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Palo Alto, CA

66,666 Population
24.1 square miles 2,771.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.1 ±2.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 38.1 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in California: 37.6 ±0.1

Economics

$99,560 ±$11,510 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: $68,421 ±$919
  • more than double the amount in California: $42,396 ±$233
$195,781 ±$31,219 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: $139,892 ±$3,162
  • more than double the amount in California: $84,907 ±$542

7.2% ±5.3% (4,732  ±3,512) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 6.9% 132,426 (±0.5% / ±9,227)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in California: 12.3% 4,733,036 (±0.2% / ±68,101)

24.4 minutes ±1.2 (616,510  ±41,733) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2021 5-year data
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 28.8 24,580,584 (±0.1 / ±201,422)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 29.6 478,871,000 (±0.1 / ±1,246,675)

Families

24,501 ±1,572 Number of households
  • the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 670,900 ±3,567
  • California: 13,429,063 ±19,170
2.7 ±0.2 (65,961  ±316) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 2.9 1,917,927 (±0 / ±2,546)
  • a little less than the figure in California: 2.9 38,422,140

2.3% ±2% (331  ±282) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 4.3% † 20,207 (±0.6% / ±2,693)
  • about half the rate in California: 4.9% 458,334 (±0.1% / ±13,293)

Housing

27,757 ±1,942 Number of housing units
  • the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 714,244 ±882
  • California: 14,512,149 ±1,218

$2,000,001 Median value of owner-occupied housing units * ACS 2021 5-year data
  • nearly double the amount in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: $1,113,700 ±$6,167
  • more than double the amount in California: $573,200 ±$1,125

16.8% ±4.5% (11,113  ±2,978.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 14.6% 283,054 (±0.7% / ±12,993.4)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in California: 11.3% 4,371,473 (±0.1% / ±54,643.1)

Social

95.5% ±4.9% (43,272  ±3,147.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 89.3% 1,228,436 (±1.3% / ±17,338.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 84.5% 22,724,990 (±0.3% / ±77,239)
80.7% ±4.4% (36,555  ±2,742.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 54% 742,942 (±0.9% / ±12,751.6)
  • more than double the rate in California: 36.2% 9,737,817 (±0.2% / ±46,277.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

35.9% ±2.7% (23,945  ±1,782) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 39.6% 773,319 (±0.6% / ±12,293)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in California: 26.6% 10,451,810 (±0.1% / ±54,396)

2.6% ±1.1% (1,314  ±557) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA Metro Area: 3.1% 46,925 (±0.2% / ±2,885)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in California: 4.4% 1,342,337 (±0.1% / ±18,280)
1,314 Total veterans ±557 1,192 Male ±506 122 Female ±155

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