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Palo Alto Unified School District, CA

93,733 Population
27.6 square miles 3,397.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.8 ±2.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Santa Clara County: 38.3 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 38.4 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$103,423 ±$8,818 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Santa Clara County: $82,180 ±$1,429
  • more than double the amount in California: $49,934 ±$232
  • more than double the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$216,458 ±$26,137 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Santa Clara County: $168,154 ±$4,521
  • more than double the amount in California: $100,149 ±$381
  • more than double the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

7.3% ±3.6% (5,587  ±2,742) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Santa Clara County: 7% 131,965 (±0.5% / ±9,128)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in California: 11.8% 4,567,967 (±0.2% / ±68,831)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

19.3 minutes ±0.9 (699,760  ±74,561) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Santa Clara County: 27.1 22,981,076 (±0.4 / ±489,055)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in California: 29.7 481,218,370 (±0.1 / ±2,696,690)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

30,915 ±1,663 Number of households
  • Santa Clara County: 672,426 ±3,786
  • California: 13,797,638 ±19,379
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0.2 (76,697  ±2,132) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Santa Clara County: 2.8 1,880,548 (±0 / ±895)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 2.8 38,537,960
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

3.3% ±2.1% (842  ±537) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Santa Clara County: 3.8% † 18,163 (±0.5% / ±2,338)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in California: 4.5% 430,221 (±0.1% / ±12,150)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

35,063 ±2,078 Number of housing units
  • Santa Clara County: 707,569 ±462
  • California: 14,877,017 ±1,124
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$2,000,001 Median value of owner-occupied housing units * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Santa Clara County: $1,490,600 ±$14,163
  • more than double the amount in California: $734,700 ±$1,307
  • more than double the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

22.3% ±4.1% (20,816  ±3,824) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Santa Clara County: 12.9% 245,730 (±0.7% / ±13,107.7)
  • more than double the rate in California: 10.4% 4,053,576 (±0.2% / ±69,085.7)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

96.8% ±4.3% (57,082  ±3,820.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Santa Clara County: 88.5% 1,216,018 (±1.3% / ±18,145.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 84.9% 23,227,841 (±0.3% / ±84,605.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
86.1% ±4.3% (50,775  ±3,607.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Santa Clara County: 57.4% 788,412 (±1% / ±14,058.5)
  • more than double the rate in California: 38.1% 10,436,652 (±0.2% / ±53,771.8)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

37.2% ±3.5% (34,881  ±3,400) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Santa Clara County: 42.1% 811,040
  • about 1.4 times the rate in California: 27.7% 10,902,022
  • more than double the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

1.1% ±0.6% (864  ±490) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Santa Clara County: 2.6% 40,798 (±0.2% / ±3,252)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in California: 4% 1,239,625 (±0.1% / ±17,966)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
864 Total veterans ±490 736 Male ±395 128 Female ±214

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