San Diego, CA Transit Accessibility Data Summary

City and transit system data for San Diego, CA load from live data. City Rank is the average of the four A ranks; accessibility status is the composite category label from the city scores file.

San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) light rail at the Santa Fe Depot station in San Diego, California

San Diego

California

San Diego, California is serviced by San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. A total population of 2,432,572 is serviced by this system, among which 11.6% has a disability. This city ranks 28th in overall transit accessibility with a status of Fragmented. Scroll down to explore transit accessibility across four dimensions, evaluate a specific neighborhood using the heatmap, or compare San Diego to other cities across the country.

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Accessibility Statistics

Individual accessibility measure ranks of San Diego, CA. These ranks are based on the transit systems in the following section.

City Level Data

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Transit System Level Data

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Characteristics of San Diego

Total Population

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Age Distribution

Age 50+: -- Age 60+: -- Age 65+: --

Race & Ethnicity

Black/African American: -- White: -- Asian: -- Hispanic/Latino: -- American Indian: --

Disability

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Transit Accessibility Heatmap

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Adjacency

Weighted destination opportunities reachable within 30 minutes

2,000+ (High)
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0 (Low)
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Select one or two regions below. The overall row shows city accessibility rank out of all cities in the dataset. The other rows show raw city-level averages: adjacency index, cost per trip in dollars, arrivals per hour, and accommodation score. Use the sort option to find regions with similar population size, disability rate, or racial composition.

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AccommodationCity average accommodation scoreAbout
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