Housing in Navajo at a glance
- Population
- about 56,787
- Housing units
- about 23,185
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $914,000San Diego: $906,700 (+1%)
- Median gross rent
- $2,690 a monthSan Diego: $2,313 (+16%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 66.3%San Diego: 47.3%
- Homes built before 1980
- 76%
- Median year built
- 1970
Navajo combines high rent with a strong owner base. Renters pay a median $2,690, 16% above San Diego overall and third of ten, and 66.3% of households own, 19 points over the city and second-highest. It sits in the north-east of the city. Median value is $914,000, 1% above the city and fourth. North Park is slightly higher at $936,000, whereas Mid-City:City Heights is near $626,000 and Encanto Neighborhoods near $635,000, both with far fewer owners. The stock is older, with 76% of homes predating 1980, second-highest of the ten, and a median build date in 1970, against 1972 in each of those two neighbours. Navajo has 56,787 residents living in 23,185 homes, where 14,654 households are owner-occupied to 7,465 renter-occupied. Mid-City:City Heights has 18,788 renting households and Encanto Neighborhoods 6,482. North Park, by comparison, has 18,842 renter households and only 27.9% owners.
Questions about Navajo
What is the median home value in Navajo, San Diego?
$914,000 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 Navajo?
$2,690 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 Navajo own or rent?
Most own: 66.3% 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 11 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.
Navajo is one of the 10 most populous of 57 community planning areas of San Diego: estimated population about 56,787 (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.
Near Navajo
The closest sectors of San Diego, by distance between population centres.
Other sectors of San Diego
Five trades, one spot each
Payotte lists one professional per trade in Navajo. 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
Work in one of these trades in Navajo? Ask for your spot.