Kensington vs Pacheco

A side-by-side comparison of Kensington and Pacheco: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kensington has the higher population (5,292 vs 4,657 in Pacheco). Kensington has the higher median household income ($209,137 vs $100,152 in Pacheco). Kensington has the higher median home value ($1,412,500 vs $283,600 in Pacheco).

Population, income & housing

	Kensington	Pacheco
Population	5,292	4,657
Median age	46.0 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$209,137	$100,152
Median home value	$1,412,500	$283,600
Median gross rent	$3,501	$1,984
Housing units	2,258	1,784
Homeownership rate	85.3%	76.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	81.4%	22.0%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kensington	Pacheco
Population	5,329 → 5,292 (-0.7%)	4,361 → 4,657 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$146,563 → $209,137 (+42.7%)	$72,383 → $100,152 (+38.4%)
Median home value	$944,000 → $1,412,500 (+49.6%)	$165,300 → $283,600 (+71.6%)
Median gross rent	$2,763 → $3,501 (+26.7%)	$1,709 → $1,984 (+16.1%)

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

Pacheco

Population

4,3614,657

Median household income

$72,383$100,152

Median home value

$165,300$283,600

Median gross rent

$1,709$1,984

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kensington	Pacheco
Under 5	5.5%	4.1%
5 to 17	15.1%	12.6%
18 to 24	3.9%	7.7%
25 to 34	9.2%	13.2%
35 to 44	15.4%	17.0%
45 to 54	12.7%	15.2%
55 to 64	14.8%	10.4%
65 to 74	14.3%	12.5%
75 and over	9.1%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kensington	Pacheco
White (non-Hispanic)	68.7%	49.9%
Black or African American	2.7%	6.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.5%
Asian	11.1%	18.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.4%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	17.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kensington	Pacheco
No high school diploma	0.8%	16.4%
High school graduate	3.6%	27.3%
Some college or associate's	14.1%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	32.4%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	49.0%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kensington	Pacheco
Drove alone	29.7%	66.9%
Carpooled	5.5%	16.0%
Public transit	9.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	2.5%
Bicycle	2.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	49.1%	11.7%
Other means	2.1%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kensington	Pacheco
1-unit, detached	94.2%	43.6%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	46.4%

Poverty & households

	Kensington	Pacheco
Poverty rate	4.6%	10.4%
Average household size	2.48	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	37	30
Median year structure built	1946	1977