Emeryville vs Sunol

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

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

Emeryville has the higher population (12,756 vs 931 in Sunol). Sunol has the higher median household income ($182,250 vs $120,302 in Emeryville). Sunol has the higher median home value ($1,514,900 vs $598,300 in Emeryville).

Population, income & housing

	Emeryville	Sunol
Population	12,756	931
Median age	35.5 yrs	51.4 yrs
Median household income	$120,302	$182,250
Median home value	$598,300	$1,514,900
Median gross rent	$2,833	$3,501
Housing units	8,447	347
Homeownership rate	30.4%	79.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	74.9%	48.3%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Emeryville	Sunol
Population	11,899 → 12,756 (+7.2%)	850 → 931 (+9.5%)
Median household income	$102,725 → $120,302 (+17.1%)	$129,231 → $182,250 (+41.0%)
Median home value	$489,400 → $598,300 (+22.3%)	$1,197,000 → $1,514,900 (+26.6%)
Median gross rent	$2,380 → $2,833 (+19.0%)	$1,606 → $3,501 (+118.0%)

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

Sunol

Population

850931

Median household income

$129,231$182,250

Median home value

$1,197,000$1,514,900

Median gross rent

$1,606$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Emeryville	Sunol
Under 5	3.2%	5.2%
5 to 17	4.3%	14.3%
18 to 24	7.6%	2.6%
25 to 34	33.4%	8.1%
35 to 44	20.2%	14.9%
45 to 54	9.9%	10.8%
55 to 64	9.3%	20.0%
65 to 74	7.3%	16.9%
75 and over	4.7%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Emeryville	Sunol
White (non-Hispanic)	35.4%	66.9%
Black or African American	17.3%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	29.6%	9.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	2.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	7.9%
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	14.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Emeryville	Sunol
No high school diploma	2.2%	4.8%
High school graduate	5.7%	20.7%
Some college or associate's	17.2%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	40.2%	25.2%
Graduate or professional degree	34.7%	23.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Emeryville	Sunol
Drove alone	38.1%	72.8%
Carpooled	5.7%	5.0%
Public transit	11.5%	0.7%
Walked	6.3%	0.7%
Bicycle	2.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	34.8%	20.8%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Emeryville	Sunol
1-unit, detached	6.4%	97.1%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	71.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Emeryville	Sunol
Poverty rate	9.6%	6.9%
Average household size	1.67	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	31	36
Median year structure built	1987	1961