Eucalyptus HillsCA
With 5,840 residents, it is a town in California.
Is Eucalyptus Hills a good place to live?
Real strengths, and real weak spots. Where it does best is incomes: the median household earns $144K. Overall, Eucalyptus Hills earns a B−, which places it 194th of 841 in California. It comes out better than 51% of U.S. towns. Its weakest is walkability. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 84% of U.S. towns. Homes run about $857K for a typical one, 8.1 times the San Diego metro’s $106K median household income. Hazard risk is weaker too (D−): FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 92% of U.S. communities, with wildfire at the top.
Figures: incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · FEMA National Risk Index · home values, Zillow.
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.
Top of a very high hazard risk in Eucalyptus Hills: wildfire
14 flood insurance claims have been paid in Eucalyptus Hills since 1978. Expected losses in Eucalyptus Hills break down as 47% from wildfires and 43% from inland flooding.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Eucalyptus Hills’ public schools outperform 61% of California districts
Its one school is below. The Lakeside Union Elementary school district runs its public schools. 138 students attend Eucalyptus Hills’s public school.
| 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
On CDC estimates, Eucalyptus Hills is healthier than 80% of U.S. towns
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.
18% of Eucalyptus Hills adults say their health is fair or poor. This California town beats the California average on 12 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3. In Eucalyptus Hills, nearly a fifth of adults get no exercise outside work, and 75% had a checkup this year.
| 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.
The top destinations are San Diego (37%), El Cajon (7%) and Santee (5%). Eucalyptus Hills had 349 jobs in 2023, up 81 from 2013. 3.3% of Eucalyptus Hills residents live below the poverty line, against 10% in California’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. The average commute for Eucalyptus Hills comes to 23 minutes.
| Eucalyptus Hills | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $144,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
| 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
Mild winters and hot summers in Eucalyptus Hills
January nights average 41°, milder than in 95% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 88.2°.
The January low for Eucalyptus Hills comes to 41°F, where California’s towns sit at 40°F and U.S. towns at 22°F. It almost never snows.
| 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. Eucalyptus Hills’ density of trails stands at 0.6 miles per square mile.
| 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
No age group stands out in Eucalyptus Hills against California
31% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 37% across California. Age groups here sit within 4 points of the California average. Among residents in Eucalyptus Hills, 16% are 65 or older.
| 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
Eucalyptus Hills’ grade for cost of living is a C−
Eucalyptus Hills’ typical rent comes in at $1,408 a month. For households here, the share who live in a home they own is 88%.
| 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−.