Berkeley vs San Leandro

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

Berkeley and San Leandro 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 88,531 in San Leandro). Berkeley has the higher median household income ($108,558 vs $98,063 in San Leandro). Berkeley has the higher median home value ($1,351,100 vs $813,600 in San Leandro).

Population, income & housing

	Berkeley	San Leandro
Population	120,223	88,531
Median age	32.9 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$108,558	$98,063
Median home value	$1,351,100	$813,600
Median gross rent	$2,127	$2,115
Housing units	52,112	32,285
Homeownership rate	43.3%	58.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	75.1%	33.7%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berkeley	San Leandro
Population	121,485 → 120,223 (-1.0%)	90,025 → 88,531 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$85,530 → $108,558 (+26.9%)	$78,003 → $98,063 (+25.7%)
Median home value	$1,004,900 → $1,351,100 (+34.5%)	$590,800 → $813,600 (+37.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,722 → $2,127 (+23.5%)	$1,652 → $2,115 (+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

San Leandro

Population

90,02588,531

Median household income

$78,003$98,063

Median home value

$590,800$813,600

Median gross rent

$1,652$2,115

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Berkeley	San Leandro
Under 5	3.0%	4.2%
5 to 17	9.1%	13.6%
18 to 24	24.3%	7.5%
25 to 34	16.4%	14.6%
35 to 44	10.9%	13.9%
45 to 54	10.0%	14.3%
55 to 64	9.6%	13.6%
65 to 74	10.1%	10.5%
75 and over	6.4%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berkeley	San Leandro
White (non-Hispanic)	51.7%	20.1%
Black or African American	7.1%	9.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	20.6%	35.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	1.3%
Some other race	0.9%	0.6%
Two or more races	7.3%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	12.1%	28.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berkeley	San Leandro
No high school diploma	3.9%	16.3%
High school graduate	6.6%	21.8%
Some college or associate's	14.4%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	33.4%	23.3%
Graduate or professional degree	41.6%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berkeley	San Leandro
Drove alone	27.4%	61.8%
Carpooled	3.8%	11.6%
Public transit	15.8%	10.4%
Walked	13.5%	1.5%
Bicycle	4.8%	0.2%
Worked from home	32.5%	12.8%
Other means	2.3%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berkeley	San Leandro
1-unit, detached	40.4%	57.7%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	8.5%
2 to 4 units	18.0%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	18.7%	6.8%
20 or more units	19.1%	18.7%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Berkeley	San Leandro
Poverty rate	16.8%	8.6%
Average household size	2.30	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	30	32
Median year structure built	1946	1959