List of communities and neighborhoods of San Diego explained

The following is a list of neighborhoods and communities located in the city of San Diego. The City of San Diego Planning Department officially lists 52 Community Planning Areas within the city,^[1] many of which consist of multiple different neighborhoods.^[2]

Alphabetical

• Allied Gardens
• Alta Vista
• Balboa Park
• Bankers Hill
• Barrio Logan
• Bay Ho
• Bay Park
• Bay Terraces
  • • • • Birdland
• Black Mountain Ranch
• Broadway Heights
• Carmel Mountain Ranch
• Carmel Valley
• Chollas View
• City Heights
  • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Clairemont (Clairemont Mesa)
            • College Area

• Del Cerro
• Del Mar Heights
• Del Mar Mesa
• Downtown
  • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Egger Highlands
• El Cerrito
• Emerald Hills
• Encanto
• Fairbanks Ranch Country Club
• Golden Hill
• Grant Hill
• Grantville
• Harbor Island
• Hillcrest
  • • Jamacha
• Kearny Mesa
• Kensington
• La Jolla

• Lake Murray
• Liberty Station
• Lincoln Park
• Linda Vista
• Logan Heights
  • • Lomita Village
• Middletown
• Midway
• Mira Mesa
• Miramar
• Miramar Ranch North
• Mission Bay Park
• Mission Beach
• Mission Hills
• Mission Valley
  • • • • • • • • • • Morena
• Mount Hope
• Mountain View
• Navajo
• Nestor
• Normal Heights
  • • • • • • North Park
            • O'Farrell (South Encanto)
• Oak Park
• Ocean Beach
• Ocean View Hills
• Old Town
• Otay Mesa
• Otay Mesa West
• Pacific Beach
• Pacific Highlands Ranch
• Palm City
• Paradise Hills

• Point Loma
  • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Rancho Bernardo
• Rancho Encantada (Stonebridge)
• Rancho Peñasquitos
• Redwood Village
• Rolando
  • Rolando Park
  • Rolando Village
• Sabre Springs
• San Carlos
• San Pasqual Valley
• San Ysidro
• Scripps Ranch
• Serra Mesa
• Shelltown
• Shelter Island
• Sherman Heights
• Skyline
• Sorrento Valley
  • • South Park
• Southcrest
• Stockton
• Sunset Cliffs
• Talmadge
• Tierrasanta
• Tijuana River Valley
• Torrey Highlands
• Torrey Hills
• Torrey Pines
• University City
• University Heights
• Valencia Park
• Via de la Valle
• Webster

By city council district

Northwestern (District 1)

• Carmel Valley
• Del Mar Heights
• Del Mar Mesa
• Fairbanks Ranch Country Club
• La Jolla
  • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Pacific Beach
• Pacific Highlands Ranch
• Torrey Hills
• Torrey Pines
• Via de la Valle

Western (District 2)

• Bay Ho
• Bay Park
• Harbor Island
• Liberty Station
• Midway
• Mission Bay Park
• Mission Beach
• Morena
• Ocean Beach
  • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Point Loma Shelter Island
• Sunset Cliffs

Central (District 3)

• Balboa Park
• Bankers Hill
  • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Downtown Golden Hill
• Hillcrest
  • • Middletown
• Mission Hills
• Mission Valley West
  • • • • Normal Heights
          • • North Park
            • Old Town
• South Park
• University Heights

Southeastern (District 4)

• Alta Vista
• Bay Terraces
  • • • • Broadway Heights
• Chollas View
• Emerald Hills
• Encanto
• Jamacha
• Lincoln Park
• Lomita Village
• Mountain View
• O'Farrell (South Encanto)
• Oak Park
• Paradise Hills
• Redwood Village
• Ridgeview
• Rolando Park
• Valencia Park
• Webster

Northeastern (District 5)

• Black Mountain Ranch
• Carmel Mountain
• Miramar Ranch North
• Rancho Bernardo
• Rancho Encantada (Stonebridge)
• Rancho Peñasquitos
• Sabre Springs
• San Pasqual Valley
• Scripps Ranch
• Torrey Highlands

Northern (District 6)

• Clairemont
  • • • • • • Kearny Mesa
• Mira Mesa
• Miramar
• Sorrento Valley
  • • University City

Eastern (District 7)

• Allied Gardens
• Birdland
• Del Cerro
• Grantville
• Lake Murray
• Linda Vista
• Mission Valley East
• San Carlos
• Serra Mesa
• Tierrasanta

Southern & South (District 8)

Southern:

• Barrio Logan
• Grant Hill
• Logan Heights
  • • Shelltown
• Sherman Heights
• Southcrest

South:

• Egger Highlands
• Nestor
• Ocean View Hills
• Otay Mesa
• Otay Mesa West
• Palm City
• San Ysidro
• Tijuana River Valley

Mid-City (District 9)

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • City Heights College Area
            • El Cerrito
• Kensington
• Mount Hope
• Rolando Village
• Stockton
• Talmadge

External links

• SanDiego.org: San Diego Neighborhood Guide

Notes and References

1. Web site: Communities in San Diego. City of San Diego Planning Department. 17 June 2021 . July 16, 2022.
2. Web site: Neighborhood Maps. City of San Diego. https://web.archive.org/web/20080509171047/http://www.sandiego.gov/neighborhoodmaps/. May 9, 2008. dead.