ZIP 92110
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
What the numbers show
December. Asking rents in ZIP 92110 usually run 0.7% below trend in December and 0.9% above it in September, about $47 a month apart at today's median. Based on 10 years of data.
Rent in ZIP 92110 is at its highest level since Zillow's records here began in October 2016.
Rent in ZIP 92110 changed +1.6% over the year to September 2026. Across the 819 California ZIP codes Zillow tracks, the typical change was +3.2%.
From 2019 to 2024, rent in ZIP 92110 rose 41% while median household income rose 50.4% ($73,651 to $110,790). Income kept ahead of rent.
Rent in ZIP 92110 is 43.1% higher than in March 2020. Across the US, rent is up 37.3% over the same stretch.
Rent has risen 8 months in a row, and rose in 9 of the last 12 months.
30% of the median household income ($110,790) is $2,770 a month. That covers HUD's Fair Market Rent for up to a studio ($2,630); a 1-bedroom is $2,830.
15th cheapest of 33 ZIP codes in San Diego.
ZIP 92116, 4 miles away, rents for 18% less ($2,444/mo), about $6,300 a year in savings.
From Zillow's monthly rent index (ZORI) for ZIP 92110. The seasonal pattern compares Zillow’s seasonally adjusted and unadjusted series. Income is the Census median household income (5-year estimates). Fair Market Rents are HUD’s, which include utilities.
Who lives here
ZIP 92110 (San Diego, CA) is majority renter-occupied, skews toward younger working-age adults, has a median income above the national average, 55% of residents hold a bachelor's degree or higher.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2024 5-Year Estimates
How ZIP 92110 in San Diego, CA has changed in 5 years
Across the past five years, the going rent in ZIP 92110 in San Diego, CA has shifted from $2,207 to $2,968, up 34.5% since 2021. Median household income climbed from $87,286 to $110,790 between 2021 and 2024, a 26.9% shift. Because rent grew faster than wages over the same span, the affordability picture has tightened relative to 2021. Census counts show ZIP 92110 in San Diego, CA adding about 584 residents over the five-year window, up 1.9% on net. Bachelor's-degree-or-higher attainment moved from 50.6% to 55% across the same window. Taken together, the five-year picture in ZIP 92110 in San Diego, CA reflects how housing costs and the people paying them have evolved through a stretch that included a pandemic, a hot rental market, and a recent cooling phase.
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Last updated: October 17, 2026
ZIP code 92110 covers San Diego, CA. The median rent here is $2,968/mo as of October 2026. A 1-bedroom rents for a median of $2,830/mo. A 2-bedroom rents for a median of $3,450/mo.
At 32% of local median household income ($110,790/yr), ZIP 92110 ranks as moderate compared to the national benchmark of 30%. Rents have increased 1.6% over the past year.
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At $2,968/mo, rent takes ~32% of ZIP 92110's median household income ($110,790/yr). The standard benchmark is 30%.
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