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Palo Alto, CA

67,973 Population
24.1 square miles 2,820.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.6 ±1 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 37.2 ±0.1
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in California: 36.7 ±0.1

Economics

$97,307 ±$3,813 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: $58,508 ±$498
  • more than double the amount in California: $38,576 ±$120
$174,003 ±$12,192 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: $129,343 ±$1,198
  • more than double the amount in California: $78,672 ±$270

5.5% ±0.9% (3,732  ±572) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 7.2% 141,480 (±0.3% / ±5,217)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in California: 12.6% 4,853,434 (±0.1% / ±39,919)

24.6 minutes ±0.7 (671,670  ±34,575) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 29.4 26,639,130 (±0.2 / ±216,938)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 29.8 498,276,585 (±0.1 / ±1,174,085)

Families

26,150 ±563 Number of households
  • the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 653,703 ±1,814
  • California: 13,103,114 ±18,542
2.6 ±0.1 (67,430  ±137) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 3 1,949,448 (±0 / ±1,338)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 2.9 38,521,288

3.6% ±1.1% (533  ±163) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 4.6% 22,236 (±0.2% / ±1,187)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in California: 4.8% 463,780 (±0.1% / ±5,839)

Housing

28,309 ±640 Number of housing units
  • the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 688,111 ±522
  • California: 14,210,945 ±1,339

$2,000,001 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: $1,041,800 ±$6,427
  • more than double the amount in California: $538,500 ±$1,127

15.5% ±1.6% (10,434  ±1,097.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 14.4% 282,115 (±0.3% / ±6,260.3)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in California: 12.4% 4,842,940 (±0.1% / ±30,091.1)

Social

97.5% ±2.7% (47,325  ±1,535.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 88.5% 1,222,484 (±0.6% / ±7,854.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in California: 83.9% 22,378,605 (±0.2% / ±40,789.5)
82.7% ±2.5% (40,164  ±1,381.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 52.5% 724,975 (±0.4% / ±5,807.2)
  • 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

34% ±1.7% (23,098  ±1,134) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 39.1% 775,944 (±0.3% / ±6,293)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in California: 26.6% 10,463,818 (±0.1% / ±35,653)

3.1% ±0.5% (1,607  ±267) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 3.3% 50,213 (±0.1% / ±1,495)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in California: 5% 1,525,746 (±0% / ±9,062)
1,607 Total veterans ±267 1,374 Male ±254 233 Female ±142

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