Belmont vs East Palo Alto

A side-by-side comparison of Belmont and East Palo Alto: population, income, housing, and more.

Belmont and East Palo Alto are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

East Palo Alto has the higher population (29,143 vs 27,505 in Belmont). Belmont has the higher median household income ($207,609 vs $104,832 in East Palo Alto). Belmont has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $1,124,000 in East Palo Alto).

Population, income & housing

	Belmont	East Palo Alto
Population	27,505	29,143
Median age	40.4 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$207,609	$104,832
Median home value	$2,000,001	$1,124,000
Median gross rent	$2,894	$2,209
Housing units	11,227	9,248
Homeownership rate	56.0%	47.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.9%	25.8%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belmont	East Palo Alto
Population	27,097 → 27,505 (+1.5%)	29,593 → 29,143 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$156,052 → $207,609 (+33.0%)	$67,087 → $104,832 (+56.3%)
Median home value	$1,527,500 → $2,000,001 (+30.9%)	$821,200 → $1,124,000 (+36.9%)
Median gross rent	$2,342 → $2,894 (+23.6%)	$1,766 → $2,209 (+25.1%)

Belmont

Population

27,09727,505

Median household income

$156,052$207,609

Median home value

$1,527,500$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$2,342$2,894

East Palo Alto

Population

29,59329,143

Median household income

$67,087$104,832

Median home value

$821,200$1,124,000

Median gross rent

$1,766$2,209

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belmont	East Palo Alto
Under 5	5.1%	5.7%
5 to 17	18.3%	17.1%
18 to 24	5.1%	9.7%
25 to 34	13.2%	18.0%
35 to 44	16.4%	14.5%
45 to 54	15.4%	11.4%
55 to 64	12.6%	14.1%
65 to 74	7.5%	5.4%
75 and over	6.4%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belmont	East Palo Alto
White (non-Hispanic)	46.2%	12.4%
Black or African American	1.5%	11.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	29.4%	5.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.0%	4.5%
Some other race	1.2%	1.3%
Two or more races	6.5%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	14.0%	62.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belmont	East Palo Alto
No high school diploma	4.0%	23.8%
High school graduate	7.9%	23.1%
Some college or associate's	19.2%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	35.1%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	33.9%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belmont	East Palo Alto
Drove alone	54.6%	66.1%
Carpooled	5.9%	11.3%
Public transit	4.4%	2.0%
Walked	2.4%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.5%	1.4%
Worked from home	31.0%	14.3%
Other means	1.1%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belmont	East Palo Alto
1-unit, detached	53.7%	57.7%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	16.3%	10.2%
20 or more units	21.8%	23.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Belmont	East Palo Alto
Poverty rate	6.5%	9.7%
Average household size	2.54	3.49
Mean commute (minutes)	29	25
Median year structure built	1966	1963