwest: 8,033
South: 8,012
West: 5,699
90.6% of Escondido residents lived in the same house 1 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 42.9% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 30.9% lived in California.
Escondido:
90.6%
State average:
88.9%
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 3,330
Nursery to 4th grade: 1,166
5th and 6th grade: 1,211
7th and 8th grade: 1,096
9th grade: 266
10th grade: 291
11th grade: 744
12th grade, no diploma: 1,183
High school graduate (or equivalency): 12,447
Less than 1 year of college: 4,097
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 6,872
Associate degree: 3,732
Bachelor's degree: 10,836
Master's degree: 2,846
Professional school degree: 1,573
Doctorate degree: 584
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 2,994
Nursery to 4th grade: 286
5th and 6th grade: 1,663
7th and 8th grade: 1,165
9th grade: 581
10th grade: 258
11th grade: 478
12th grade, no diploma: 1,174
High school graduate (or equivalency): 13,781
Less than 1 year of college: 5,193
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 7,537
Associate degree: 4,010
Bachelor's degree: 8,811
Master's degree: 3,477
Professional school degree: 1,272
Doctorate degree: 700
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 26,651
One, attached: 3,476
Two: 449
3 or 4: 2,652
5 to 9: 1,776
10 to 19: 2,741
20 to 49: 2,813
50 or more: 8,641
Mobile homes: 2,918
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 351
Median worth of mobile homes: $192,800
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities in 2022: 0.3%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 0.5%
House/condo owner moved in on average 10 years ago