Contra Costa Centre vs Saranap

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

Contra Costa Centre and Saranap 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 5,693 in Saranap). Saranap has the higher median household income ($152,821 vs $127,910 in Contra Costa Centre). Saranap has the higher median home value ($1,391,300 vs $724,500 in Contra Costa Centre).

Population, income & housing

	Contra Costa Centre	Saranap
Population	7,127	5,693
Median age	33.3 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$127,910	$152,821
Median home value	$724,500	$1,391,300
Median gross rent	$2,621	$2,644
Housing units	3,744	2,412
Homeownership rate	16.7%	65.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	71.5%	72.7%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Contra Costa Centre	Saranap
Population	6,558 → 7,127 (+8.7%)	6,231 → 5,693 (-8.6%)
Median household income	$97,684 → $127,910 (+30.9%)	$129,567 → $152,821 (+17.9%)
Median home value	$666,100 → $724,500 (+8.8%)	$925,000 → $1,391,300 (+50.4%)
Median gross rent	$2,223 → $2,621 (+17.9%)	$2,164 → $2,644 (+22.2%)

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

Saranap

Population

6,2315,693

Median household income

$129,567$152,821

Median home value

$925,000$1,391,300

Median gross rent

$2,164$2,644

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Contra Costa Centre	Saranap
Under 5	3.6%	6.0%
5 to 17	8.7%	18.9%
18 to 24	10.6%	5.7%
25 to 34	32.6%	8.3%
35 to 44	16.9%	14.6%
45 to 54	8.9%	21.6%
55 to 64	11.7%	7.7%
65 to 74	4.7%	9.4%
75 and over	2.2%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Contra Costa Centre	Saranap
White (non-Hispanic)	43.9%	63.8%
Black or African American	6.0%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	26.0%	11.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.0%	2.9%
Two or more races	3.7%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	18.3%	15.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Contra Costa Centre	Saranap
No high school diploma	3.9%	2.6%
High school graduate	6.2%	7.0%
Some college or associate's	18.4%	17.8%
Bachelor's degree	43.8%	38.1%
Graduate or professional degree	27.7%	34.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Contra Costa Centre	Saranap
Drove alone	43.1%	53.8%
Carpooled	6.1%	7.3%
Public transit	21.5%	5.3%
Walked	2.6%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.0%	29.9%
Other means	3.3%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Contra Costa Centre	Saranap
1-unit, detached	7.3%	64.8%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	18.3%	9.9%
20 or more units	65.5%	22.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Contra Costa Centre	Saranap
Poverty rate	9.8%	2.9%
Average household size	1.97	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	36	29
Median year structure built	1991	1957