80k pretty much puts you in the top 20% of the income bracket, for a family, let alone an individual.
Unfortunately 80k isn’t what in used to be. 80k for a family is close to median in San Diego county. You need 130k to get into the top 20% of the income bracket.
If we just take year 1999 median incomes of homeowner households and inflate them into the present, we get something like this
50k = Logan Heights
70k = Encanto
80k = Mira Mesa
100k = UTC
110k = Tierrasanta, Encinitas
120k = RB or RP
130k = Scripps Ranch, La Jolla
145k = Carmel Valley
Keep in mind, back then 4S Ranch, Eastlake, and Del Sur didn’t exist. Today we have more competition at the top.
