Acalanes Ridge vs North Gate

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

Acalanes Ridge and North Gate 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 719 in North Gate). North Gate has the higher median household income ($204,024 vs $172,667 in Acalanes Ridge). North Gate has the higher median home value ($1,732,100 vs $1,574,600 in Acalanes Ridge).

Population, income & housing

	Acalanes Ridge	North Gate
Population	1,025	719
Median age	53.0 yrs	54.7 yrs
Median household income	$172,667	$204,024
Median home value	$1,574,600	$1,732,100
Median gross rent	$3,501	—
Housing units	422	255
Homeownership rate	72.5%	87.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	73.9%	85.6%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Acalanes Ridge	North Gate
Population	1,134 → 1,025 (-9.6%)	685 → 719 (+5.0%)
Median household income	$161,806 → $172,667 (+6.7%)	$231,053 → $204,024 (-11.7%)
Median home value	$1,071,200 → $1,574,600 (+47.0%)	$1,180,600 → $1,732,100 (+46.7%)
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

North Gate

Population

685719

Median household income

$231,053$204,024

Median home value

$1,180,600$1,732,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Acalanes Ridge	North Gate
Under 5	3.3%	1.3%
5 to 17	1.4%	17.0%
18 to 24	6.6%	3.3%
25 to 34	6.6%	1.3%
35 to 44	20.9%	10.0%
45 to 54	13.7%	20.0%
55 to 64	14.3%	9.0%
65 to 74	20.6%	26.3%
75 and over	12.6%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Acalanes Ridge	North Gate
White (non-Hispanic)	74.8%	85.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	14.7%	6.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	8.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Acalanes Ridge	North Gate
No high school diploma	1.1%	0.0%
High school graduate	7.6%	3.0%
Some college or associate's	17.4%	11.3%
Bachelor's degree	30.9%	48.0%
Graduate or professional degree	43.0%	37.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Acalanes Ridge	North Gate
Drove alone	54.4%	51.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	4.7%	0.0%
Walked	9.8%	27.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	30.3%	20.8%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Acalanes Ridge	North Gate
1-unit, detached	100.0%	64.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	35.7%
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	North Gate
Poverty rate	4.5%	5.0%
Average household size	2.43	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1959	1985