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Portola Valley, CA

4,329 Population
9.1 square miles 476.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

58 ±7.6 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 40 ±0.1
  • about 1.5 times the figure in California: 37.6 ±0.1

Economics

$192,605 ±$27,972 Per capita income
  • more than double the amount in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: $72,306 ±$484
  • more than double the amount in California: $47,977 ±$163
$250,001 Median household income
  • nearly double the amount in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: $133,780 ±$1,056
  • more than double the amount in California: $96,334 ±$298

5.3% ±4.8% (228  ±205) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 8.7% 399,787 (±0.2% / ±7,868)
  • about half the rate in California: 12% 4,610,600 (±0.1% / ±37,676)

27.5 minutes ±16.6 (18,810  ±5,970) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 31.8 57,883,796 (±0.2 / ±418,261)
  • a little less than the figure in California: 29 449,199,070 (±0 / ±1,016,968)

Families

1,730 ±171 Number of households
  • the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 1,735,054 ±3,798
  • California: 13,434,847 ±19,805
2.5 ±0.3 (4,284  ±23) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 2.6 4,562,473 (±0 / ±908)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 2.9 38,375,888

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,840 ±191 Number of housing units
  • the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 1,866,271 ±448
  • California: 14,532,683 ±1,118

$2,000,001 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: $1,113,800 ±$4,329
  • more than double the amount in California: $695,400 ±$1,030

3.7% ±2.9% (160  ±,124.7) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 12.3% 568,363 (±0.2% / ±8,957.6)
  • about one-third of the rate in California: 11.2% 4,339,762 (±0.1% / ±29,112.5)

Social

98.6% ±11.9% (3,273  ±,467.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 89.5% 3,045,481 (±0.4% / ±13,030.6)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in California: 84.6% 22,792,052 (±0.2% / ±42,908.7)
82.8% ±10.3% (2,748  ±,401.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 52.4% 1,782,104 (±0.3% / ±9,369.9)
  • more than double the rate in California: 36.5% 9,834,361 (±0.1% / ±27,165.3)

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

14.1% ±4.7% (611  ±204) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 31.6% 1,468,822
  • about half the rate in California: 26.7% 10,479,526

4.4% ±3.5% (155  ±123) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 3.4% 126,988 (±0.1% / ±2,635)
  • about the same as the rate in California: 4.5% 1,355,918 (±0% / ±10,743)
155 Total veterans ±123 155 Male ±123 N/A Female ±14

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