Housing in North Park at a glance
- Population
- about 47,597
- Housing units
- about 27,852
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $936,000San Diego: $906,700 (+3%)
- Median gross rent
- $2,010 a monthSan Diego: $2,313 (-13%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 27.9%San Diego: 47.3%
- Homes built before 1980
- 62.7%
- Median year built
- 1972
Three planning areas lie beside North Park, and all three report median values between $626,000 and $635,000. North Park itself reaches $936,000, which puts it third from the top among San Diego's ten sectors, 3% over the San Diego level. Located near the city's population centre, it is a sector of tenants: 18,842 renter households live next to 7,275 owner households, leaving owners at 27.9%, ninth of ten. Rent is $2,010, 13% below what the city pays overall, so the premium shows up in purchase values rather than in monthly costs. A stock of 27,852 housing units serves 47,597 people, a smaller population than Mid-City:City Heights with its 76,398. Roughly 62.7% of the housing is older than 1980, and the median home dates from 1972, the same year reported by Mid-City:City Heights and Encanto, while Encanto Neighborhoods has a much higher owner share, 51.7%. Southeastern San Diego is older, at 69.9%.
Questions about North Park
What is the median home value in North Park, San Diego?
$936,000 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 North Park?
$2,010 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 North Park own or rent?
Most rent: 27.9% 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 13 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.
North Park is one of the 10 most populous of 57 community planning areas of San Diego: estimated population about 47,597 (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 North Park
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 North Park. 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 North Park? Ask for your spot.