California · Census place 0622804
Escondido, California
Escondido is a city in San Diego County, California with an estimated 148,847 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 38th largest of 468 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 148,847
- #38 of 468 in California
- Change since 2020
- -1.5%
- -2,198 people
- Land area
- 37.4 sq mi
- + 0.11 sq mi water
- Density
- 3,985 / sq mi
- State median 3,725
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Escondido population, 2020 to 2024
Escondido lost 2,198 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.5%. In the latest year it moved by -15. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 245th; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so Escondido is 4.0 times that size.
Escondido covers 37.35 square miles of land and 0.11 of water, for 3,985 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Escondido is close to the typical town.
What county Escondido is in
All of Escondido's residents live in San Diego County, which had 3,298,799 residents in 2024. Escondido holds 4.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Escondido
4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Escondido by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 92025, 92026, 92027, 92029. 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 Escondido is
The Census internal point of Escondido is at 33.133100, -117.074000. Sacramento, the capital, is 450.1 miles NNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Oceanside, CA (170,941 people), 14.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Carlsbad, CA, 12.2 miles away. The ground at the internal point is about 205 m (673 ft) above sea level.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 33.133100, -117.074000
- DMS
- 33°07'59.16"N 117°04'26.40"W
- UTM
- 11N 493097.6E 3666045.0N
- Geohash
- 9musrztq6
- Plus code
- 85544WMG+69
- Time zone
- America/Los_Angeles
Daylight in Escondido
At 33.13° N, Escondido gets about 14 h 21 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 58 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 23 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026. Month-by-month sunrise and sunset times are on the Escondido daylight page.
Places near Escondido
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is San Marcos, 5.5 miles away, with 96,620 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Escondido, CA?
148,847 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 2,198 (1.5%) from 151,045 in July 2020.
What county is Escondido in?
San Diego County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Escondido?
4 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 92025, 92026, 92027, 92029.
How far is Escondido from Sacramento?
450.1 miles (724.4 km) in a straight line, heading NNW from Escondido.
What is the nearest larger city to Escondido?
Oceanside, CA, with 170,941 residents, 14.9 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
- 05Open-Meteo forecast API (time zone and Copernicus GLO-90 elevation) (last verified 2026-09-30)
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