Zip lookup · CA

91916
Descanso, California.

Descanso, San Diego County, CA · San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA metro · population 1,710

What it costs per month · 91916 $3,481/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,788 (+106%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $1,994 +0%
$661,203$663,197 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $82,798 +14%
$580,399$663,197 since Sep 2021

Monthly payment to buy the typical home

Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.

$1,000 $2,000 $3,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 91916 $3,481 United States $1,922
$1,000 $2,000 $3,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 91916$3,481
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 26 years.

Typical home values in zip 91916 rose 0.3% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.

Zillow also publishes an index for the city itself: Descanso, CA — measured over the city limits, which is a different area from this zip.

Typical home value $663,197 as of Sep 2026
+0.3%year on year

Typical home value — 91916

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$200,000 $400,000 $600,000 $800,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 91916 $663,197 San Diego $926,961 United States $366,157
$200,000 $400,000 $600,000 $800,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 91916$663,197
  • San Diego$926,961
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

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8.4 91901 Alpine 18,197 $2,274 $960,252
12.0 91962 Pine Valley 2,574 — $645,784
14.9 92040 Lakeside 46,216 $2,384 $811,479
15.0 92021 El Cajon 70,501 $2,191 $771,788
15.5 92065 Ramona 36,752 $2,515 $806,608
16.3 92036 Julian 3,218 — $559,381
16.6 92019 El Cajon 45,351 $2,748 $874,196
17.0 91935 Jamul 9,114 $3,800 $1,013,687
18.3 91963 Potrero 689 — $532,755
19.5 91906 Campo 3,325 — $499,320
20.0 92070 Santa Ysabel 607 — $749,672

Coordinates and population from SimpleMaps US Zips (Basic). Rent and home values from Zillow Research.