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San Marcos, CA real estate and demographic information

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San Marcos zip codes92069, 92078, 92083

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POPULATION
55,160

San Marcos, CA Information

SAN MARCOS INFORMATION DETAILS
POPULATION 55,160
NUMBER OF HOMES AND APARTMENTS 18,902
SAN MARCOS HOME OWNERSHIP
% OWNER OCCUPIED 63.67%
% RENTER OCCUPIED 32.49%
% VACANT 3.84%
TYPE OF SAN MARCOS HOMES
SINGLE FAMILY DETACHED 49.80%
ROWHOUSES AND ATTACHED HOMES 5.50%
SMALL APARTMENT BUILDINGS 3.68%
COMPLEXES OR HIGH RISE APARTMENTS 21.62%
MOBILE HOMES 19.41%
OTHER 0.00%
SIZE OF SAN MARCOS HOMES
NO BEDROOM 2.43%
1 BEDROOM 13.90%
2 BEDROOMS 34.91%
3 BEDROOMS 27.32%
4 BEDROOMS 18.95%
5 OR MORE BEDROOMS 2.49%
AGE OF HOMES
NEWER HOMES (1995 OR LATER) 13.26%
ESTABLISHED, BUT NOT OLD HOMES (1970-1994) 75.75%
WELL-ESTABLISHED, OLD HOMES (1940-1969) 10.12%
HISTORIC (1939 OR BEFORE) 0.87%


SAN MARCOS REAL ESTATE INFORMATION DETAILS
MEDIAN HOME VALUE $366,316
MEDIAN RENTAL PRICE $1,329
HOME VALUE RANGE
$0-$102,000 11.85%
$102,001-$205,000 13.75%
$205,001-$411,000 36.48%
$411,001-$616,000 27.32%
$616,001-$822,000 7.86%
$822,001-$1,027,000 1.63%
$1,027,001-$1,540,000 0.81%
$1,540,001-$2,053,000 0.07%
> $2,053,000 0.23%


PEOPLE OF San Marcos DETAILS
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION
UNDER 5 YEARS 8.53%
5 TO 17 20.28%
18 TO 24 9.51%
25 TO 34 16.09%
35 TO 54 27.20%
55 TO 64 6.28%
65 YEARS AND OVER 12.13%
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT OF ADULTS
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES 75.06%
COLLEGE GRADUATES 20.05%
MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME $45,908
PER CAPITA INCOME $18,657
INDIVIDUALS BELOW POVERTY LEVEL 12.03%
INDUSTRIES PEOPLE WORK IN Manufacturing (18.57%), Retail (12.35%), Construction (8.32%), Healthcare (7.21%), Education (6.87%), Administration (6.17%), Accomodation (5.90%), Professional, scientific, and technical services (5.82%), Other (5.60%), Wholesale (5.20%), Finance (3.75%), Information Technology (2.70%), Public Service (2.62%), Transportation (2.17%), Arts (2.07%)
ATTENDING COLLEGE 7.11%
RACIAL MAKEUP
WHITE 66.90%
BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN 2.57%
AMERICAN INDIAN AND ALASKA NATIVE 0.76%
ASIAN 4.47%
NATIVE HAWAIIAN AND OTHER PACIFIC ISLANDER 0.24%
SOME OTHER RACE ALONE 20.86%
TWO OR MORE RACES 4.22%
HISPANIC OR LATINO (OF ANY RACE) 36.71%
ETHNICITIES PRESENT Other Groups (42.16%), Unclassified (13.35%), German (9.12%), English (5.77%), Irish (5.15%), United States or American (4.05%), Italian (3.58%)
FOREIGN BORN 25.58%
LANGUAGES SPOKEN English (57.95%) , Spanish (27.84%)
About San Marcos

San Marcos is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of California. With a population of 55,160 people and six constituent neighborhoods, San Marcos is the 139th largest community in California.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, San Marcos is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, San Marcos is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in San Marcos who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.21%), sales jobs (11.79%), and management occupations (9.02%).

Also of interest is that San Marcos has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

The city of San Marcos is a decent size, but despite this, it doesn't have a viable public transit system that people can use to get to work.

San Marcos Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, San Marcos is somewhat better educated than the 14.96% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 20.05% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in San Marcos in 2000 was $18,657, which is middle income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $74,628 for a family of four.

San Marcos is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call San Marcos home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in San Marcos is White, followed by Asian. San Marcos also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 36.71% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in San Marcos include German, English, Irish, and Italian.

San Marcos also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 25.58%.

The most common language spoken in San Marcos is English. Some people also speak Spanish.

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