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Foster City, CA

32,964 Population
3.8 square miles 8,704.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.7 ±1.6 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 40 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in California: 37.6 ±0.1

Economics

$95,509 ±$5,312 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: $72,306 ±$484
  • about double the amount in California: $47,977 ±$163
$193,633 ±$10,564 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: $133,780 ±$1,056
  • about double the amount in California: $96,334 ±$298

4.6% ±1.4% (1,516  ±455) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 8.7% 399,787 (±0.2% / ±7,868)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in California: 12% 4,610,600 (±0.1% / ±37,676)

30.7 minutes ±1 (357,440  ±27,152) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 31.8 57,883,796 (±0.2 / ±418,261)
  • a little higher than the figure in California: 29 449,199,070 (±0 / ±1,016,968)

Families

12,865 ±324 Number of households
  • the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 1,735,054 ±3,798
  • California: 13,434,847 ±19,805
2.5 ±0.1 (32,740  ±35) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 2.6 4,562,473 (±0 / ±908)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 2.9 38,375,888

5.3% ±2.1% (424  ±171) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 4.8% 53,704 (±0.2% / ±1,832)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 4.8% 458,434 (±0.1% / ±6,537)

Housing

13,408 ±376 Number of housing units
  • the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 1,866,271 ±448
  • California: 14,532,683 ±1,118

$1,774,500 ±$63,921 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: $1,113,800 ±$4,329
  • more than double the amount in California: $695,400 ±$1,030

20% ±3% (6,477  ±966.1) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 12.3% 568,363 (±0.2% / ±8,957.6)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in California: 11.2% 4,339,762 (±0.1% / ±29,112.5)

Social

95.9% ±3.4% (23,058  ±957.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 89.5% 3,045,481 (±0.4% / ±13,030.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 84.6% 22,792,052 (±0.2% / ±42,908.7)
74.1% ±3% (17,815  ±823.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 52.4% 1,782,104 (±0.3% / ±9,369.9)
  • about double 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

48.2% ±2.3% (15,885  ±767) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 31.6% 1,468,822
  • nearly double the rate in California: 26.7% 10,479,526

2.8% ±0.6% (706  ±144) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 3.4% 126,988 (±0.1% / ±2,635)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in California: 4.5% 1,355,918 (±0% / ±10,743)
706 Total veterans ±144 664 Male ±145 42 Female ±31

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