Acalanes Ridge vs Norris Canyon

A side-by-side comparison of Acalanes Ridge and Norris Canyon: population, income, housing, and more.

Acalanes Ridge and Norris Canyon are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Acalanes Ridge has the higher population (1,025 vs 846 in Norris Canyon). Norris Canyon has the higher median household income ($237,813 vs $172,667 in Acalanes Ridge). Norris Canyon has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $1,574,600 in Acalanes Ridge).

Population, income & housing

	Acalanes Ridge	Norris Canyon
Population	1,025	846
Median age	53.0 yrs	48.7 yrs
Median household income	$172,667	$237,813
Median home value	$1,574,600	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$3,501	—
Housing units	422	323
Homeownership rate	72.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	73.9%	70.4%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Acalanes Ridge	Norris Canyon
Population	1,134 → 1,025 (-9.6%)	897 → 846 (-5.7%)
Median household income	$161,806 → $172,667 (+6.7%)	$250,001 → $237,813 (-4.9%)
Median home value	$1,071,200 → $1,574,600 (+47.0%)	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$3,501 → $3,501 (+0.0%)	—

Acalanes Ridge

Population

1,1341,025

Median household income

$161,806$172,667

Median home value

$1,071,200$1,574,600

Median gross rent

$3,501$3,501

Norris Canyon

Population

897846

Median household income

$250,001$237,813

Median home value

$2,000,001$2,000,001

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Acalanes Ridge	Norris Canyon
Under 5	3.3%	2.4%
5 to 17	1.4%	18.4%
18 to 24	6.6%	5.3%
25 to 34	6.6%	4.1%
35 to 44	20.9%	16.1%
45 to 54	13.7%	15.4%
55 to 64	14.3%	20.7%
65 to 74	20.6%	12.1%
75 and over	12.6%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Acalanes Ridge	Norris Canyon
White (non-Hispanic)	74.8%	9.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	14.7%	84.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Acalanes Ridge	Norris Canyon
No high school diploma	1.1%	4.0%
High school graduate	7.6%	16.0%
Some college or associate's	17.4%	9.6%
Bachelor's degree	30.9%	36.0%
Graduate or professional degree	43.0%	34.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Acalanes Ridge	Norris Canyon
Drove alone	54.4%	45.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	22.2%
Public transit	4.7%	0.0%
Walked	9.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	30.3%	31.9%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Acalanes Ridge	Norris Canyon
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Acalanes Ridge	Norris Canyon
Poverty rate	4.5%	3.0%
Average household size	2.43	3.50
Mean commute (minutes)	26	40
Median year structure built	1959	2005