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How the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA metro's ZIP codes measure up on health

The ZipVitals Score across the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA metro area — built one ZIP code at a time, then rolled up by resident population.

Data release 2026106 of 107 ZIP codes scored · 3.3M residents represented

Score snapshot

59.98Metro-wide ZipVitals Scorepopulation-weighted average of its ZIP codes
60.08Median scoremiddle of 106 scored ZIPs
74.70Highest score92014 · Del Mar
41.92Lowest score91934 · Jacumba
32.78Spreadpoints between highest & lowest ZIP

People & national context

#27Among 386 metrosby population-weighted average
18%Residents in below-average ZIPs0.58M of 3.3M, in ZIPs scoring under the national average (53.48)
1.5MResidents in the top 50 ZIPs46% of the metro
1.6MResidents in the bottom 50 ZIPs49% of the metro
2ZIPs in the national top 100led by 92014 · Del Mar

The San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA metro's ZIP codes, ranked

Highest-scoring

Top 50 of 106
  1. 5492014in Del Mar · 13,105 residents74.70
  2. 7592130in San Diego · 60,768 residents74.34
  3. 12992127in San Diego · 50,555 residents73.51
  4. 23992131in San Diego · 35,503 residents72.25
  5. 36192067in Rancho Santa Fe · 7,938 residents71.38
  6. 39292129in San Diego · 52,965 residents71.18
  7. 52792091in Rancho Santa Fe · 972 residents70.32
  8. 64492128in San Diego · 48,992 residents69.69
  9. 65392155in Coronado · 101 residents69.64
  10. 80292075in Solana Beach · 11,944 residents68.83
  11. 81492037in La Jolla · 40,717 residents68.77
  12. 86392121in San Diego · 3,974 residents68.58
  13. 91291914in Chula Vista · 16,877 residents68.42
  14. 94792009in Carlsbad · 44,739 residents68.29
  15. 97992011in Carlsbad · 23,190 residents68.18
  16. 1,08692109in San Diego · 44,820 residents67.72
  17. 1,08792024in Encinitas · 50,617 residents67.72
  18. 1,10091915in Chula Vista · 35,322 residents67.67
  19. 1,11692147in San Diego · 148 residents67.61
  20. 1,26092126in San Diego · 76,059 residents67.11
  21. 1,26792103in San Diego · 34,836 residents67.08
  22. 1,40092064in Poway · 48,683 residents66.62
  23. 1,44392122in San Diego · 45,411 residents66.50
  24. 1,53892118in Coronado · 18,929 residents66.23
  25. 1,56691913in Chula Vista · 57,721 residents66.14
  26. 1,60292106in San Diego · 21,651 residents66.04
  27. 1,64592007in Cardiff By The Sea · 11,100 residents65.96
  28. 1,80991902in Bonita · 17,698 residents65.50
  29. 1,91492120in San Diego · 31,915 residents65.22
  30. 1,95992107in San Diego · 28,827 residents65.12
  31. 1,97692119in San Diego · 24,456 residents65.09
  32. 2,04992010in Carlsbad · 18,489 residents64.88
  33. 2,21792116in San Diego · 31,843 residents64.48
  34. 2,28392145in San Diego · 2,349 residents64.33
  35. 2,62092078in San Marcos · 53,605 residents63.69
  36. 2,67592124in San Diego · 30,474 residents63.59
  37. 2,76792008in Carlsbad · 27,955 residents63.38
  38. 3,05392123in San Diego · 33,041 residents62.86
  39. 3,06392029in Escondido · 20,726 residents62.84
  40. 3,17592104in San Diego · 47,410 residents62.61
  41. 3,17792108in San Diego · 26,790 residents62.60
  42. 3,38292135in Coronado · 849 residents62.23
  43. 3,52492056in Oceanside · 53,616 residents61.99
  44. 3,68192117in San Diego · 52,275 residents61.73
  45. 4,05291935in Jamul · 9,114 residents61.11
  46. 4,12792111in San Diego · 45,249 residents61.00
  47. 4,26092139in San Diego · 34,703 residents60.81
  48. 4,28092110in San Diego · 30,902 residents60.77
  49. 4,39592003in Bonsall · 5,061 residents60.62
  50. 4,39992036in Julian · 3,218 residents60.62
Open the full San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA metro ranking →One page, all 106 scored ZIPs — sortable by score, residents, or place

Where each domain sits inside this metro

The Score above is one number for the whole San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA metro. Nine domains make it up, and they are not spread the same way across the people who live here. Each row divides this metro's ZIP codes into fifths by how they stand against each other on that domain, then counts who lives at each end. If a domain were spread evenly across the metro's residents, every row would read about 20%.

The highest-standing fifth

22 of 106 ZIPs

Share of the metro's residents living in the fifth of its ZIP codes that stand highest on each domain.

Healthcare Access33%1,081,832 people

8 ZIP codes share this standing see them in the full ranking →

Mental Health24%797,820 people

Standing highest: 92014 Del Mar92067 Rancho Santa Fe92091 Rancho Santa Fe

Social Need / SDOH21%684,208 people

2 ZIP codes tie at this end: 92011 Carlsbad92014 Del Mar92075 Solana Beach

Climate / Disaster Risk19%604,538 people

6 ZIP codes tie at this end: 92007 Cardiff By The Sea92014 Del Mar92054 Oceanside92106 San Diego92135 Coronado92155 Coronado

Chronic Disease Burden19%625,858 people

Standing highest: 92145 San Diego92147 San Diego92155 Coronado

Risk Behavior19%625,159 people

Standing highest: 92014 Del Mar92067 Rancho Santa Fe92091 Rancho Santa Fe

Disability18%575,206 people

Standing highest: 92130 San Diego92147 San Diego92155 Coronado

Preventive Care14%450,734 people

Standing highest: 92014 Del Mar92067 Rancho Santa Fe92091 Rancho Santa Fe

Environmental Hazard3%102,418 people

Standing highest: 91905 Boulevard91916 Descanso91963 Potrero

Each fifth is about 22 of this metro’s 106 compared ZIP codes, and the shares are out of 3,270,126 residents. A ZIP code is compared here only if it carries a resident count to weight it by and enough measured data on that domain — the rest are left out of that domain’s fifths rather than filled in from a coarser geography, which is why this count can sit just below the metro’s scored total.

The mark shows 20% — where a row would sit if that domain were spread evenly across the metro's residents.

Each ZIP code is compared with the other ZIP codes in this metro that are measured across all nine scoring domains — not with all US ZIP codes. Percentages are rounded; higher is healthier in every domain.

Why this matters

The ZipVitals Score combines nine domains of health — from chronic disease and preventive care to environmental hazard, social need, and healthcare access — into one 0–100 index for each ZIP code, computed the same way everywhere from public federal and academic data. The San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA figures on this page are population-weighted rollups of those per-ZIP scores, so they describe the metro's residents rather than a coarser geography relabeled as the metro.

A high score describes favorable documented conditions; it is not a claim about individual residents, and it does not capture everything that shapes a community's health. Where a ZIP code scores low, that pattern reflects structural conditions — investment, environment, and access — far more than the choices of the people who live there.