All markets/California/San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA2.5M adults 21+
San Diego leans toward aged and dark rum, 100% agave tequila and blended Scotch.
Based on Iowa; its group checked in Pennsylvania. Compared with the 387 US metro areas.
How to read this
Each score: how closely San Diego’s people match the Iowa counties where that drink’s sales make up a bigger share of spirits sales. Not a sales figure.
Each row ranks San Diego among 387 metros for one category. It does not compare categories with each other.
Beside each category is the Census measure the model leans on most for it here.
Each category’s standing comes from a model fitted to Iowa county sales on public Census measures only, checked in Pennsylvania for its group; only the 8 spirits groups and the 24 subcategories that passed are ranked.
An association between places, not a cause or a sales forecast.
The whole book: 32 ranked categories
Show all 32Show the top 8 and bottom 3
Each dot is where San Diego ranks among the 387 metros for that category, on the scale printed above its block. Point at a row to see it on the map; click to read it.Tap a row to read it.
Who lives here
The usual metro = the middle of the 387 US metro areas.
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Leans in
Tied with: Tequila and Mezcal
Leans away from
- Spiced RumMore women earning $75k+ than the usual metro: 29.2% against 15.5%.379thof 387 metros
- Whiskey LiqueurHigher home values than the usual metro: $854,695 against $260,198.371stof 387 metros
- Canadian WhiskyMore women earning $75k+ than the usual metro: 29.2% against 15.5%.370thof 387 metros
San Diego on the map
San Diego among the 387 US metro areas.
Did you know?
8thof 387 metrosSan Diego is among the 8 metros where home values are highest: $854,695 here, usual $260,198.
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What this rests on
County sales by category in Iowa (99 counties, Oct 2025 to Sep 2026), checked in Pennsylvania (67 counties, Jul 2024 to Jun 2025), plus Census ACS 2024 5-year. An association between places, not a cause or a sales forecast.