Atherton vs El Granada

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

Atherton and El Granada 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 5,231 in El Granada). Atherton has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $226,384 in El Granada). Atherton has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $1,425,800 in El Granada).

Population, income & housing

	Atherton	El Granada
Population	7,021	5,231
Median age	49.0 yrs	49.7 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$226,384
Median home value	$2,000,001	$1,425,800
Median gross rent	$3,501	$2,034
Housing units	2,673	2,140
Homeownership rate	87.4%	87.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	85.9%	56.8%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atherton	El Granada
Population	7,168 → 7,021 (-2.1%)	6,102 → 5,231 (-14.3%)
Median household income	$250,001 → $250,001 (+0.0%)	$158,939 → $226,384 (+42.4%)
Median home value	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)	$1,122,200 → $1,425,800 (+27.1%)
Median gross rent	$3,501 → $3,501 (+0.0%)	$2,202 → $2,034 (-7.6%)

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

El Granada

Population

6,1025,231

Median household income

$158,939$226,384

Median home value

$1,122,200$1,425,800

Median gross rent

$2,202$2,034

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atherton	El Granada
Under 5	2.0%	2.8%
5 to 17	16.5%	13.3%
18 to 24	14.8%	6.0%
25 to 34	7.2%	9.8%
35 to 44	5.5%	13.4%
45 to 54	14.7%	13.3%
55 to 64	13.8%	21.1%
65 to 74	12.8%	13.8%
75 and over	12.8%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atherton	El Granada
White (non-Hispanic)	63.7%	84.9%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	18.6%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	11.7%	10.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atherton	El Granada
No high school diploma	1.0%	6.0%
High school graduate	4.7%	13.1%
Some college or associate's	8.4%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	30.5%	30.2%
Graduate or professional degree	55.5%	26.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atherton	El Granada
Drove alone	47.2%	61.9%
Carpooled	6.8%	2.5%
Public transit	1.7%	3.5%
Walked	2.8%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	39.6%	29.3%
Other means	1.2%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atherton	El Granada
1-unit, detached	98.0%	93.1%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Atherton	El Granada
Poverty rate	3.3%	4.2%
Average household size	2.81	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	24	36
Median year structure built	1960	1980