Contra Costa Centre vs Kensington

A side-by-side comparison of Contra Costa Centre and Kensington: population, income, housing, and more.

Contra Costa Centre and Kensington are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Contra Costa Centre has the higher population (7,127 vs 5,292 in Kensington). Kensington has the higher median household income ($209,137 vs $127,910 in Contra Costa Centre). Kensington has the higher median home value ($1,412,500 vs $724,500 in Contra Costa Centre).

Population, income & housing

	Contra Costa Centre	Kensington
Population	7,127	5,292
Median age	33.3 yrs	46.0 yrs
Median household income	$127,910	$209,137
Median home value	$724,500	$1,412,500
Median gross rent	$2,621	$3,501
Housing units	3,744	2,258
Homeownership rate	16.7%	85.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	71.5%	81.4%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	8.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Contra Costa Centre	Kensington
Population	6,558 → 7,127 (+8.7%)	5,329 → 5,292 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$97,684 → $127,910 (+30.9%)	$146,563 → $209,137 (+42.7%)
Median home value	$666,100 → $724,500 (+8.8%)	$944,000 → $1,412,500 (+49.6%)
Median gross rent	$2,223 → $2,621 (+17.9%)	$2,763 → $3,501 (+26.7%)

Contra Costa Centre

Population

6,5587,127

Median household income

$97,684$127,910

Median home value

$666,100$724,500

Median gross rent

$2,223$2,621

Kensington

Population

5,3295,292

Median household income

$146,563$209,137

Median home value

$944,000$1,412,500

Median gross rent

$2,763$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Contra Costa Centre	Kensington
Under 5	3.6%	5.5%
5 to 17	8.7%	15.1%
18 to 24	10.6%	3.9%
25 to 34	32.6%	9.2%
35 to 44	16.9%	15.4%
45 to 54	8.9%	12.7%
55 to 64	11.7%	14.8%
65 to 74	4.7%	14.3%
75 and over	2.2%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Contra Costa Centre	Kensington
White (non-Hispanic)	43.9%	68.7%
Black or African American	6.0%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	26.0%	11.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.7%	10.4%
Hispanic or Latino	18.3%	6.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Contra Costa Centre	Kensington
No high school diploma	3.9%	0.8%
High school graduate	6.2%	3.6%
Some college or associate's	18.4%	14.1%
Bachelor's degree	43.8%	32.4%
Graduate or professional degree	27.7%	49.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Contra Costa Centre	Kensington
Drove alone	43.1%	29.7%
Carpooled	6.1%	5.5%
Public transit	21.5%	9.0%
Walked	2.6%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.4%	2.1%
Worked from home	23.0%	49.1%
Other means	3.3%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Contra Costa Centre	Kensington
1-unit, detached	7.3%	94.2%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	18.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	65.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Contra Costa Centre	Kensington
Poverty rate	9.8%	4.6%
Average household size	1.97	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	36	37
Median year structure built	1991	1946