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San Mateo, CA

101,328 Population
12.1 square miles 8,350.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40 ±2.1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 40.7 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in California: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$79,334 ±$6,416 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: $71,496 ±$943
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in California: $48,013 ±$250
$152,913 ±$8,454 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: $127,792 ±$2,754
  • about 1.5 times the amount in California: $95,521 ±$611

8.2% ±2.1% (8,271  ±2,114) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 9.3% 416,535 (±0.4% / ±15,644)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in California: 12% 4,588,687 (±0.2% / ±71,646)

26.1 minutes ±1.2 (1,213,500  ±96,490) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 31.7 59,174,408 (±0.3 / ±838,261)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 29.2 465,548,030 (±0.1 / ±2,732,201)

Families

39,795 ±1,982 Number of households
  • the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 1,763,465 ±7,328
  • California: 13,699,816 ±20,966
2.5 ±0.1 (99,588  ±102) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 2.5 4,464,649 (±0 / ±3,726)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in California: 2.8 38,073,200

3.5% ±1.6% (914  ±426) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 4.7% 50,977 (±0.4% / ±4,211)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in California: 4.8% 450,412 (±0.1% / ±12,915)

Housing

41,717 ±2,054 Number of housing units
  • the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 1,897,192 ±1,508
  • California: 14,762,527 ±428

$1,562,300 ±$64,463 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: $1,105,100 ±$13,634
  • more than double the amount in California: $725,800 ±$2,850

13% ±2.8% (13,076  ±2,786.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 11.6% 524,151 (±0.4% / ±19,896.5)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in California: 10.5% 4,056,831 (±0.2% / ±59,611.4)

Social

88.3% ±4.7% (66,892  ±4,174.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 89.5% 3,008,293 (±0.8% / ±27,776.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in California: 84.8% 22,875,415 (±0.3% / ±78,978.8)
58.3% ±3.9% (44,160  ±3,330.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 53.1% 1,783,239 (±0.6% / ±20,131.3)
  • about 1.5 times 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

35.7% ±3.6% (36,218  ±3,632) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 32.8% 1,499,160
  • about 1.3 times the rate in California: 27.3% 10,640,017

1.9% ±0.6% (1,633  ±466) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 3% 111,896 (±0.1% / ±4,893)
  • about half the rate in California: 4.1% 1,242,882 (±0.1% / ±19,495)
1,633 Total veterans ±466 1,532 Male ±430 101 Female ±127

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