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Palo Alto Unified School District, CA

88,017 Population
27.6 square miles 3,190.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.2 ±2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Santa Clara County: 38.3 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$100,779 ±$9,226 Per capita income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Santa Clara County: $77,969 ±$1,598
  • more than double the amount in California: $48,013 ±$250
$159,571 ±$41,352 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Santa Clara County: $154,954 ±$3,264
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in California: $95,521 ±$611

8% ±4% (6,068  ±3,025) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Santa Clara County: 7.5% 137,378 (±0.7% / ±12,537)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in California: 12% 4,588,687 (±0.2% / ±71,646)

21.4 minutes ±0.4 (613,975  ±37,977) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Santa Clara County: 27 20,491,710 (±0.1 / ±173,684)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in California: 29 449,199,070 (±0 / ±1,016,968)

Families

32,518 ±1,740 Number of households
  • Santa Clara County: 665,549 ±3,723
  • California: 13,699,816 ±20,966
2.3 ±0.2 (75,655  ±2,697) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Santa Clara County: 2.8 1,836,523 (±0 / ±638)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 2.8 38,073,200

4.2% ±2.1% (930  ±462) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Santa Clara County: 5.1% † 23,149 (±0.6% / ±2,667)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in California: 4.8% 450,412 (±0.1% / ±12,915)

Housing

35,624 ±2,110 Number of housing units
  • Santa Clara County: 703,922 ±254
  • California: 14,762,527 ±428

$2,000,001 Median value of owner-occupied housing units * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Santa Clara County: $1,382,800 ±$14,622
  • more than double the amount in California: $695,400 ±$1,030

20.3% ±3.3% (17,708  ±2,967.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Santa Clara County: 13.9% 257,727 (±0.8% / ±14,190)
  • nearly double the rate in California: 10.5% 4,056,831 (±0.2% / ±59,611.4)

Social

97.8% ±5.1% (56,887  ±3,772.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Santa Clara County: 89.7% 1,194,962 (±1.3% / ±17,328.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in California: 84.8% 22,875,415 (±0.3% / ±78,978.8)
84.1% ±4.7% (48,898  ±3,374.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Santa Clara County: 57% 758,615 (±1% / ±13,085.8)
  • more than double the rate in California: 37.5% 10,110,325 (±0.2% / ±48,413.6)

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

36.8% ±2.8% (32,398  ±2,650) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Santa Clara County: 42.2% 791,516
  • about 1.4 times the rate in California: 27.3% 10,640,017

1.9% ±0.6% (1,374  ±460) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Santa Clara County: 2.4% 35,987 (±0.2% / ±2,774)
  • about half the rate in California: 4.1% 1,242,882 (±0.1% / ±19,495)
1,374 Total veterans ±460 1,374 Male ±460 N/A Female ±221

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