North County is a region in the northern area of San Diego County, California. It is the second most populous region in the county after San Diego, with an estimated population of 826,985. North County is well known for its affluence, especially in Cardiff-by-the-Sea, Del Mar, Rancho Santa Fe, and Solana Beach where house prices range on average above one millions dollars. ^[1]

Both coastal and inland North County maintain two types of topography. In North County Coastal the land is generally flat with low rolling hills. The beaches are sandy with occasional tidepools and rocky reefs popping out of the surf. In some cases the coast is dominated by bluff type geography, where the land meeting the ocean sharply drops into the sea with a short beach. In some cases, such as in Encinitas, a whole city can be bisected by a coastal foothill ridge. Mountains soon become imminent as one travels further inland, displaying the rocky peaks of North County Inland. Such peaks included Twin Peaks in Poway, Mount Woodson in Ramona, and Iron Mountain in unincorporated territory between the two cities.

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Coastal and Inland North County San Diego includes the following

Bonsall, Borrego Springs, Cardiff, Carlsbad, Carmel Valley,  Del Mar, Encinitas,

Escondido, Fallbrook, Julian, Oceanside, Pauma Valley, Penasquitos,  Poway, Ramona,

Rancho Bernardo, Rancho Santa Fe, San Marcos, Solana Beach, Valley Center, Vista, Warner Springs