Atherton vs Emerald Lake Hills

A side-by-side comparison of Atherton and Emerald Lake Hills: population, income, housing, and more.

Atherton and Emerald Lake Hills 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 4,396 in Emerald Lake Hills). Both have a median household income of $250,001. Both have a median home value of $2,000,001.

Population, income & housing

	Atherton	Emerald Lake Hills
Population	7,021	4,396
Median age	49.0 yrs	45.8 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$250,001
Median home value	$2,000,001	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$3,501	$3,501
Housing units	2,673	1,634
Homeownership rate	87.4%	92.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	85.9%	75.6%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atherton	Emerald Lake Hills
Population	7,168 → 7,021 (-2.1%)	4,721 → 4,396 (-6.9%)
Median household income	$250,001 → $250,001 (+0.0%)	$229,167 → $250,001 (+9.1%)
Median home value	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)	$1,989,200 → $2,000,001 (+0.5%)
Median gross rent	$3,501 → $3,501 (+0.0%)	$3,182 → $3,501 (+10.0%)

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

Emerald Lake Hills

Population

4,7214,396

Median household income

$229,167$250,001

Median home value

$1,989,200$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$3,182$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atherton	Emerald Lake Hills
Under 5	2.0%	6.1%
5 to 17	16.5%	16.7%
18 to 24	14.8%	3.3%
25 to 34	7.2%	9.2%
35 to 44	5.5%	13.4%
45 to 54	14.7%	15.2%
55 to 64	13.8%	16.5%
65 to 74	12.8%	14.5%
75 and over	12.8%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atherton	Emerald Lake Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	63.7%	70.6%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	18.6%	9.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	11.7%	12.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atherton	Emerald Lake Hills
No high school diploma	1.0%	0.4%
High school graduate	4.7%	6.5%
Some college or associate's	8.4%	17.5%
Bachelor's degree	30.5%	33.6%
Graduate or professional degree	55.5%	42.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atherton	Emerald Lake Hills
Drove alone	47.2%	50.3%
Carpooled	6.8%	2.1%
Public transit	1.7%	1.7%
Walked	2.8%	4.4%
Bicycle	0.6%	1.1%
Worked from home	39.6%	37.6%
Other means	1.2%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atherton	Emerald Lake Hills
1-unit, detached	98.0%	99.4%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Atherton	Emerald Lake Hills
Poverty rate	3.3%	1.1%
Average household size	2.81	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	24	26
Median year structure built	1960	1983