ZIP 92027 vs ZIP 92025

This side-by-side compares ZIP 92027 (Escondido, CA) and ZIP 92025 (Escondido, CA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 92027 has a population of 53,881 at 330 people per square mile, while ZIP 92025 has 49,978 at 875 per square mile. That difference in population size and density alone reshapes how every other metric should be interpreted — a higher-income ZIP with 1,200 residents behaves very differently from one with 45,000.

On income and education, ZIP 92027 reports a median household income of $93,338 against $81,106 in ZIP 92025, with per-capita income of $37,009 vs $40,068. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 25.4% in 92027 and 29.3% in 92025. Poverty rate reads 11.5% vs 14.7%, and unemployment 5.6% vs 4.4% — these four fields alone drive most of the difference in the scorecard grades you will see for each ZIP.

Housing separates these two ZIPs further: median home value sits at $691,000 in 92027 versus $827,900 in 92025, with median rent of $1,989 and $1,971 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 63.5% vs 43.4%. When reading the comparison table below, focus on paired metrics rather than single winners — a ZIP with lower home values and lower income is not strictly "worse" if rent-to-income ratios and commute times land in the same zone. Every value is pulled from the exact same ACS table so the two columns are genuinely comparable.