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Population: 30,635
Median price single-family home: $380,000
(2008)
Median price single-family luxury home:
$1,699,000
Land area in square miles: 17.5
Residents per square mile: 1,751
Distance from Downtown S.D.: 41.4 miles
Solds: 349 (2008)
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San Diego County's northernmost community, "The Friendly Village," as it touts itself, is known for its avocados, antiquing opportunities, and family-oriented agricultural activities. There are active 4-H and Future Farmers of America chapters here, and watching Fallbrook High School football — the team is always near the county's top — is also a popular activity. Situated in the northeast corner of San Diego County, Fallbrook is characterized by rolling hills, ancient oak trees, nature preserves, bodies of water, lush groves, and equestrian and walking trails.
Fallbrook's downtown is not on any major highway route. It is six miles west of Interstate 15 and five miles north of State Route 76. Fallbrook is situated immediately east of the U.S. Marine Corps' Camp Pendleton.
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Thanks to its topography and Mediterranean climate, Fallbrook has been an agricultural community since the first non-Native American settlers arrived in the 1800s from Pennsylvania. These settlers, including prominent homesteader Vital C. Reche (a primary road into Fallbrook is named for him,) dubbed the city after the coal-mining town where many of them had lived, Fall Brook, Pennsylvania. Fallbrook once housed a stage coach stop for the stage that operated between Temecula and San Diego. The Santa Fe Railroad ran through Fallbrook from 1881 until the early 1970s. As late as 1963, the railroad ran a special train from Los Angeles to Fallbrook, bringing passengers to the town?s beloved annual Avocado Festival.
Olives were the principal crop from the 1920s through World War II, but since then avocados and flowers have become the crops of choice. Statistics really do back up Fallbrook's official claim to being "The Avocado Capital of the World." Nuts and citrus are also grown in the vicinity.
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Alvarado and Main streets are at the hub of Fallbrook's comfortable downtown area. Here you'll find cafes, bustling family-style restaurants, antique shops, specialty shops, small business offices, and banks.
This is also the area that hosts Fallbrook's annual Avocado Festival, which attracts tens of thousands of Southern Californians each spring. Visitors come in search of the perfect guacamole as well as more exotic dishes, such as deep-fried avocados. Colorful booths line both streets, and they offer unique clothing, hats, arts, crafts, jewelry, and farm-fresh produce (not just avocados!) for purchase. A variety of bands and other live entertainment are offered. There are numerous food vendors and a couple of beer gardens.
In addition to enjoying the festival, residents and visitors can also tour the Fallbrook Garden Club's Annual Flower Show, which runs the same weekend, and learn about airplanes at the Fallbrook Airpark.
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The median price of a single-family home was $380,000 in 2008. The median price for a single-family luxury home is currently $1,699,000. Please note that our "House Price Points" are based on the luxury market. |
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