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Half Moon Bay, CA Urban Area

20,867 Population
8.3 square miles 2,503.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

47.9 ±2.8 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$82,725 ±$8,218 Per capita income
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$161,282 ±$19,567 Median household income
  • about double the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

5.1% ±1.6% (1,041  ±334) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

31.9 minutes ±5.1 (256,745  ±28,635) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

7,656 ±420 Number of households
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.7 ±0.1 (20,694  ±1,292) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

4.1% ±2.4% (171  ±102) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

8,324 ±495 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$1,385,200 ±$59,371 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

6.9% ±1.6% (1,430  ±341.6) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

90.4% ±4% (13,502  ±984.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
54.2% ±3.8% (8,100  ±735.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

19.2% ±2.5% (3,998  ±582) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

4.8% ±1.2% (809  ±208) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
809 Total veterans ±208 669 Male ±200 140 Female ±93

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