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Poway city, California: commercial real estate data.
Poway city is a Census city of 48,713 people across 39.08 square miles of land, in San Diego County. Median household income is $148,359, 75.2 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 96 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $74.1 m.
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Poway
What Poway is
- Census place typecity
- Land area39.08 sq mi
- Water area0.09 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,247
- County holding the largest share of its areaSan Diego County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Poway
How many people live in Poway
- Population48,713
- Median age41.2
- Population under 1811,442
- Share under 1823.5 percent
- Population 65 and over9,252
- Share 65 and over19.0 percent
- Households16,423
- Family households12,962
- Share of households that are families78.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Poway
- Median household income$148,359
- Per capita income$63,948
- Civilian labor force24,302
- Employed23,044
- Unemployed1,258
- Unemployment rate5.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over34,253
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher94.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher54.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree23.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Poway
- Housing units16,936
- Occupied units16,423
- Vacant units513 plus or minus 230
- Vacancy rate3.0 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Owner occupied12,347
- Renter occupied4,076
- Ownership rate75.2 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$1,034,800
- Median gross rent, monthly$2,301
- Annual rent as a share of median income18.6 percent
- Single family units13,681
- Share single family80.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more2,698
- Share in buildings of two or more15.9 percent
- Mobile homes549 plus or minus 115
- Median year structure built1978
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Poway gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute17,495
- Commuting under 15 minutes4,039
- Share commuting under 15 minutes23.1 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more7,384
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more42.2 percent
- Drove alone64.8 percent
- Carpooled6.7 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Public transport0.5 percent plus or minus 0.3
- Walked2.3 percent plus or minus 1.1
- Worked from home23.9 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Poway (7(a))
- Approvals96
- Gross approval$74,146,800
- Average approval$772,363
- Median approval$302,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,972,700
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported912
- Jobs per approval9.5
- Loans with a final outcome12
- Paid in full12
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more21.9 percent
- Share to franchises9.4 percent
- Distinct lenders38
- Distinct industries by NAICS65
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Poway
SBA loans in Poway (504)
- Approvals64
- Gross approval$63,874,000
- Average approval$998,031
- Median approval$721,000
- Largest approval$4,754,000
- Jobs supported990
- Loans with a final outcome24
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs8
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Poway
Flood risk in Poway
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- Best Community Rating System classClass 7
- NFIP community number060702
- Currently effective map date05/16/12
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
San Diego County, not Poway
San Diego County context, not Poway figures
These are San Diego County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Poway measurements.
- Establishments in San Diego County93,407
- Employment at those establishments, San Diego County1,391,721
- Covered employment, San Diego County1,536,541
- Average annual pay, San Diego County$82,854
- Average weekly wage, San Diego County$1,593
- Housing units permitted, San Diego County11,572
- Of those, single family, San Diego County3,377
- County product, 2024, San Diego County$331,867,565,000
- County product change over the prior year, San Diego County5.3 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, San Diego County$103,475
Every figure in this section is published for San Diego County as a whole and is not a measurement of Poway. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Poway questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Poway, California?
48,713, in 16,423 households. Poway city covers 39.08 square miles of land, which is 1,247 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Poway in?
San Diego County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Poway?
$148,359. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $1,034,800. Median gross rent is $2,301 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Poway businesses?
96 7(a) approvals totalling $74.1 m, across 38 lenders, median approval $302,000, plus 64 504 approvals worth $63.9 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Poway, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Poway borrowers get paid back?
Of the 12 loans that have reached a final outcome, 12 were paid in full and 0 charged off, a charge off rate of 0.0 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Is Poway in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Poway appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 060702, carrying Community Rating System class 7, which is a premium discount for exceeding the programme minimum. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Poway figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for San Diego County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Poway.
Is zoning published for Poway?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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