Because of many things, Poway is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Poway really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Poway perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.
Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Poway, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Poway is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 53.46% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%.
The per capita income in Poway in 2022 was $58,325, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $233,300 for a family of four. However, Poway contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Poway is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Poway home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Poway residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Poway also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 16.62% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Poway include German, English, Irish, Italian, and European.
Poway also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 19.61%.
The most common language spoken in Poway is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.
