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Census-designated place in California, United States

Bonita

$1.1MMedian Home
344Sunny Days/yr
70°FAvg High Temp
View on Map· Pop. 13k· Elev. 118 ftWikipedia

Bonita is a census-designated place (CDP) in southern San Diego County, California, nestled between the cities of Chula Vista, National City, and San Diego. The population was 12,917 at the 2020 census, up from 12,538 at the 2010 census.Wikipedia

State Context

CaliforniaU.S. state

California is a state in the Western United States that lies on the Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares an international border with the Mexican state of Baja California to the south. With almost 40 million residents across an area of 163,696 square miles (423,970 km2), it is the largest state by population, third-largest state by area and the largest state economy in the U.S., with a GDP of approximately $4.3 trillion.Wikipedia

Income tax: 1.00% - 14.40%Avg sales tax: 8.85%Property tax: 0.69%Official school data available

About the Region

California

California contains multitudes in a way that makes any single characterization misleading. The Bay Area and Los Angeles operate as global city-states, with housing markets, income levels, and cultural gravity that put them in direct competition with London and Tokyo rather than with other American metros. Both have lost net domestic migrants to lower-cost states for most of the last decade — primarily to Texas, Arizona, and Nevada — though both also continue to be net draws for international migration and maintain labor markets of extraordinary depth and diversity.

But California's geography is vast. The Central Valley offers costs of living that rival the Midwest with driving distance to the Sierra Nevada; the North Coast is one of the most beautiful and least-crowded stretches of American coastline; and the smaller cities of the inland valleys represent genuinely different lifestyle profiles. For remote workers who can absorb the state income tax and housing cost, the combination of climate diversity, outdoor access, and cultural institution density remains difficult to replicate anywhere in the world.

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Current Conditions

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Cost of Living

Housing
$3k/mo
Median Rent
$1.1M
Median Home Price
Rent burden27% of income
Household Income
$135k
Median annual
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Livability

Walk Score
69
Internet
Fiber
17%
Cable
98%
address availability
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Climate

Sunshine
344
sunny days per year
94% of the year
Avg High Temp
70°F
annual average
Humidity
74%
relative humidity
Comfort Score
87/100
Excellent
Temp Swing
15°F
seasonal high-temp spread
Rainfall
13"
inches per year
Snowfall
0"
inches per year
Air Quality
55
Moderate AQI
07

Demographics

Population13k
Altitude118 ftabove sea level
Median Age44 yrs
College Educated50%bachelor's or higher
Work From Home19%of workforce

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