Census Reporter

Berkeley, CA

123,065 Population
10.4 square miles 11,797.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.1 ±0.9 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 39.1 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 36.7 ±0.1

Economics

$53,181 ±$1,745 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: $57,778 ±$313
  • about 1.4 times the amount in California: $38,576 ±$120
$91,259 ±$4,199 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: $110,837 ±$791
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in California: $78,672 ±$270

17.8% ±1.3% (19,697  ±1,462) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 8.5% 396,651 (±0.2% / ±8,392)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in California: 12.6% 4,853,434 (±0.1% / ±39,919)

31.3 minutes ±1.3 (1,614,940  ±46,721) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 34.1 72,423,090 (±0.1 / ±391,684)
  • a little higher than the figure in California: 29.8 498,276,585 (±0.1 / ±1,174,085)

Families

45,884 ±1,000 Number of households
  • the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 1,701,865 ±3,726
  • California: 13,103,114 ±18,542
2.4 ±0.1 (109,964  ±801) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 2.7 4,630,241 (±0 / ±2,370)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 2.9 38,521,288

1.6% ±0.4% (617  ±143) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 4.5% 51,934 (±0.1% / ±1,579)
  • about one-third of the rate in California: 4.8% 463,780 (±0.1% / ±5,839)

Housing

50,046 ±1,015 Number of housing units
  • the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 1,810,522 ±953
  • California: 14,210,945 ±1,339

$1,059,500 ±$21,648 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: $888,500 ±$3,185
  • about double the amount in California: $538,500 ±$1,127

26.9% ±1.5% (32,978  ±1,841.3) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 12.8% 596,091 (±0.2% / ±8,513.9)
  • more than double the rate in California: 12.4% 4,842,940 (±0.1% / ±30,091.1)

Social

96.5% ±1.8% (75,652  ±1,997.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 89.5% 3,060,122 (±0.4% / ±13,424)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in California: 83.9% 22,378,605 (±0.2% / ±40,789.5)
73.2% ±1.6% (57,332  ±1,669.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 50.7% 1,731,798 (±0.3% / ±9,199.9)
  • more than double the rate in California: 34.7% 9,256,873 (±0.1% / ±25,121.8)

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

21.3% ±0.9% (26,148  ±1,137) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 30.7% 1,443,907 (±0.2% / ±10,603)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 26.6% 10,463,818 (±0.1% / ±35,653)

2.5% ±0.3% (2,730  ±357) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Berkeley, CA Metro Area: 3.9% 147,578 (±0.1% / ±2,681)
  • about half the rate in California: 5% 1,525,746 (±0% / ±9,062)
2,730 Total veterans ±357 2,516 Male ±332 214 Female ±98

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