Pacific Highlands Ranch encompasses approximately 2,652 acres of land and includes up to 5,470 residential units, a mixed-use community core with 400,000 square feet of commercial and office uses, multi-family housing, public and semi public uses, schools and parks. The public schools in Pacific Highlands Ranch are highly rated.

Pacific Highlands Ranch is bounded by the community of Fairbanks Ranch to the north, Torrey Highlands (Subarea IV) to the east, Del Mar Mesa (Subarea V) to the south, and the community of Carmel Valley to the west.
State Route 56 (Ted Williams Freeway) passes through this community.
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The City of San Diego annexed the land in 1964 to build low-density housing in the area, which was previously known then as Rancho Del Sol.
Rancho Del Sol was largely used for agricultural use prior to suburbanization, as it was largely made up of tomato and strawberry farms, as well as plant nurseries. It was also home to an informal migrant farm camp that was locally known as “Rancho Diablo”, where the 800 residents of the settlement worked in the farms and lived off of the land to survive, who later moved east to Torrey Highlands after becoming displaced to make way for the Pacific Highlands Ranch development.
The residential development of Pacific Highlands Ranch was approved by the City of San Diego in 1998, in which the majority of the community is being developed by Builder Pardee and the majority of the community has been developed in the 2000s.
There are approximate 16,000 people living in this neighborhood. The median age is 40.0. There are 3.1 persons per household. The annual median household income was approximate $200,000. There are approximately 5,000 houses in the neighborhood and vacancy rate is only 0.2%.
Public High Schools and Middle Schools:
San Dieguito Union High School District:
Public Elementary Schools:
Del Mar Union School District
Solana Beach School District
Private Schools:
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