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South San Francisco CCD, San Mateo County, CA

314,785 Population
59.7 square miles 5,276 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.1 ±0.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in San Mateo County: 40.6 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in California: 37.6 ±0.1

Economics

$63,405 ±$1,839 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in San Mateo County: $81,980 ±$1,315
  • about 1.3 times the amount in California: $47,977 ±$163
$136,264 ±$3,029 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in San Mateo County: $156,000 ±$3,019
  • about 1.4 times the amount in California: $96,334 ±$298

6.5% ±0.6% (20,281  ±1,893) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in San Mateo County: 6.5% 47,945 (±0.3% / ±2,542)
  • about half the rate in California: 12% 4,610,600 (±0.1% / ±37,676)

28.2 minutes ±0.4 (3,897,450  ±93,004) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in San Mateo County: 27.3 8,234,340 (±0.3 / ±128,502)
  • a little less than the figure in California: 29 449,199,070 (±0 / ±1,016,968)

Families

108,656 ±1,357 Number of households
  • San Mateo County: 264,424 ±1,312
  • California: 13,434,847 ±19,805
2.9 ±0 (310,742  ±1,143) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in San Mateo County: 2.8 733,078 (±0 / ±181)
  • about the same as the figure in California: 2.9 38,375,888

4.3% ±0.8% (3,087  ±543) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in San Mateo County: 5% 8,669 (±0.5% / ±847)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 4.8% 458,434 (±0.1% / ±6,537)

Housing

117,353 ±1,158 Number of housing units
  • San Mateo County: 285,558 ±156
  • California: 14,532,683 ±1,118

$1,200,300 ±$10,964 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in San Mateo County: $1,494,500 ±$18,389
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in California: $695,400 ±$1,030

9.5% ±0.7% (29,626  ±2,165.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in San Mateo County: 11.9% 87,635 (±0.5% / ±3,703.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 11.2% 4,339,762 (±0.1% / ±29,112.5)

Social

90% ±1.3% (212,169  ±3,394) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in San Mateo County: 90.3% 490,494 (±0.9% / ±5,034.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in California: 84.6% 22,792,052 (±0.2% / ±42,908.7)
44.1% ±0.8% (103,859  ±2,084.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in San Mateo County: 53.1% 288,258 (±0.7% / ±3,640.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in California: 36.5% 9,834,361 (±0.1% / ±27,165.3)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

39.8% ±1% (125,132  ±3,217) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in San Mateo County: 35.6% 265,082
  • about 1.5 times the rate in California: 26.7% 10,479,526

3.3% ±0.3% (8,567  ±803) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in San Mateo County: 3.1% 18,587 (±0.2% / ±1,125)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in California: 4.5% 1,355,918 (±0% / ±10,743)
8,567 Total veterans ±803 7,987 Male ±777 580 Female ±192

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