Poway
Stretching across an expansive area in the "Inland Empire", Poway
is a controlled-growth bedroom community 20 miles north of San Diego, where tract homes and strip
malls sprout from its western edge along Interstate 15 to its eastern border
along State Route 67. Poway is also near Rancho Bernardo and Rancho Penasquitos, where electronics assembly plants Sony,
Hewlett-Packard and NCR provide jobs and partnerships with the Poway Unified School District.
Neighborhood Details
Cost of Housing
Poway housing costs range from the middle to
high $300,000s for two- and some three-bedroom condos. Single-family homes
with three to four bedrooms are priced from the high $400,000s to mid
500,000s, but there is also an ample supply of large-acreage estate homes
priced with seven figures.
Rent for a two-bedroom apartment, condo or small house is $1,200 or more a
month.
School System
In the growing city of about 50,000, Poway Unified School District lists
24 elementary, six middle schools and five high schools. The school district
consistently wins national blue-ribbon awards from the American Council on
Education and the National Education Association for quality of education.
Entertainment
Located only 10 miles north of Poway is the San Diego Wild Animal Park.
Sixty miles of hiking and equestrian trails wind through the city. The Poway Center for the Performing Arts
Foundation includes an 800-seat venue for concerts, plays and musicals for
both adults and kids. North County Fair shopping center with anchor
department stores and specialty shops on Interstate 15.
Transportation
The rush-hour commute can take an hour for those going 20 miles south to San Diego on Interstate
15. Some residents, however, commute in the opposite direction 15 to 20
minutes to jobs in nearby Rancho Bernardo.
Poway is served by the San Diego Transit with connections to North County
Transit District buses via the stop at North County Fair shopping center.
