Housing in Southeastern San Diego at a glance
- Population
- about 51,697
- Housing units
- about 16,369
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $631,000San Diego: $906,700 (-30%)
- Median gross rent
- $1,750 a monthSan Diego: $2,313 (-24%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 32.4%San Diego: 47.3%
- Homes built before 1980
- 69.9%
- Median year built
- 1964
Southeastern San Diego has the lowest rent among the city's ten sectors, a median $1,750 that is 24% under the overall San Diego level. Lying south of the population centre, it also has the oldest housing profile of its group of neighbours: median construction year is 1964, and 69.9% of homes are older than 1980, third from the top of ten. Values are low as well, with $631,000 placing it eighth, against $906,700 for the whole city. Encanto Neighborhoods costs $635,000 and Mid-City:City Heights $626,000, nearly identical in price, yet North Park, priced at $936,000, belongs to a different bracket. Tenants hold sway here, 10,398 households to 4,978 owners, which puts the owner share at 32.4% and leaves it 14.9 points behind the city. The sector holds 16,369 housing units and 51,697 residents. Its closest rent comparisons are Mid-City:City Heights, $1,760, and Encanto Neighborhoods, $1,790, both of them nearly as low.
Questions about Southeastern San Diego
What is the median home value in Southeastern San Diego, San Diego?
$631,000 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 Southeastern San Diego?
$1,750 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 Southeastern San Diego own or rent?
Most rent: 32.4% 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 14 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.
Southeastern San Diego is one of the 10 most populous of 57 community planning areas of San Diego: estimated population about 51,697 (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 Southeastern San Diego
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 Southeastern San Diego. 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 Southeastern San Diego? Ask for your spot.