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Walnut Creek, CA

69,151 Population
19.8 square miles 3,499.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.4 ±2.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 40.7 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in California: 38.2 ±0.1

Economics

$79,092 ±$6,096 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
$134,770 ±$25,458 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: $127,792 ±$2,754
  • about 1.4 times the amount in California: $95,521 ±$611

6.5% ±2.3% (4,464  ±1,575) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 9.3% 416,535 (±0.4% / ±15,644)
  • about half the rate in California: 12% 4,588,687 (±0.2% / ±71,646)

32.6 minutes ±1 (754,060  ±45,871) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about the same as the figure in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 31.8 57,883,796 (±0.2 / ±418,261)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in California: 29 449,199,070 (±0 / ±1,016,968)

Families

32,550 ±1,350 Number of households
  • the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 1,763,465 ±7,328
  • California: 13,699,816 ±20,966
2.1 ±0.1 (68,136  ±26) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 2.5 4,464,649 (±0 / ±3,726)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in California: 2.8 38,073,200

2.1% ±1.7% (341  ±274) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 4.7% 50,977 (±0.4% / ±4,211)
  • about half the rate in California: 4.8% 450,412 (±0.1% / ±12,915)

Housing

34,339 ±1,513 Number of housing units
  • the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 1,897,192 ±1,508
  • California: 14,762,527 ±428

$964,800 ±$64,867 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: $1,105,100 ±$13,634
  • about 1.3 times the amount in California: $725,800 ±$2,850

15.3% ±4.3% (10,541  ±2,936.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 11.6% 524,151 (±0.4% / ±19,896.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in California: 10.5% 4,056,831 (±0.2% / ±59,611.4)

Social

97.8% ±5.6% (53,450  ±3,807) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 89.5% 3,008,293 (±0.8% / ±27,776.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in California: 84.8% 22,875,415 (±0.3% / ±78,978.8)
69.7% ±4.8% (38,114  ±3,080.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 53.1% 1,783,239 (±0.6% / ±20,131.3)
  • nearly double 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

27.3% ±4.2% (18,906  ±2,916) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 32.8% 1,499,160
  • about the same as the rate in California: 27.3% 10,640,017

5.4% ±1.3% (3,171  ±792) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA Metro Area: 3% 111,896 (±0.1% / ±4,893)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in California: 4.1% 1,242,882 (±0.1% / ±19,495)
3,171 Total veterans ±792 2,961 Male ±780 210 Female ±274

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