Berkeley vs Livermore

A side-by-side comparison of Berkeley and Livermore: population, income, housing, and more.

Berkeley and Livermore are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Berkeley has the higher population (120,223 vs 85,870 in Livermore). Livermore has the higher median household income ($153,602 vs $108,558 in Berkeley). Berkeley has the higher median home value ($1,351,100 vs $1,038,600 in Livermore).

Population, income & housing

	Berkeley	Livermore
Population	120,223	85,870
Median age	32.9 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$108,558	$153,602
Median home value	$1,351,100	$1,038,600
Median gross rent	$2,127	$2,640
Housing units	52,112	31,874
Homeownership rate	43.3%	72.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	75.1%	50.6%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berkeley	Livermore
Population	121,485 → 120,223 (-1.0%)	89,699 → 85,870 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$85,530 → $108,558 (+26.9%)	$127,452 → $153,602 (+20.5%)
Median home value	$1,004,900 → $1,351,100 (+34.5%)	$744,200 → $1,038,600 (+39.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,722 → $2,127 (+23.5%)	$2,063 → $2,640 (+28.0%)

Berkeley

Population

121,485120,223

Median household income

$85,530$108,558

Median home value

$1,004,900$1,351,100

Median gross rent

$1,722$2,127

Livermore

Population

89,69985,870

Median household income

$127,452$153,602

Median home value

$744,200$1,038,600

Median gross rent

$2,063$2,640

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Berkeley	Livermore
Under 5	3.0%	6.2%
5 to 17	9.1%	16.7%
18 to 24	24.3%	6.3%
25 to 34	16.4%	12.6%
35 to 44	10.9%	14.3%
45 to 54	10.0%	15.1%
55 to 64	9.6%	14.0%
65 to 74	10.1%	8.6%
75 and over	6.4%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berkeley	Livermore
White (non-Hispanic)	51.7%	53.2%
Black or African American	7.1%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	20.6%	16.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.4%
Some other race	0.9%	0.2%
Two or more races	7.3%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	12.1%	23.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berkeley	Livermore
No high school diploma	3.9%	5.9%
High school graduate	6.6%	14.5%
Some college or associate's	14.4%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	33.4%	30.7%
Graduate or professional degree	41.6%	19.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berkeley	Livermore
Drove alone	27.4%	64.7%
Carpooled	3.8%	9.2%
Public transit	15.8%	2.4%
Walked	13.5%	0.8%
Bicycle	4.8%	1.0%
Worked from home	32.5%	20.7%
Other means	2.3%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berkeley	Livermore
1-unit, detached	40.4%	70.0%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	11.2%
2 to 4 units	18.0%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	18.7%	6.4%
20 or more units	19.1%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Berkeley	Livermore
Poverty rate	16.8%	4.4%
Average household size	2.30	2.76
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1946	1978