Carmel Valley, San Diego, California
Encyclopedia
Carmel Valley is a wealthy, master-planned coastal community in the north-western corner of San Diego
, California
, USA. The community is composed of commercial offices, residential units, hotels, and retail stores and restaurants. This is not to be confused with Carmel Valley Village, a community in northern California.
; to the south by Los Peñasquitos Canyon Preserve
and Torrey Hills
; to the east by Pacific Highlands Ranch
and Del Mar Mesa
; and to the west by Interstate 5
and Torrey Pines
. Nearby is the Torrey Pines State Preserve, where one of two stands of the endangered Torrey Pine
is found to occur.
While many people in the area are now referring to the entire 92130 zip code
as Carmel Valley, the actual boundaries of the community remain unchanged from the original community plan. The remainder of the 92130 zip code is filled by the surrounding communities of Del Mar Mesa, Pacific Highlands Ranch, and Torrey Hills.
, 18.0% Asian
& Pacific Islander
, 7.0% Hispanic
, 3.4% from other races, 0.89% African American, and 0.001% American Indian
.
The neighborhood is diverse in age with 30.2% under 18 and 6.5% over 65. The median age was 36.6. There were 2.7 persons per household. The median household income
was $120,886; 17.8% of the households made $200,000 or more and 12.3% made $30,000 or less.
(K-6). Overlaying the entire community, the San Dieguito Union High School District manages the middle schools and high schools. Some Carmel Valley residents attend schools in the bordering communities of Pacific Highlands Ranch
, Torrey Hills
, and Torrey Pines
.
, US Bank, Scripps Health
, Opera Solutions
, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
, Fish & Richardson
, Morrison & Foerster, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton and The Allen Group
. Neurocrine Biosciences
headquarters is located in this neighborhood.
School Districts
San Diego, California
San Diego is the eighth-largest city in the United States and second-largest city in California. The city is located on the coast of the Pacific Ocean in Southern California, immediately adjacent to the Mexican border. The birthplace of California, San Diego is known for its mild year-round...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, USA. The community is composed of commercial offices, residential units, hotels, and retail stores and restaurants. This is not to be confused with Carmel Valley Village, a community in northern California.
History
Carmel Valley is one of the newer neighborhoods of the City of San Diego, California. It is a master planned community that was formed by the City of San Diego on February 1, 1975, but construction did not start until 1983. The name Carmel Valley comes from the Carmelite Sisters of Mercy, who established a dairy farm and monastery in the area circa 1905. Although the area was known locally as Carmel Valley, in 1974 the area was given the institutional name North City West in the master plan. The name Carmel Valley was readopted in the early 1990s.Geography
Carmel Valley is bordered to the north by the North City Future Urbanizing Area (NCFUA) and Pacific Highlands RanchPacific Highlands Ranch, San Diego, California
Pacific Highlands Ranch is a primarily residential community of located in northern San Diego, California.The majority of the community is being developed by Pardee Homes and the majority of the community has been developed in the 2000s.-Geography:...
; to the south by Los Peñasquitos Canyon Preserve
Los Peñasquitos Canyon Preserve
Los Peñasquitos Canyon Preserve is an urban park in San Diego, California. Stretching approximately , the park encompasses some of both Peñasquitos and Lopez canyons, and is one of the largest urban parks in the United States. The preserve is jointly owned and administered by the City of San Diego...
and Torrey Hills
Torrey Hills, San Diego, California
Torrey Hills is a community of located in northern San Diego, California.-Geography:Torrey Hills is bordered to the north by State Route 56 and Carmel Valley; to the northeast by Carmel Valley; to the south and southeast by Los Peñasquitos Canyon and Mira Mesa; and to the west by Interstate...
; to the east by Pacific Highlands Ranch
Pacific Highlands Ranch, San Diego, California
Pacific Highlands Ranch is a primarily residential community of located in northern San Diego, California.The majority of the community is being developed by Pardee Homes and the majority of the community has been developed in the 2000s.-Geography:...
and Del Mar Mesa
Del Mar Mesa, San Diego, California
Del Mar Mesa is a primarily residential community of located in northern San Diego, California. The majority of the community has been developed in the 2000s....
; and to the west by Interstate 5
Interstate 5
Interstate 5 is the main Interstate Highway on the West Coast of the United States, running largely parallel to the Pacific Ocean coastline from Canada to Mexico . It serves some of the largest cities on the U.S...
and Torrey Pines
Torrey Pines, San Diego, California
Torrey Pines is a primarily residential community of in the northern coastal area of San Diego, California.- Geography :Torrey Pines is bordered to the north by the city of Del Mar, to the south by La Jolla, to the east by Interstate 5, Carmel Valley, Torrey Hills, the Los Peñasquitos Canyon...
. Nearby is the Torrey Pines State Preserve, where one of two stands of the endangered Torrey Pine
Torrey Pine
The Torrey Pine, Pinus torreyana, is the rarest pine species in the United States, an endangered species growing only in San Diego County and on one of the Channel Islands, endemic to the coastal sage and chaparral ecoregion in the U.S...
is found to occur.
While many people in the area are now referring to the entire 92130 zip code
ZIP Code
ZIP codes are a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service since 1963. The term ZIP, an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan, is properly written in capital letters and was chosen to suggest that the mail travels more efficiently, and therefore more quickly, when senders use the...
as Carmel Valley, the actual boundaries of the community remain unchanged from the original community plan. The remainder of the 92130 zip code is filled by the surrounding communities of Del Mar Mesa, Pacific Highlands Ranch, and Torrey Hills.
Demographics
According to the San Diego County Assessor's Office's 2006 estimates, there were 42,047 people residing in the neighborhood, which increased 49.2% from 2000. The racial makeup of the neighborhood was 70.6% WhiteWhite people
White people is a term which usually refers to human beings characterized, at least in part, by the light pigmentation of their skin...
, 18.0% Asian
Asian people
Asian people or Asiatic people is a term with multiple meanings that refers to people who descend from a portion of Asia's population.- Central Asia :...
& Pacific Islander
Pacific Islander
Pacific Islander , is a geographic term to describe the indigenous inhabitants of any of the three major sub-regions of Oceania: Polynesia, Melanesia and Micronesia.According to the Encyclopædia Britannica, these three regions, together with their islands consist of:Polynesia:...
, 7.0% Hispanic
Hispanic
Hispanic is a term that originally denoted a relationship to Hispania, which is to say the Iberian Peninsula: Andorra, Gibraltar, Portugal and Spain. During the Modern Era, Hispanic sometimes takes on a more limited meaning, particularly in the United States, where the term means a person of ...
, 3.4% from other races, 0.89% African American, and 0.001% American Indian
Indigenous peoples of the Americas
The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of North and South America, their descendants and other ethnic groups who are identified with those peoples. Indigenous peoples are known in Canada as Aboriginal peoples, and in the United States as Native Americans...
.
The neighborhood is diverse in age with 30.2% under 18 and 6.5% over 65. The median age was 36.6. There were 2.7 persons per household. The median household income
Median household income
The median household income is commonly used to generate data about geographic areas and divides households into two equal segments with the first half of households earning less than the median household income and the other half earning more...
was $120,886; 17.8% of the households made $200,000 or more and 12.3% made $30,000 or less.
Education
Carmel Valley has an overlay of various school districts. For the elementary schools, the northern section is part of the Solana Beach School District (K-6). The southern section is managed by the Del Mar Union School DistrictDel Mar Union School District
The Del Mar Union School District is based in Del Mar, California, founded in 1906. For many years, the district was small, serving approximately 1,000 students in the City of Del Mar. However, in the 1990s, the district's boundaries were expanded to include the newly-developed Carmel Valley...
(K-6). Overlaying the entire community, the San Dieguito Union High School District manages the middle schools and high schools. Some Carmel Valley residents attend schools in the bordering communities of Pacific Highlands Ranch
Pacific Highlands Ranch, San Diego, California
Pacific Highlands Ranch is a primarily residential community of located in northern San Diego, California.The majority of the community is being developed by Pardee Homes and the majority of the community has been developed in the 2000s.-Geography:...
, Torrey Hills
Torrey Hills, San Diego, California
Torrey Hills is a community of located in northern San Diego, California.-Geography:Torrey Hills is bordered to the north by State Route 56 and Carmel Valley; to the northeast by Carmel Valley; to the south and southeast by Los Peñasquitos Canyon and Mira Mesa; and to the west by Interstate...
, and Torrey Pines
Torrey Pines, San Diego, California
Torrey Pines is a primarily residential community of in the northern coastal area of San Diego, California.- Geography :Torrey Pines is bordered to the north by the city of Del Mar, to the south by La Jolla, to the east by Interstate 5, Carmel Valley, Torrey Hills, the Los Peñasquitos Canyon...
.
Elementary schools
- Ashley Falls (Del Mar Union School District)
- Carmel Creek (Solana Beach School District)
- Carmel Del Mar (Del Mar Union School District)
- Del Mar Pines (private, nonsectarian)
- Ocean Air (Del Mar Union School District)
- Sage Canyon (Del Mar Union School District)
- Solana Highlands (Solana Beach School District)
- Solana Pacific (Solana Beach School District)
- Sycamore Ridge (Del Mar Union School District); actually in Pacific Highlands Ranch
- Torrey Hills (Del Mar Union School District); actually in Torrey Hills
Middle schools and junior high schools
- Carmel Valley Middle SchoolCarmel Valley Middle SchoolCarmel Valley Middle School, or CVMS, is located in San Diego, California, in the neighborhood of Carmel Valley. The school is a member of the San Dieguito Union High School District, and it offers seventh and eighth grade education....
(San Dieguito Union High School DistrictSan Dieguito Union High School DistrictSan Dieguito Union High School District is a school district headquartered in Encinitas, California. The district serves students in the cities of Encinitas, Solana Beach, and Del Mar and surrounding areas.-High schools:*La Costa Canyon High School...
)
- Earl Warren Middle schoolEarl Warren Middle SchoolEarl Warren Middle School is a middle school/junior high located in Solana Beach. The school was founded in the 1950s, and is dedicated to Earl Warren the former governor of California. It is one of the California Distinguished Schools and National Blue Ribbon School. It has the smallest enrollment...
(San Dieguito Union High School DistrictSan Dieguito Union High School DistrictSan Dieguito Union High School District is a school district headquartered in Encinitas, California. The district serves students in the cities of Encinitas, Solana Beach, and Del Mar and surrounding areas.-High schools:*La Costa Canyon High School...
)
K through 8
- Notre Dame AcademyNotre Dame Academy (San Diego, California)Notre Dame Academy is a Catholic school in Carmel Valley, San Diego, California. It is run by French nuns from Union Chretienne de Saint Chaumond. It currently holds classes from Preschool through the Eighth grade. All students can learn French or Spanish. The school has Mass every Friday....
(Roman Catholic)
High schools
- Torrey Pines High SchoolTorrey Pines High SchoolTorrey Pines High School is a high school in the North County Coastal area of San Diego, California. The school is named after the Torrey Pine tree that grows in the area...
(San Dieguito Union High School District) - Canyon Crest AcademyCanyon Crest AcademyCanyon Crest Academy is a public high school in San Diego, California. Founded in 2004, the school is a member of the San Dieguito Union High School District...
(San Dieguito Union High School District) - Cathedral Catholic High SchoolCathedral Catholic High SchoolCathedral Catholic High School is a private coeducational Catholic High School in San Diego, California. It is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego, and was originally founded as the University of San Diego High School in 1957...
(Catholic)
Healthcare
Healthcare services in this neighborhood include:- Scripps Clinic, Carmel Valley
- Scripss Clinic, Del Mar
- Sharp Reas-Seally
- Lindora Clinic (in Rite Aid)
- Rite Aid Pharmacy
- Vons Pharmacy
Economy
Companies with offices in this neighborhood include Oracle CorporationOracle Corporation
Oracle Corporation is an American multinational computer technology corporation that specializes in developing and marketing hardware systems and enterprise software products – particularly database management systems...
, US Bank, Scripps Health
Scripps Health
Scripps Health is a nonprofit health care system based in San Diego, California. The system includes four hospitals and 19 outpatient facilities, and treats a half-million patients annually through 2,600 affiliated physicians....
, Opera Solutions
Opera Solutions
Opera Solutions, LLC is a technology and analytics company mainly focused on capturing profit growth opportunities emerging from Big Data. The firm uses a combination of analytics, technology, machine learning science, large-scale data management, and human expertise to build and deliver analytics...
, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP is an international, full-service law firm with strengths in the energy, financial services, real estate and technology sectors and offices located throughout the United States and the world, including key financial centers such as New York, London, Tokyo and...
, Fish & Richardson
Fish & Richardson
Fish & Richardson P.C. is a national law firm practicing intellectual property law.Fish is the 109th largest firm in the United States. Fish has over 350 attorneys, of which 96 percent are dedicated to intellectual property law. Fish is one of the most sought-after firms for both patent...
, Morrison & Foerster, Sheppard, Mullin, Richter & Hampton and The Allen Group
The Allen Group
The Allen Group is one of the America’s fastest growing privately held commercial development companies, specializing in high-end industrial, office, retail and mixed-use properties...
. Neurocrine Biosciences
Neurocrine Biosciences
Neurocrine Biosciences is a biopharmaceutical company founded in 1992 and located in San Diego, California. The company tooks its name from the original focus on therapies for neurological and endocrine diseases and disorders....
headquarters is located in this neighborhood.
External links
- Carmel Valley community Information
- SANDAG: Carmel Valley 2000 demographics (census data)
- SANDAG: Carmel Valley 2030 forecast demographs
- City of San Diego: Carmel Valley community profile
- City of San Diego: Carmel Valley land use map
- Del Mar Regional Chamber of Commerce, serves Carmel Valley
School Districts