Danville vs San Pablo

A side-by-side comparison of Danville and San Pablo: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Danville has the higher population (43,426 vs 31,771 in San Pablo). Danville has the higher median household income ($223,206 vs $78,215 in San Pablo). Danville has the higher median home value ($1,583,300 vs $516,000 in San Pablo).

Population, income & housing

	Danville	San Pablo
Population	43,426	31,771
Median age	45.6 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$223,206	$78,215
Median home value	$1,583,300	$516,000
Median gross rent	$3,501	$1,890
Housing units	15,909	10,194
Homeownership rate	85.8%	42.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	72.5%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Danville	San Pablo
Population	44,605 → 43,426 (-2.6%)	30,967 → 31,771 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$160,808 → $223,206 (+38.8%)	$53,198 → $78,215 (+47.0%)
Median home value	$1,091,900 → $1,583,300 (+45.0%)	$355,000 → $516,000 (+45.4%)
Median gross rent	$2,489 → $3,501 (+40.7%)	$1,416 → $1,890 (+33.5%)

Danville

Population

44,60543,426

Median household income

$160,808$223,206

Median home value

$1,091,900$1,583,300

Median gross rent

$2,489$3,501

San Pablo

Population

30,96731,771

Median household income

$53,198$78,215

Median home value

$355,000$516,000

Median gross rent

$1,416$1,890

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Danville	San Pablo
Under 5	4.5%	5.0%
5 to 17	20.6%	20.6%
18 to 24	6.4%	11.0%
25 to 34	5.7%	14.4%
35 to 44	12.2%	15.9%
45 to 54	16.4%	12.0%
55 to 64	15.1%	9.9%
65 to 74	10.7%	6.8%
75 and over	8.5%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Danville	San Pablo
White (non-Hispanic)	65.2%	8.7%
Black or African American	0.7%	10.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	19.7%	12.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	1.9%
Two or more races	5.6%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	60.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Danville	San Pablo
No high school diploma	1.9%	25.8%
High school graduate	6.8%	31.4%
Some college or associate's	18.7%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	43.1%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	29.4%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Danville	San Pablo
Drove alone	54.9%	68.2%
Carpooled	5.3%	13.1%
Public transit	3.3%	6.0%
Walked	2.9%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.4%
Worked from home	32.6%	7.3%
Other means	0.8%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Danville	San Pablo
1-unit, detached	76.8%	43.3%
1-unit, attached	15.8%	13.8%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	12.1%
20 or more units	2.9%	13.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Danville	San Pablo
Poverty rate	3.6%	12.0%
Average household size	2.77	3.16
Mean commute (minutes)	32	33
Median year structure built	1979	1969