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Palo Alto, CA

67,645 Population
24.1 square miles 2,812.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.9 ±2.9 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 38.2 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in California: 38.4 ±0.1

Economics

$122,593 ±$11,313 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: $80,811 ±$1,377
  • more than double the amount in California: $49,934 ±$232
$228,517 ±$21,619 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: $164,801 ±$4,433
  • more than double the amount in California: $100,149 ±$381

6.6% ±4% (4,457  ±2,660) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 7% 136,942 (±0.5% / ±9,248)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in California: 11.8% 4,567,967 (±0.2% / ±68,831)

21.5 minutes ±0.2 (447,675  ±28,755) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 26.6 20,408,916 (±0.2 / ±206,525)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in California: 28.7 436,266,100 (±0 / ±1,099,829)

Families

26,360 ±1,508 Number of households
  • the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 693,483 ±3,887
  • California: 13,797,638 ±19,379
2.5 ±0.2 (67,077  ±74) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 2.8 1,949,244 (±0 / ±891)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 2.8 38,537,960

5.2% ±3.5% (725  ±500) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 3.9% † 18,936 (±0.5% / ±2,414)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 4.5% 430,221 (±0.1% / ±12,150)

Housing

29,550 ±1,940 Number of housing units
  • the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 729,606 ±461
  • California: 14,877,017 ±1,124

$2,000,001 Median value of owner-occupied housing units * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: $1,447,800 ±$13,455
  • more than double the amount in California: $734,700 ±$1,307

16.1% ±4.9% (10,825  ±3,284.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 12.7% 251,529 (±0.7% / ±13,268.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in California: 10.4% 4,053,576 (±0.2% / ±69,085.7)

Social

96% ±5.9% (47,604  ±3,455.7) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 88.3% 1,255,422 (±1.3% / ±18,473.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 84.9% 23,227,841 (±0.3% / ±84,605.4)
84.3% ±5.7% (41,798  ±3,234) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 56.4% 800,911 (±1% / ±14,239.8)
  • more than double the rate in California: 38.1% 10,436,652 (±0.2% / ±53,771.8)

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

40.9% ±4.5% (27,683  ±3,021) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 41.3% 823,947
  • about 1.5 times the rate in California: 27.7% 10,902,022

1.6% ±0.9% (837  ±494) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 2.7% 43,630 (±0.2% / ±3,218)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in California: 4% 1,239,625 (±0.1% / ±17,966)
837 Total veterans ±494 709 Male ±400 128 Female ±214

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