Palos Verdes Estates vs San Marino

A side-by-side comparison of Palos Verdes Estates and San Marino: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Palos Verdes Estates has the higher population (13,047 vs 12,279 in San Marino). Palos Verdes Estates has the higher median household income ($247,500 vs $187,633 in San Marino). Both have a median home value of $2,000,001.

Population, income & housing

	Palos Verdes Estates	San Marino
Population	13,047	12,279
Median age	52.9 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$247,500	$187,633
Median home value	$2,000,001	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$3,331	$3,501
Housing units	5,383	4,363
Homeownership rate	90.2%	82.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	78.5%	80.2%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Palos Verdes Estates	San Marino
Population	13,434 → 13,047 (-2.9%)	13,194 → 12,279 (-6.9%)
Median household income	$194,543 → $247,500 (+27.2%)	$166,607 → $187,633 (+12.6%)
Median home value	$2,000,000 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,683 → $3,331 (+24.2%)	$3,293 → $3,501 (+6.3%)

Palos Verdes Estates

Population

13,43413,047

Median household income

$194,543$247,500

Median home value

$2,000,000$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$2,683$3,331

San Marino

Population

13,19412,279

Median household income

$166,607$187,633

Median home value

$2,000,001$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$3,293$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Palos Verdes Estates	San Marino
Under 5	3.9%	4.6%
5 to 17	19.5%	19.0%
18 to 24	4.1%	4.4%
25 to 34	4.0%	10.9%
35 to 44	7.1%	10.6%
45 to 54	15.1%	14.4%
55 to 64	18.8%	13.8%
65 to 74	12.9%	13.2%
75 and over	14.6%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Palos Verdes Estates	San Marino
White (non-Hispanic)	62.0%	20.0%
Black or African American	3.5%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	24.4%	68.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.8%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Palos Verdes Estates	San Marino
No high school diploma	2.3%	3.6%
High school graduate	5.1%	4.1%
Some college or associate's	14.1%	12.0%
Bachelor's degree	39.1%	37.6%
Graduate or professional degree	39.3%	42.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Palos Verdes Estates	San Marino
Drove alone	72.7%	57.5%
Carpooled	1.5%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	5.0%
Walked	0.4%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	24.8%	25.1%
Other means	0.4%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Palos Verdes Estates	San Marino
1-unit, detached	94.3%	97.2%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Palos Verdes Estates	San Marino
Poverty rate	2.6%	5.8%
Average household size	2.59	3.20
Mean commute (minutes)	32	28
Median year structure built	1963	1943