Carlsbad, CA
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Carlsbad, CA: 4 USPS ZIPs, population 105,183. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
U.S. Census Bureau, SimpleMaps US ZIP Code Database, delivery-area ZIP coverage
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet CARLSBAD-CA · Carlsbad, CA 4 ZIPs · 105,183 pop · #1177/25278 · San Diego County
INC-TOP · RANK-TOP · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-FEW · OWN-LOW · POP-MID · SPREAD-MOD · HOME-TOP
- INC-TOP $139,585
- RANK-TOP #1177/25278
- ABOVE-PEER over Chula Vista
- BOOK-FEW 4 ZIPs
- OWN-LOW 62% owners
- POP-MID 105,183
- SPREAD-MOD 92008→92009
- HOME-TOP $1,250,850
Nearest income peer: Chula Vista, CA ( $13,145 income $)
Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Carlsbad
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Carlsbad on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- National City · lowest
National City · lowest
$66,426 median HH income
- Santee · near
Santee · near
$113,618 median HH income
- San Diego · near
San Diego · near
$116,212 median HH income
- Chula Vista · near
Chula Vista · near
$126,440 median HH income
- Carlsbad · this city
Carlsbad · this city
$139,585 median HH income
- Encinitas · highest
Encinitas · highest
$158,507 median HH income
What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.
National city placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Carlsbad, CA sits among US cities with a top-decile household income, on a mid-size population base, across a handful of delivery areas.
- Top 5%
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 105,183
- city population (Census)
- 4
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $139,585
- avg ZIP median income
Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.
High-income footprint on only 4 ZIPs: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $139,585 and home value $1,250,850 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 61.6%.
Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (62.2%) for this income tier, rent $2,920 may matter more than the home-value average.
Within California, Saint Helena is the closest lower-income city and Folsom the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Carlsbad.
Within-city ZIP comparison
Where the ZIP codes inside Carlsbad differ
Income is the clearest internal divide in Carlsbad. ZIP 92008 reports $104,995 in median household income, while ZIP 92009 reports $164,182. The city average sits between those published endpoints, so it is a starting point rather than a substitute for the ZIP records.
- Income high-to-low ratio
- 1.6×
- Home-value high-to-low ratio
- 1.2×
- Poverty-rate spread
- 3.5 points
92008 to 92009
92010 to 92009
92009 to 92010
Derived from the published ACS 2023 ZIP-level records shown on this site. A high-to-low ratio compares the highest and lowest available ZIP values; it is not a score or forecast.
Population concentration
Carlsbad residents split across a short ZIP set
No ZIP owns Carlsbad: the largest, 92009, is only about 39% of 105,183 residents across 4 codes. Compare at least two ZIPs before treating the city roll-up as a neighborhood answer.
Census ZBP business roll-up
Employer-heavy short list in Carlsbad
Citywide ZBP: 5,471 establishments, 84,178 employees , annual payroll $7,182,465k (~52 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 4 of 4 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 92008 (2,256 units) ; leading NAICS Professional, scientific, and technical services (1,287) · also Health care and social assistance · Retail trade .
ZIP Codes in Carlsbad, CA
These ZIP codes sit in San Diego County, which covers 107 ZIP codes in all; 4 of them fall in Carlsbad. See the San Diego County roll-up →
Carlsbad sits in the upper half of San Diego County on income: San Diego, Chula Vista and Oceanside report less, while Encinitas reports more. National City marks the far end of that range at $66,426, 52% below Carlsbad.
Side-by-side: Compare 92009 vs 92008 →
Carlsbad roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Carlsbad, .