Poway

Population & Demographics

Poway, CA

Poway is home to 48,713 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 23,768 resident workers commute each day.

CaliforniaCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
48,713
people
Population

48,713 residents

Median age 41.2 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Poway population & demographics

Who lives in Poway — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
48,713
Median age
41.2yrs
Median household income
$148,359
Median home value
$1,034,800
Median gross rent
$2,301/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
54.2%
Poverty rate
5.6%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Poway

How Poway breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White57.8%
Hispanic or Latino18.8%
Asian12.3%
Two or more races6.6%
Black2.7%
Some other race0.9%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.3%

Race across Poway

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Poway.

Poway at a glance
Employed Residents
23,768
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
14.3mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
12.1%
Share working within the area
Work from home
23.9%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
San Diego
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Poway proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Poway commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

56 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Poway

23,768 commutes, one dot at a time

Poway

Where 23,768 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Poway, by worker count.

1San Diego14.3 mi11,437
2Poway0.0 mi2,870
3Escondido10.9 mi710
4Los Angeles108.7 mi633
5Carlsbad18.1 mi610
6San Marcos13.8 mi367
7El Cajon12.9 mi359
8Irvine65.2 mi299

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Poway.

1San Diego14.3 mi11,210
2Poway0.0 mi2,870
3Escondido10.9 mi2,026
4Chula Vista23.7 mi1,072
5El Cajon12.9 mi875
6Santee9.2 mi758
7San Marcos13.8 mi728
8Ramona10.5 mi672

Top industries

The sectors that employ Poway’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
MFManufacturing26.8%
FIFinance and Insurance10.3%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance9.8%
COConstruction8.9%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services8.1%
RTRetail Trade8.1%
EDEducational Services6.5%
WSWholesale Trade6.4%
AFAccommodation and Food Services4.6%
Connectivity

Internet options for Poway

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

3 providers · 1 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps81%
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Poway

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).