Eucalyptus HillsCA
A town of 5,840.
Is Eucalyptus Hills a good place to live?
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 92% of U.S. communities, with wildfire at the top. Overall it grades B−, ranked 194th of 841 in California. The median household earns $144K and CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 80% of the country. Its weakest subject is cost of living: homes are expensive, about $857K for a typical one and 8.1 times the San Diego metro’s $106K median household income. Eucalyptus Hills’ median household income is $144,000, against $95,000 in California’s towns and $80,000 across U.S. towns. On walkability, just 92 of California’s 1,063 towns do worse.
What makes Eucalyptus Hills stand out
Where Eucalyptus Hills beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
99% of working residents leave Eucalyptus Hills for work
Where Eucalyptus Hills’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Eucalyptus Hills grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far Eucalyptus Hills is from typical.
Its grades run from A for jobs and income (better than 95% of comparable towns) to D− for hazard risk (better than 4%), so the B− overall blends very different results.
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Mexico–United States border wall and 66 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Eucalyptus Hills. Close and well known come first.
Big draw26 mi LandmarkMexico–United States border wall
Big draw12 mi Stadium & arenaSnapdragon Stadium
17 mi Stadium & arenaPetco Park
16 mi Zoo & aquariumSan Diego Zoo4.0M visitors a year
16 mi Park & preserveBalboa Park
18 mi Theme parkSeaWorld San Diego4.0M visitors a yearPhoto credits
Mexico–United States border wall: Földhegy, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Snapdragon Stadium: Terrible Tim, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Petco Park: Mds08011, CC BY 4.0 · San Diego Zoo: en:User:Cburnett, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Balboa Park: Antoine Taveneaux, CC BY-SA 3.0 · SeaWorld San Diego: ZooFari, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Moving to Eucalyptus Hills: who provides what
Eucalyptus Hills is unincorporated, so San Diego County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Eucalyptus Hills.
Eucalyptus Hills has milder winter nights than nearly all U.S. towns, sends most of its workers to San Diego and beyond and owes part of its health edge to its incomes.
Wildfire leads a very high hazard risk in Eucalyptus Hills
Since 1978, 14 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Eucalyptus Hills.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Eucalyptus Hills’ public schools outperform 61% of California districts
Its public schools are run by the Lakeside Union Elementary school district. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| DREAM AcademyLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–8 | Grades K–8 | 138 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CA on state tests and graduation
Eucalyptus Hills’ grade for health is an A−
Against the 3,206 U.S. towns with household incomes like Eucalyptus Hills’s, it is less healthy than 70%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
26% of Eucalyptus Hills adults have obesity. Eucalyptus Hills beats the California average on 12 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3. 19% of Eucalyptus Hills adults get no exercise outside work.
| Eucalyptus Hills | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 29% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 24% | 25% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 75% | 72% | 79% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 16% |
| What stands out | Eucalyptus Hills | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.9% | 10.6% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 6% | 10.6% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.3% | 6.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Compared with most of California and the rest of the country, fewer of Eucalyptus Hills’ working residents work locally
Eucalyptus Hills has 349 jobs for its 2,098 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
0.8% of working residents work locally in Eucalyptus Hills. Jobs based in Eucalyptus Hills grew to 349 in 2023, 81 more than in 2013. 3.3% of residents live below the poverty line in Eucalyptus Hills.
| Eucalyptus Hills | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 3.3% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.8% | 6.6% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Eucalyptus Hills has mild winters and hot summers
January nights average 41°, milder than in 95% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 88.2°.
Eucalyptus Hills has warm winters and warm summers, with very little rain. The January low in Eucalyptus Hills is 41°F. Snow is almost unheard of.
| Eucalyptus Hills | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 41°F | 40°F | 22°F |
| July high | 88°F | 89°F | 85°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Eucalyptus Hills has set aside 1.7% of its land for conservation
2.8 miles of trail in 0 parks and preserves.
| Eucalyptus Hills | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1.7% | 4.3% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.6 miles per square mile | 1.0 | 0.4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
An age mix much like California’s
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the California average. 31% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 37% across California.
| Eucalyptus Hills | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 16% | 16% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 31% | 29% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
Somewhere between 30% and 65% women
The Census survey reached too few of Eucalyptus Hills’ residents to say more: its margin here is ±17.8 points. Across California, 50.1% of residents are women.
| Eucalyptus Hills | CA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.5% | 11.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 13.1% | 10.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 13.3% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 9.3% | 14.8% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 15.3% | 13.9% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 8.2% | 12.5% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15.7% | 12.1% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 9.4% | 9.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.3% | 6.5% | 7% |
| No diploma | 4.4% | 15.3% | 10.4% |
| High school | 21.9% | 20.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 29.6% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 12.8% | 7.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 20.6% | 22.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 10.7% | 14.4% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
A home in Eucalyptus Hills sells for about $993K at the median
Eucalyptus Hills’ median rent is $1,408 a month.
| Eucalyptus Hills | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 88% | 64% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,408 a month | $1,898 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Eucalyptus Hills
Colleges nearby
14 within 15 miles of the center of Eucalyptus Hills
About 5 of every 100 Eucalyptus Hills residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across California.
About Eucalyptus Hills
Census-designated place in California, United States
Eucalyptus Hills is a census-designated place in the East County region of San Diego County, California. Eucalyptus Hills sits at an elevation of 627 feet (191 m). The 2020 United States census reported Eucalyptus Hills's population as 5,517, up from 5,313 in the 2010 census.
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- Area
- 4.8 sq mi
- Elevation
- 627 ft
- Area code
- 760
Eucalyptus Hills’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Eucalyptus Hills.
| Town | CA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eucalyptus Hills | #194 | B− | C− | — | B | A− |
| Lakeside | #416 | C | D | — | C+ | B |
| Santee | #142 | B | D− | B | B+ | A− |
Eucalyptus Hills and Lakeside report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Eucalyptus Hills with a neighbor →
Questions about Eucalyptus Hills
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Eucalyptus Hills, CA a good place to live?
Eucalyptus Hills grades B− overall, better than 51% of U.S. towns and #194 of 841 in California. It grades A− for health and B for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is Eucalyptus Hills, CA expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $857,000, 13% above the California typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.