Normal Heights

Normal Heights is characterized by single family homes along the Mission Valley ridge north of Adams Avenue, high-density, and multi-resident lots south of Adams. It Is similar to its neighbor North Park in many ways. Normal Heights is San Diego at its most diverse. Families and students, immigrants and natives all occupy this mid-city neighborhood. It can be noisy, dense and sketchy sometimes, but it’s always interesting. Most residents “love” living in Normal Heights. Prices are slightly more affordable than North Park but that is projected to change in the next couple years. Normal Heights is located between Interstates 805 and 15 and bordered by Mission Valley to the North and El Cajon Boulevard to the South. The main business district is Adams Avenue. The “Normal” part of “Normal Heights” refers to the State Normal School (teachers college), the predecessor to San Diego State University; the normal school was located in the adjacent University Heights neighborhood and founded in 1899.