Belmont vs Millbrae

A side-by-side comparison of Belmont and Millbrae: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Belmont has the higher population (27,505 vs 22,589 in Millbrae). Belmont has the higher median household income ($207,609 vs $157,567 in Millbrae). Belmont has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $1,929,700 in Millbrae).

Population, income & housing

	Belmont	Millbrae
Population	27,505	22,589
Median age	40.4 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$207,609	$157,567
Median home value	$2,000,001	$1,929,700
Median gross rent	$2,894	$3,401
Housing units	11,227	8,566
Homeownership rate	56.0%	63.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.9%	50.5%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belmont	Millbrae
Population	27,097 → 27,505 (+1.5%)	22,625 → 22,589 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$156,052 → $207,609 (+33.0%)	$128,494 → $157,567 (+22.6%)
Median home value	$1,527,500 → $2,000,001 (+30.9%)	$1,403,100 → $1,929,700 (+37.5%)
Median gross rent	$2,342 → $2,894 (+23.6%)	$2,508 → $3,401 (+35.6%)

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

Millbrae

Population

22,62522,589

Median household income

$128,494$157,567

Median home value

$1,403,100$1,929,700

Median gross rent

$2,508$3,401

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belmont	Millbrae
Under 5	5.1%	5.6%
5 to 17	18.3%	12.9%
18 to 24	5.1%	6.2%
25 to 34	13.2%	11.9%
35 to 44	16.4%	13.0%
45 to 54	15.4%	14.4%
55 to 64	12.6%	15.0%
65 to 74	7.5%	10.7%
75 and over	6.4%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belmont	Millbrae
White (non-Hispanic)	46.2%	31.9%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	29.4%	48.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.0%	1.3%
Some other race	1.2%	1.4%
Two or more races	6.5%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	14.0%	12.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belmont	Millbrae
No high school diploma	4.0%	6.8%
High school graduate	7.9%	17.3%
Some college or associate's	19.2%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	35.1%	29.4%
Graduate or professional degree	33.9%	21.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belmont	Millbrae
Drove alone	54.6%	57.9%
Carpooled	5.9%	9.5%
Public transit	4.4%	9.1%
Walked	2.4%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.6%
Worked from home	31.0%	19.9%
Other means	1.1%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belmont	Millbrae
1-unit, detached	53.7%	63.7%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	16.3%	10.9%
20 or more units	21.8%	17.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Belmont	Millbrae
Poverty rate	6.5%	6.1%
Average household size	2.54	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	29	29
Median year structure built	1966	1960