Atherton vs Brisbane

A side-by-side comparison of Atherton and Brisbane: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Atherton has the higher population (7,021 vs 4,718 in Brisbane). Atherton has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $151,593 in Brisbane). Atherton has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $1,127,200 in Brisbane).

Population, income & housing

	Atherton	Brisbane
Population	7,021	4,718
Median age	49.0 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$151,593
Median home value	$2,000,001	$1,127,200
Median gross rent	$3,501	$2,634
Housing units	2,673	2,101
Homeownership rate	87.4%	60.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	85.9%	50.6%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atherton	Brisbane
Population	7,168 → 7,021 (-2.1%)	4,697 → 4,718 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$250,001 → $250,001 (+0.0%)	$112,016 → $151,593 (+35.3%)
Median home value	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)	$889,200 → $1,127,200 (+26.8%)
Median gross rent	$3,501 → $3,501 (+0.0%)	$1,919 → $2,634 (+37.3%)

Atherton

Population

7,1687,021

Median household income

$250,001$250,001

Median home value

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

Median gross rent

$3,501$3,501

Brisbane

Population

4,6974,718

Median household income

$112,016$151,593

Median home value

$889,200$1,127,200

Median gross rent

$1,919$2,634

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atherton	Brisbane
Under 5	2.0%	6.2%
5 to 17	16.5%	14.1%
18 to 24	14.8%	8.0%
25 to 34	7.2%	7.1%
35 to 44	5.5%	15.9%
45 to 54	14.7%	17.0%
55 to 64	13.8%	16.2%
65 to 74	12.8%	9.6%
75 and over	12.8%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atherton	Brisbane
White (non-Hispanic)	63.7%	41.3%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	18.6%	32.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.0%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	11.7%	22.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atherton	Brisbane
No high school diploma	1.0%	14.2%
High school graduate	4.7%	15.1%
Some college or associate's	8.4%	20.1%
Bachelor's degree	30.5%	26.5%
Graduate or professional degree	55.5%	24.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atherton	Brisbane
Drove alone	47.2%	49.4%
Carpooled	6.8%	17.4%
Public transit	1.7%	6.6%
Walked	2.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.6%
Worked from home	39.6%	24.4%
Other means	1.2%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atherton	Brisbane
1-unit, detached	98.0%	48.0%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	10.9%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	25.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.5%

Poverty & households

	Atherton	Brisbane
Poverty rate	3.3%	7.3%
Average household size	2.81	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1960	1967