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Berkeley, CA

118,962 Population
10.4 square miles 11,403.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.9 ±1.9 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 40.7 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$63,614 ±$4,398 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: $71,496 ±$943
  • about 1.3 times the amount in California: $48,013 ±$250
$98,086 ±$10,027 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: $127,792 ±$2,754
  • a little higher than the amount in California: $95,521 ±$611

17.7% ±2.5% (18,818  ±2,612) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 9.3% 416,535 (±0.4% / ±15,644)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in California: 12% 4,588,687 (±0.2% / ±71,646)

29.1 minutes ±1.3 (1,238,475  ±114,857) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 31.7 59,174,408 (±0.3 / ±838,261)
  • about the same as the figure in California: 29.2 465,548,030 (±0.1 / ±2,732,201)

Families

49,088 ±2,349 Number of households
  • the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 1,763,465 ±7,328
  • California: 13,699,816 ±20,966
2.2 ±0.1 (105,578  ±274) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 2.5 4,464,649 (±0 / ±3,726)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in California: 2.8 † 38,073,200 (±40.6 / ±-555,555,600)

1.4% ±0.7% (551  ±278) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 4.7% 50,977 (±0.4% / ±4,211)
  • about one-third of the rate in California: 4.8% 450,412 (±0.1% / ±12,915)

Housing

53,809 ±2,663 Number of housing units
  • the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 1,897,192 ±1,508
  • California: 14,762,527 ±428

$1,360,800 ±$105,240 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: $1,105,100 ±$13,634
  • nearly double the amount in California: $725,800 ±$2,850

26.4% ±3% (31,286  ±3,594.2) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 11.6% 524,151 (±0.4% / ±19,896.5)
  • more than double the rate in California: 10.5% 4,056,831 (±0.2% / ±59,611.4)

Social

95.5% ±4.2% (69,605  ±4,034.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 89.5% 3,008,293 (±0.8% / ±27,776.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 84.8% 22,875,415 (±0.3% / ±78,978.8)
75.5% ±3.7% (55,038  ±3,409.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 53.1% 1,783,239 (±0.6% / ±20,131.3)
  • about 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

23.2% ±2.6% (27,648  ±3,082) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 32.8% † 1,499,160 (±3,993.2% / ±20,076)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 27.3% † 10,640,017 (±,389.3% / ±60,440)

1.5% ±0.6% (1,574  ±596) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 3% 111,896 (±0.1% / ±4,893)
  • about one-third of the rate in California: 4.1% 1,242,882 (±0.1% / ±19,495)
1,574 Total veterans ±596 1,430 Male ±542 144 Female ±162

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