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Cost of living in Lake San Marcos, California

Lake San Marcos, California has about 4,693 people. Typical rent is $2,585 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $89,851 a year. Both figures are Census 2020–2024 medians, not a listing or your pay. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.

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Typical rent is $2,585 a month.

Lake San Marcos is a Census community, not a separate city government in California. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $89,851 a year.

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People
4,693
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$2,585
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$89,851
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$917,000
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$2,823
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA MSA

Lake San Marcos, California has about 4,693 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $917,000.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in San Diego County is $2,823 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Lake San Marcos. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

In the San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA metro area, prices sit at 111.9 when the U.S. average is 100. That is a 2024 BEA index.

California taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 9.0% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Lake San Marcos's exact store tax.

In July 2026, a typical California home paid 33.61¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Lake San Marcos's bill.

In 2025, all-grades gas in California averaged $4.53 a gallon. EIA prints this yearly price for only some states.

Among 982 places we list in California with a rent figure, 171 have higher typical rent than Lake San Marcos.

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Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.