Cheapest rent in the San Diego area, by ZIP code
Typical rent (monthly), September 2026 · Zillow ZORI (Sep 2026), seasonally adjusted (Zillow) · updated 2026-11-15
ZIP code 92020 (El Cajon, CA) has the lowest typical monthly rent of the 76 ZIP codes ranked in the San Diego area: $2,124, 28% below the figure for the metro area as a whole ($2,967).
The 10 lowest run from $2,124 to $2,440; the highest of all 76 is $6,055, 2.9 times the lowest.
0 of the 76 ZIP codes are below the U.S. typical rent of $1,932; the median ZIP code in the San Diego area is at $2,915.
Cheapest rent in the San Diego area, by ZIP code: the first 30 of 76
| Rank | ZIP code | Typical rent (monthly) | Rents, 1-year change | Typical home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 92020El Cajon, CA | $2,124 | −0.6% | $824,000 |
| 2 | 92021El Cajon, CA | $2,191 | +0.3% | $772,000 |
| 3 | 92113Mountain View, San Diego, CA | $2,216 | +2.4% | $645,000 |
| 4 | 92105Oak Park, San Diego, CA | $2,248 | +1.3% | $683,000 |
| 5 | 91901Alpine, CA | $2,274 | +1.6% | $960,000 |
| 6 | 92102Mt Hope, San Diego, CA | $2,301 | +1.7% | $743,000 |
| 7 | 92027San Pasqual, Escondido, CA | $2,354 | −2.5% | $774,000 |
| 8 | 92040Lakeside, CA | $2,384 | +5.0% | $811,000 |
| 9 | 91977Spring Valley, CA | $2,425 | +3.5% | $763,000 |
| 10 | 91950National City, CA | $2,440 | +3.8% | $687,000 |
| 11 | 92116Kensington, San Diego, CA | $2,444 | +1.1% | $985,000 |
| 12 | 92119Lake Murray, San Diego, CA | $2,456 | +0.9% | $968,000 |
| 13 | 92104North Park, San Diego, CA | $2,505 | +1.0% | $939,000 |
| 14 | 92065Ramona, CA | $2,515 | +2.9% | $807,000 |
| 15 | 91941La Mesa, CA | $2,545 | 0.0% | $1,021,000 |
| 16 | 92173San Ysidro, San Diego, CA | $2,566 | – | $682,000 |
| 17 | 92025San Pasqual, Escondido, CA | $2,580 | +2.2% | $833,000 |
| 18 | 91910Chula Vista, CA | $2,609 | +3.2% | $840,000 |
| 19 | 91911Egger Highlands, Chula Vista, CA | $2,618 | +1.7% | $774,000 |
| 20 | 91942La Mesa, CA | $2,640 | +2.1% | $806,000 |
| 21 | 91978Spring Valley, CA | $2,643 | – | $829,000 |
| 22 | 91945Lemon Grove, CA | $2,671 | +4.7% | $757,000 |
| 23 | 92083Vista, CA | $2,680 | −0.5% | $785,000 |
| 24 | 92026Escondido, CA | $2,695 | +2.3% | $821,000 |
| 25 | 92120Allied Gardens, San Diego, CA | $2,700 | +0.8% | $1,021,000 |
| 26 | 92117North Clairemont, San Diego, CA | $2,716 | +2.0% | $1,074,000 |
| 27 | 92084Vista, CA | $2,745 | +1.8% | $903,000 |
| 28 | 92019El Cajon, CA | $2,748 | +2.5% | $874,000 |
| 29 | 92103Hillcrest, San Diego, CA | $2,764 | +1.5% | $1,063,000 |
| 30 | 92058Oceanside, CA | $2,766 | +4.6% | $787,000 |
- Under $2,550
- $2,550–$2,800
- $2,800–$3,050
- $3,050–$3,500
- $3,500+
- Not ranked
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Source and method
Typical rent (monthly): Zillow ZORI (Sep 2026), seasonally adjusted (Zillow); figures for September 2026. ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents and a published figure are ranked (76 of them in the San Diego area). The metro area is the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA metropolitan statistical area. Place names for ZIP codes are the neighborhood or city the ZIP code mostly covers. Compiled by Home Economics.
Zillow's "typical" home value and rent are index values for the middle of the market (the Zillow Home Value Index and Observed Rent Index), not median sale prices or asking rents. One-year changes are over the 12 months to September 2026. Income and population come from the Census Bureau's American Community Survey and carry sampling error, most of all in small places.