Martinez vs San Pablo

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

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

Martinez has the higher population (36,926 vs 31,771 in San Pablo). Martinez has the higher median household income ($125,436 vs $78,215 in San Pablo). Martinez has the higher median home value ($824,700 vs $516,000 in San Pablo).

Population, income & housing

	Martinez	San Pablo
Population	36,926	31,771
Median age	42.3 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$125,436	$78,215
Median home value	$824,700	$516,000
Median gross rent	$2,265	$1,890
Housing units	15,057	10,194
Homeownership rate	70.1%	42.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.5%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Martinez	San Pablo
Population	38,290 → 36,926 (-3.6%)	30,967 → 31,771 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$107,328 → $125,436 (+16.9%)	$53,198 → $78,215 (+47.0%)
Median home value	$596,400 → $824,700 (+38.3%)	$355,000 → $516,000 (+45.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,728 → $2,265 (+31.1%)	$1,416 → $1,890 (+33.5%)

Martinez

Population

38,29036,926

Median household income

$107,328$125,436

Median home value

$596,400$824,700

Median gross rent

$1,728$2,265

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)

	Martinez	San Pablo
Under 5	7.0%	5.0%
5 to 17	13.2%	20.6%
18 to 24	7.0%	11.0%
25 to 34	11.8%	14.4%
35 to 44	15.2%	15.9%
45 to 54	12.5%	12.0%
55 to 64	15.7%	9.9%
65 to 74	10.6%	6.8%
75 and over	7.0%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Martinez	San Pablo
White (non-Hispanic)	59.0%	8.7%
Black or African American	2.4%	10.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	10.2%	12.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	1.9%
Two or more races	8.5%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	19.4%	60.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Martinez	San Pablo
No high school diploma	4.6%	25.8%
High school graduate	16.4%	31.4%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	31.2%	11.4%
Graduate or professional degree	14.3%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Martinez	San Pablo
Drove alone	65.1%	68.2%
Carpooled	7.5%	13.1%
Public transit	3.4%	6.0%
Walked	2.8%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.4%
Worked from home	19.5%	7.3%
Other means	1.3%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Martinez	San Pablo
1-unit, detached	63.0%	43.3%
1-unit, attached	16.5%	13.8%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	12.1%
20 or more units	5.6%	13.9%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Martinez	San Pablo
Poverty rate	6.7%	12.0%
Average household size	2.47	3.16
Mean commute (minutes)	30	33
Median year structure built	1976	1969