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Neighborhood Profile

Mission Valley Real Estate

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Mission Valley is a trendy location in San Diego, centrally situated on the San Diego River extending east west. Full of urban themed condominiums and apartments, hotels, and golf courses; it serves as an important shopping and entertainment center for San Diego. Here you will find San Diego’s major shopping malls- Fashion Valley Mall and Mission Valley Mall and also nearby the infamous Qualcomm Stadium home of the San Diego Chargers. Hotel Circle North and Hotel Circle South, in Mission Valley are filled with the many hotels and motels that accommodate many tourists that come to see the attractions.

The broad open sweep of the San Diego River Valley, located at the geographic heart of the City of San Diego, has always attracted settlers and development.  From the early days when the Indians built their villages along the river banks to its present reincarnation as an urban center for shopping, hotels, restaurants and office buildings, the valley has been a center of activity for the San Diego area. In 1769, Fr. Junipero Serra relocated Mission San Diego de Alcala to the valley from the Presidio areas. The mission gave the area its name and also established agriculture as its primary business.  Dairy farms thrived and cows dotted the landscape for many years.  In the early part of the 1900s sand and gravel quarries were important industries. Several are still operating today.

In the 1950s, the completion of U.S. 80 (now I-8) provided an impetus for commercial development and the agricultural environment began to give way to shopping centers and hotels.  The river was tamed and although it can still flood parking lots and require road detours during a wet year, it is now hard to see it all.  There are three major malls in the area--Hazard Center, Mission Valley Mall and Fashion Valley Mall.  All of the malls include anchor stores, movie theaters and restaurants.  There are numerous smaller shopping centers as well as numerous auto dealers. Hotel Circle is home to a number of well-known hotels that offer visitors accommodations central to all of San Diego's major attractions.

Qualcomm Stadium (then known as Murphy Stadium) was built in 1967 and is home to the Chargers and, until recently, to the Padres as well.  The stadium's vast parking lot is home to tailgate parties and other events during the year.  It recently held over 10,000 evacuees during the wild fires that swept through San Diego in October, 2003.  Recently completed Fenton Marketplace added an IKEA, CostCo and Lowe's to the shopping alternatives.  The San Diego Trolley ties the area together.

Recently a number of condominiums and apartments have been built in the area making it a strong residential area as well.

Area Statistics


Demographics Details San Diego
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Population
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 17,560 37,274,313 305,316,813
Population Change Since 1990 74.00% 25.00% 23.00%
Population Density 3,813 228 N/A
Male 8,682 18,651,537 150,510,358
Female 8,878 18,622,776 154,806,455
Never Married 7,567 8,677,018 64,637,695
Married 4,783 14,319,521 127,444,321
Separated 717 2,022,610 12,786,810
Widowed 663 1,605,121 15,653,044
Divorced 2,255 2,748,669 23,462,677
Number of households
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 10,090 12,358,701 113,634,428
Average Household Size 2.00 3.00 3.00
Median Age
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 32.65 33.93 35.89

Income and Jobs Details San Diego
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Median Household Income
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 $53,654 $59,386 $52,683
Average household Income $65,059 $82,999 $68,953
Per capita income $38,508 $28,446 $26,464
Median Disposable Income $45,052 $49,289 $44,384
Average Total Household Expenditure
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 $52,301 $61,204 $53,788
Sales Tax Rate 7.75% N/A N/A
White Collar Jobs
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 80.34% 78.53% 77.74%
Blue Collar Jobs
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 19.66% 21.47% 22.26%

Ethnicity Details San Diego
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White 13,834 22,309,044 224,453,567
African American 720 2,254,414 37,869,650
Hispanic 3,182 13,776,689 47,315,892
Native American, Eskimo, Aleut 75 246,114 2,340,063
Asian / Pacific Islander 1,639 4,735,904 14,030,291
Hawaiian / Pacific Islander 73 164,967 570,472
Other 1,220 7,563,870 26,052,770

Education Details San Diego
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Less than 9th Grade 197 2,478,313 12,483,769
Some High School 395 2,050,552 17,561,471
High School Graduate 1,537 5,773,092 61,595,298
Some College 2,649 4,645,100 38,173,701
Associate Degree 1,323 1,863,096 15,535,305
Bachelors Degree 4,647 4,565,703 35,327,843
Graduate Degree 2,387 2,532,639 20,540,943

Climate Details San Diego
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Average January High Temperature 65.80ºF 55.03ºF N/A
Average January Low Temperature 49.70ºF 35.19ºF N/A
Average July High Temperature 75.80ºF 87.41ºF N/A
Average July Low Temperature 65.90ºF 56.48ºF N/A
Annual Precipitation 10.77 25.51 N/A