Zip lookup · CA

92069
San Marcos, California.

San Marcos, San Diego County, CA · San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA metro · population 47,335

What it costs per month · 92069 $4,685/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$2,576 (+122%) since Jan 2020.

What the home itself did
1 year
Up $12,882 +1%
$879,685$892,568 since Sep 2025
5 years
Up $160,109 +22%
$732,459$892,568 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 $4,000 $5,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 92069 $4,685 United States $1,922
$1,000 $2,000 $3,000 $4,000 $5,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • 92069$4,685
  • United States$1,922

At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 18 years.

Typical home values in zip 92069 rose 1.5% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.

Asking rents in zip 92069 rose 2.6% over the past year — in step with the nation.

Owning the typical home in zip 92069 runs $3,077/mo more than renting one. The gap peaked at $3,374 in May 2024.

That is $6,143 a month against $3,066 rent: a $4,685 mortgage payment, plus $502 property tax and $956 insurance & upkeep.

Owning vs renting — zip 92069

The owning line is the typical home's monthly payment at that month's rate, plus property tax and insurance & upkeep; the renting line is the typical asking rent; the grey line is the mortgage payment on its own. Same homes, same months, both ways of paying for a roof.

$2,000 $4,000 $6,000 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 Owning all in $6,143 Renting $3,066 Mortgage only $4,685
$2,000 $4,000 $6,000 2018 2022 2026
  • Owning all in$6,143
  • Renting$3,066
  • Mortgage only$4,685

Property tax · $502/mo 0.68% of value a year — the ACS 2020-2024 median bill over the median home value for San Diego County, CA

Insurance & upkeep · $956/mo insurance, maintenance and repairs together, from the BLS Consumer Expenditure Survey — the national figure for mortgaged homeowners, scaled to this market's home value. BLS publishes the three bundled and they cannot be split.

Both are priced off the same month's home value, so they rise with the market. Neither is a quote — a specific home's bill depends on its assessment, its age and its insurer.

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

Asking rent $3,066 as of Sep 2026
+2.6%year on year
Typical home value $892,568 as of Sep 2026
+1.5%year on year

Asking rent — 92069

Against the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA metro and the national benchmark.

$1,500 $2,000 $2,500 $3,000 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 92069 $3,066 San Diego $2,967 United States $1,932
$1,500 $2,000 $2,500 $3,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 92069$3,066
  • San Diego$2,967
  • United States$1,932

Typical home value — 92069

Mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

$200,000 $400,000 $600,000 $800,000 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 92069 $892,568 San Diego $926,961 United States $366,157
$200,000 $400,000 $600,000 $800,000 2018 2022 2026
  • 92069$892,568
  • San Diego$926,961
  • United States$366,157

Within 20 miles

Showing 30 of 34 zips in range — sorting picks from all 34.

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3.6 92026 Escondido 53,075 $2,695 $821,422
4.3 92078 San Marcos 53,605 $3,520 $1,040,245
4.3 92084 Vista 49,727 $2,745 $903,268
4.9 92081 Vista 29,002 $2,801 $910,690
5.5 92083 Vista 38,375 $2,680 $785,424
6.4 92029 Escondido 20,726 $2,915 $1,182,645
7.4 92010 Carlsbad 18,489 $3,533 $1,276,771
7.5 92009 Carlsbad 44,739 $3,662 $1,561,674
7.8 92056 Oceanside 53,616 $2,827 $859,750
8.1 92003 Bonsall 5,061 $3,561 $982,135
9.2 92057 Oceanside 56,835 $2,997 $805,230
9.3 92011 Carlsbad 23,190 $3,991 $1,588,325
9.4 92008 Carlsbad 27,955 $3,155 $1,730,376
9.7 92025 Escondido 49,989 $2,580 $832,657
10.0 92024 Encinitas 50,617 $4,249 $1,869,810
10.0 92091 Rancho Santa Fe 972 — $3,355,696
10.4 92082 Valley Center 21,727 $3,124 $916,797
10.5 92027 Escondido 54,113 $2,354 $774,032
10.9 92067 Rancho Santa Fe 7,938 $10,132 $4,791,113
11.0 92127 San Diego 50,555 $3,762 $1,592,977
11.5 92054 Oceanside 38,417 $2,990 $1,117,128
12.5 92007 Cardiff By The Sea 11,100 $4,454 $2,154,287
13.0 92058 Oceanside 49,834 $2,766 $787,354
13.3 92128 San Diego 48,992 $3,060 $985,813
13.6 92075 Solana Beach 11,944 $5,646 $2,209,219
14.7 92129 San Diego 52,965 $3,567 $1,322,444
15.1 92028 Fallbrook 52,227 $2,915 $877,219
15.3 92014 Del Mar 13,105 $6,055 $2,879,441
15.6 92059 Pala 1,362 — $1,047,591
15.7 92061 Pauma Valley 1,543 — $822,484

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