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Palo Alto, CA

65,881 Population
24.1 square miles 2,739.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.6 ±2.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 38.2 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in California: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$112,994 ±$11,105 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: $76,793 ±$1,549
  • more than double the amount in California: $48,013 ±$250
$184,068 ±$40,759 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: $153,202 ±$3,027
  • nearly double the amount in California: $95,521 ±$611

5.4% ±1.3% (3,604  ±831) Persons below poverty line * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 6.9% 133,588 (±0.3% / ±5,712)
  • about half the rate in California: 12% 4,610,600 (±0.1% / ±37,676)

22.9 minutes ±0.4 (494,775  ±32,278) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 27.3 21,496,460 (±0.1 / ±191,405)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 29 449,199,070 (±0 / ±1,016,968)

Families

27,768 ±1,318 Number of households
  • the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 685,743 ±3,893
  • California: 13,699,816 ±20,966
2.4 ±0.1 (65,350  ±35) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 2.8 1,904,164 (±0 / ±628)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 2.8 38,073,200

6.3% ±3.2% (890  ±460) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 5% † 23,478 (±0.6% / ±2,681)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in California: 4.8% 450,412 (±0.1% / ±12,915)

Housing

30,687 ±1,756 Number of housing units
  • the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 725,621 ±255
  • 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 the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: $1,342,700 ±$14,716
  • more than double the amount in California: $695,400 ±$1,030

16.2% ±4% (10,514  ±2,602.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 13.7% 263,581 (±0.8% / ±14,618.6)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in California: 10.5% 4,056,831 (±0.2% / ±59,611.4)

Social

97.6% ±6.5% (47,300  ±3,535.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 89.5% 1,233,719 (±1.3% / ±17,709.5)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in California: 84.8% 22,875,415 (±0.3% / ±78,978.8)
82.4% ±5.7% (39,898  ±3,072) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 55.8% 769,031 (±1% / ±13,145.3)
  • 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

39.8% ±3.7% (26,188  ±2,440) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 41.4% 805,026
  • about 1.5 times the rate in California: 27.3% 10,640,017

2.4% ±0.8% (1,229  ±440) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 2.4% 37,934 (±0.2% / ±2,784)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in California: 4.1% 1,242,882 (±0.1% / ±19,495)
1,229 Total veterans ±440 1,229 Male ±440 N/A Female ±221

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