Emeryville vs San Lorenzo

A side-by-side comparison of Emeryville and San Lorenzo: population, income, housing, and more.

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

San Lorenzo has the higher population (29,453 vs 12,756 in Emeryville). Emeryville has the higher median household income ($120,302 vs $110,495 in San Lorenzo). San Lorenzo has the higher median home value ($833,800 vs $598,300 in Emeryville).

Population, income & housing

	Emeryville	San Lorenzo
Population	12,756	29,453
Median age	35.5 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$120,302	$110,495
Median home value	$598,300	$833,800
Median gross rent	$2,833	$2,193
Housing units	8,447	8,926
Homeownership rate	30.4%	66.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	74.9%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Emeryville	San Lorenzo
Population	11,899 → 12,756 (+7.2%)	25,569 → 29,453 (+15.2%)
Median household income	$102,725 → $120,302 (+17.1%)	$97,286 → $110,495 (+13.6%)
Median home value	$489,400 → $598,300 (+22.3%)	$586,400 → $833,800 (+42.2%)
Median gross rent	$2,380 → $2,833 (+19.0%)	$1,848 → $2,193 (+18.7%)

Emeryville

Population

11,89912,756

Median household income

$102,725$120,302

Median home value

$489,400$598,300

Median gross rent

$2,380$2,833

San Lorenzo

Population

25,56929,453

Median household income

$97,286$110,495

Median home value

$586,400$833,800

Median gross rent

$1,848$2,193

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Emeryville	San Lorenzo
Under 5	3.2%	5.8%
5 to 17	4.3%	14.7%
18 to 24	7.6%	7.3%
25 to 34	33.4%	14.1%
35 to 44	20.2%	14.5%
45 to 54	9.9%	13.5%
55 to 64	9.3%	14.1%
65 to 74	7.3%	10.4%
75 and over	4.7%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Emeryville	San Lorenzo
White (non-Hispanic)	35.4%	19.7%
Black or African American	17.3%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	29.6%	29.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	1.3%
Some other race	2.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.8%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	41.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Emeryville	San Lorenzo
No high school diploma	2.2%	17.7%
High school graduate	5.7%	24.9%
Some college or associate's	17.2%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	40.2%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	34.7%	5.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Emeryville	San Lorenzo
Drove alone	38.1%	71.6%
Carpooled	5.7%	12.8%
Public transit	11.5%	3.9%
Walked	6.3%	1.2%
Bicycle	2.6%	0.5%
Worked from home	34.8%	8.4%
Other means	0.9%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Emeryville	San Lorenzo
1-unit, detached	6.4%	77.9%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	6.0%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	6.1%
20 or more units	71.3%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Emeryville	San Lorenzo
Poverty rate	9.6%	5.6%
Average household size	1.67	3.36
Mean commute (minutes)	31	32
Median year structure built	1987	1955