Census Reporter

Berkeley, CA

121,353 Population
10.5 square miles 11,586.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.5 ±1.2 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 39.2 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 37 ±0.1

Economics

$52,932 ±$4,104 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: $60,223 ±$786
  • about 1.3 times the amount in California: $39,393 ±$177
$95,360 ±$7,624 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: $114,696 ±$1,965
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in California: $80,440 ±$313

18.7% ±3.5% (20,437  ±3,815) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 8.2% 380,982 (±0.4% / ±19,484)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in California: 11.8% 4,552,837 (±0.2% / ±67,995)

34.3 minutes ±2.2 (1,855,910  ±156,017) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 35.2 79,633,690 (±0.3 / ±939,421)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in California: 30.7 538,138,130 (±0.1 / ±2,278,526)

Families

44,551 ±2,418 Number of households
  • the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 1,721,576 ±7,415
  • California: 13,157,873 ±23,844
2.4 ±0.1 (108,595  ±1,281) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 2.7 4,654,824 (±0 / ±3,894)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 2.9 38,685,702 (±0)

0.7% ±0.5% (283  ±177) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 4.2% 49,498 (±0.4% / ±4,126)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in California: 4.7% 450,971 (±0.1% / ±10,955)

Housing

47,994 ±2,537 Number of housing units
  • the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 1,841,897 ±1,707
  • California: 14,367,012 ±1,286

$1,168,300 ±$43,785 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: $940,900 ±$7,982
  • more than double the amount in California: $568,500 ±$2,502

27% ±3.8% (32,721  ±4,615.8) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 12.7% 592,840 (±0.4% / ±19,218.9)
  • more than double the rate in California: 12% 4,689,828 (±0.2% / ±63,097.7)

Social

96.4% ±2.3% (73,365  ±4,057) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 89.6% 3,083,220 (±0.8% / ±27,313.4)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in California: 84% 22,636,359 (±0.3% / ±78,234.5)
76.5% ±2.7% (58,260  ±3,550.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 51.4% 1,768,174 (±0.6% / ±19,525.3)
  • more than double the rate in California: 35% 9,428,484 (±0.2% / ±44,753.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 5-year data

20.7% ±2% (25,161  ±2,410) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 30.9% 1,464,048 (±0.5% / ±22,110)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 26.7% 10,564,220 (±0.1% / ±55,357)

2.2% ±0.6% (2,324  ±662) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 3.7% 142,447 (±0.2% / ±6,012)
  • about half the rate in California: 4.8% 1,471,467 (±0.1% / ±19,838)
2,324 Total veterans ±662 2,214 Male ±662 110 Female ±83

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