Housing in Otay Mesa-Nestor at a glance
- Population
- about 54,133
- Housing units
- about 17,042
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $600,000San Diego: $906,700 (-34%)
- Median gross rent
- $2,000 a monthSan Diego: $2,313 (-13%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 58.4%San Diego: 47.3%
- Homes built before 1980
- 66.6%
- Median year built
- 1975
Nowhere else among San Diego's ten sectors is the median home value as low as in Otay Mesa-Nestor: $600,000, or 34% under the $906,700 reported for the city. The sector lies south of the city's centre, and the areas touching it sit only a little higher, from $631,000 in Southeastern San Diego to $647,000 in Skyline-Paradise Hills. Tenure is the sharper contrast. Here 58.4% of households own, ranking third and exceeding the city by 11.1 points, whereas Southeastern San Diego stops at 32.4% and Skyline-Paradise Hills climbs to 69.4%. Renters pay a median $2,000, 13% less than the rent figure for San Diego overall, close to what North Park asks of its tenants. Homes older than 1980 make up 66.6%, fourth among the ten, and construction at the median came in 1975. The sector counts 17,042 housing units and 54,133 residents. Encanto Neighborhoods sits between them on ownership at 51.7%.
Questions about Otay Mesa-Nestor
What is the median home value in Otay Mesa-Nestor, San Diego?
$600,000 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 Otay Mesa-Nestor?
$2,000 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 Otay Mesa-Nestor own or rent?
Most own: 58.4% 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.
Otay Mesa-Nestor is one of the 10 most populous of 57 community planning areas of San Diego: estimated population about 54,133 (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 Otay Mesa-Nestor. 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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