Encinitas, California

Encinitas population, 2020 to 2024

Encinitas lost 862 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.4%. In the latest year it moved by -17. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 241st; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so Encinitas is 1.6 times that size.

Encinitas covers 19.06 square miles of land and 1.10 of water, for 3,208 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Encinitas is less dense than the typical town.

What county Encinitas is in

All of Encinitas's residents live in San Diego County, which had 3,298,799 residents in 2024. Encinitas holds 1.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Encinitas

3 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Encinitas by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 92007, 92024, 92075. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Encinitas is

The Census internal point of Encinitas is at 33.050600, -117.263600. Sacramento, the capital, is 449.3 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Carlsbad, CA (113,575 people), 5.6 miles away.

Daylight in Encinitas

At 33.05° N, Encinitas gets about 14 h 20 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 58 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 22 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Encinitas

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Solana Beach, 4.1 miles away, with 12,868 people.