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Portola Valley, CA

4,397 Population
9.1 square miles 484.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

57.8 ±4.5 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 39.7 ±0.1
  • about 1.5 times the figure in California: 37.3 ±0.1

Economics

$180,793 ±$32,687 Per capita income
  • more than double the amount in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: $68,958 ±$398
  • more than double the amount in California: $45,591 ±$149
$250,001 Median household income
  • nearly double the amount in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: $129,315 ±$1,072
  • more than double the amount in California: $91,905 ±$277

4.4% ±4.4% (193  ±193) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 8.6% 398,893 (±0.2% / ±8,582)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in California: 12.1% 4,685,272 (±0.1% / ±38,720)

27.9 minutes ±16.4 (20,330  ±6,139) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 32.6 62,037,888 (±0.2 / ±428,810)
  • a little less than the figure in California: 29.2 463,270,940 (±0.1 / ±1,077,551)

Families

1,692 ±168 Number of households
  • the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 1,723,229 ±3,627
  • California: 13,315,822 ±16,341
2.6 ±0.3 (4,350  ±30) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 2.7 4,603,917 (±0 / ±416)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 2.9 38,493,080

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

Housing

1,807 ±195 Number of housing units
  • the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 1,851,003 ±751
  • California: 14,424,442 ±2,741

$2,000,001 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: $1,073,300 ±$4,696
  • more than double the amount in California: $659,300 ±$1,011

8.5% ±5.6% (375  ±,247.9) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 12.6% 586,917 (±0.2% / ±9,437.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in California: 11.6% 4,529,708 (±0.1% / ±25,480.9)

Social

99.2% ±12.1% (3,302  ±,449.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 89.7% 3,069,694 (±0.4% / ±12,773.7)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in California: 84.4% 22,656,988 (±0.2% / ±42,808.6)
82.2% ±10.7% (2,735  ±,390.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 52.1% 1,781,443 (±0.3% / ±8,979.6)
  • more than double the rate in California: 35.9% 9,626,973 (±0.1% / ±27,977.4)

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

13.2% ±4.4% (581  ±194) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 30.9% 1,450,820
  • about half the rate in California: 26.5% 10,442,880

5.1% ±3.1% (183  ±112) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 3.6% 136,062 (±0.1% / ±3,027)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 4.7% 1,415,562 (±0% / ±11,195)
183 Total veterans ±112 183 Male ±112 N/A Female ±13

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