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Population is 1,200,000
Single Family Homes range from $300,000 to $30 million.
Attached homes (condos) range from $200,000 to $10 million.
ZIP Code: 92001.
The most southwestern city in the entire USA, San Diego is at a strategic location along the pacific rim. It is called America's finest city, partly because of the relaxed friendly lifestyle, and partly because the city is relatively clean and new compared to most other major US cities. Divided by ravines, hills, mesas, water and freeways, San Diego is a collection of geographically distinct neighborhoods.
- No other American city can boast a better location than San Diego's place on the Pacific Ocean and the international border with Mexico.
- The City's 1.25 million residents make it the seventh largest city in the country and the second largest in California. Yet San Diego has a comfortable, small town atmosphere.
- The median age of San Diego's young dynamic population is 32, with two-thirds less than age 35 and only 10 percent over 65.
- Nearly one-third of San Diego's workforce over the age of 25 has at least a bachelor's degree. More than 96 percent of San Diegans are employed, and the median family income approaches $40,000.
- The top industries in San Diego are manufacturing, defense, tourism and agriculture.Telecommunications, software and biotech are among San Diego's fastest growing industries, and San Diego has become the nation's center for wireless industries with the city being dubbed "Telecom Valley".
 Historical Highlights
- In 1542 Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo landed at San Diego Bay, the first time that Europeans had set foot on what later became the west coast of the United States.
- In 1769 Mission San Diego de Alcala is officially founded on Presidio Hill, the first of a chain of twenty-one missions to be established along the California coast.
- In 1870 Alonzo Horton opens his Horton House hotel on D Street (now Broadway) between Third and Fourth Streets (where the U. S. Grant Hotel now stands). Less than a month after his arrival, Horton purchased 960 acres for $265. Horton purposely makes lays out the blocks in the downtown area in very short distances, knowing merchants prefer corner stores. The newcomer's property became known as "Horton's Addition." Alonzo Horton's enthusiasm, salesmanship and marketing skills sold lots, brought residents and business to his New Town and established his reputation as the city's first truly successful real estate developer. As New Town began to take shape, Horton's concerns turned to promotion of the city to newcomers. Believing in favorable first impressions, Horton encouraged residents to plant gardens and orchards and to keep their homes and businesses painted and in good repair. Early civic improvements included planting trees along main streets, construction of a large wharf and elegant hotel to greet new arrivals, theater and courthouse.
- Since 1888 the Hotel del Coronado, one of the world's largest wooden structures, is a grand example of elegant Victorian architecture and one of America's most popular and beautiful resorts. This National Historic Landmark has served celebrities, tourists, and business alike.
- In 1919 the United States Navy decides to make San Diego Bay home base for the Pacific Fleet. The Great White Fleet as it is known, becomes world famous and makes the USA a world power for the first time in its history. U.S. Navy's Great White Fleet brings more than 16,000 sailors into San Diego Harbor on 16 battleships, 7 destroyers and 4 auxiliary ships and on missions around the world. San Diego is also the birthplace of naval aviation.
- Prior to 1949, Mission Bay was a 4000 acre marshland fed by the San Diego River. In 1949, the L.A. District of the Army Corps of Engineers and the City of San Diego jointly began construction of a small craft harbor and recreational facility. Three jetties were built along with dredging the navigation channels and small boat facilities. Dredged material was used to raise areas of the bay which had been semi-submerged. The width of the entrance to the harbor was 960 feet wide.
If you are considering a move to San Diego downtown, here are a few of the local schools:
Temperatures range from an average of 58 degrees in January to 73 degrees in July. Annual rainfall averages about 7 inches.
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