Brisbane vs Portola Valley

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

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

Brisbane has the higher population (4,718 vs 4,329 in Portola Valley). Portola Valley has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $151,593 in Brisbane). Portola Valley has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $1,127,200 in Brisbane).

Population, income & housing

	Brisbane	Portola Valley
Population	4,718	4,329
Median age	44.2 yrs	58.0 yrs
Median household income	$151,593	$250,001
Median home value	$1,127,200	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$2,634	$3,501
Housing units	2,101	1,840
Homeownership rate	60.5%	83.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.6%	82.8%
Unemployment rate	9.1%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brisbane	Portola Valley
Population	4,697 → 4,718 (+0.4%)	4,592 → 4,329 (-5.7%)
Median household income	$112,016 → $151,593 (+35.3%)	$224,554 → $250,001 (+11.3%)
Median home value	$889,200 → $1,127,200 (+26.8%)	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,919 → $2,634 (+37.3%)	$2,986 → $3,501 (+17.2%)

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

Portola Valley

Population

4,5924,329

Median household income

$224,554$250,001

Median home value

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

Median gross rent

$2,986$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brisbane	Portola Valley
Under 5	6.2%	5.6%
5 to 17	14.1%	12.8%
18 to 24	8.0%	4.9%
25 to 34	7.1%	3.0%
35 to 44	15.9%	8.3%
45 to 54	17.0%	10.6%
55 to 64	16.2%	12.2%
65 to 74	9.6%	19.7%
75 and over	5.9%	22.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brisbane	Portola Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	41.3%	75.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	32.3%	9.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.9%
Two or more races	2.7%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	22.7%	9.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brisbane	Portola Valley
No high school diploma	14.2%	1.4%
High school graduate	15.1%	1.5%
Some college or associate's	20.1%	14.3%
Bachelor's degree	26.5%	31.1%
Graduate or professional degree	24.1%	51.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brisbane	Portola Valley
Drove alone	49.4%	39.5%
Carpooled	17.4%	0.0%
Public transit	6.6%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.6%	5.9%
Worked from home	24.4%	51.1%
Other means	1.5%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brisbane	Portola Valley
1-unit, detached	48.0%	83.4%
1-unit, attached	10.9%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	25.0%	13.2%
20 or more units	4.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brisbane	Portola Valley
Poverty rate	7.3%	5.3%
Average household size	2.52	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	30	28
Median year structure built	1967	1970