Housing in Mid-City:City Heights at a glance
- Population
- about 76,398
- Housing units
- about 27,139
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $626,000San Diego: $906,700 (-31%)
- Median gross rent
- $1,760 a monthSan Diego: $2,313 (-24%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 26.6%San Diego: 47.3%
- Homes built before 1980
- 65.3%
- Median year built
- 1972
Mid-City:City Heights, near the middle of San Diego, is where renting is the norm: owners are only 26.6% of households, the smallest share of the ten sectors, and 20.7 points under the city. Values are low as well, $626,000, 31% below San Diego overall and ninth of ten, with a median rent of $1,760, 24% below. North Park is far higher at $936,000, though its owner share is similar, 27.9%. Encanto Neighborhoods records $635,000 with 51.7% owners, and Southeastern San Diego $631,000 with 32.4%. The stock is mostly older, 65.3% predating 1980, fifth of ten, and the typical home dates from 1972. Some 76,398 residents live in the sector's 27,139 homes, and 18,788 of the occupied homes are rented against 6,826 owned. Encanto Neighborhoods has 6,933 owner households, about the same count as here, yet far fewer renters, 6,482. Southeastern San Diego has 10,398 renting households. North Park, the nearest in size, has 27,852 homes and 18,842 renter households.
Questions about Mid-City:City Heights
What is the median home value in Mid-City:City Heights, San Diego?
$626,000 for owner-occupied homes, against $906,700 for San Diego as a whole (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary). It is the owners' own estimate of their home's value, not a sale price.
What is the median rent in Mid-City:City Heights?
$1,760 a month in gross rent (rent plus utilities paid by the renter), against $2,313 in San Diego (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary).
Do most people in Mid-City:City Heights own or rent?
Most rent: 26.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied, against 47.3% in San Diego (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary).
Data and method
Data as of: American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau (retrieved 2026-11-02).
Estimate from the 15 census tracts whose internal point lies within the official boundary: counts are summed, and each median is recomputed from the summed value, rent and year-built brackets (grouped median, linear interpolation). The gap with the city is measured with the same method on the whole city.
Mid-City:City Heights is one of the 10 most populous of 57 community planning areas of San Diego: estimated population about 76,398 (Payotte estimate: Census ACS 2020-2024 populations of the census tracts whose internal point lies inside the boundary; boundaries from City of San Diego open data, Community Planning Districts, consulted 2026-11-02).
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, tables B01003, B25001, B25003, B25034, B25063, B25064, B25075, B25077; U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer files (census tract internal points). City figures: the same survey, published for San Diego as a whole. Home values are owners' estimates, not sale prices.
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Five trades, one spot each
Payotte lists one professional per trade in Mid-City:City Heights. No one is listed yet: every spot is open.
- Real estate agentOpen spot
- Mortgage loan officerOpen spot
- Home inspectorOpen spot
- Real estate attorneyOpen spot
- AppraiserOpen spot
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