Broadmoor vs Portola Valley

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

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

Broadmoor has the higher population (4,467 vs 4,329 in Portola Valley). Portola Valley has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $161,572 in Broadmoor). Portola Valley has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $1,206,800 in Broadmoor).

Population, income & housing

	Broadmoor	Portola Valley
Population	4,467	4,329
Median age	41.5 yrs	58.0 yrs
Median household income	$161,572	$250,001
Median home value	$1,206,800	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$3,501	$3,501
Housing units	1,439	1,840
Homeownership rate	68.3%	83.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.7%	82.8%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Broadmoor	Portola Valley
Population	5,170 → 4,467 (-13.6%)	4,592 → 4,329 (-5.7%)
Median household income	$94,160 → $161,572 (+71.6%)	$224,554 → $250,001 (+11.3%)
Median home value	$804,600 → $1,206,800 (+50.0%)	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,986 → $3,501 (+76.3%)	$2,986 → $3,501 (+17.2%)

Broadmoor

Population

5,1704,467

Median household income

$94,160$161,572

Median home value

$804,600$1,206,800

Median gross rent

$1,986$3,501

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)

	Broadmoor	Portola Valley
Under 5	6.0%	5.6%
5 to 17	15.6%	12.8%
18 to 24	4.2%	4.9%
25 to 34	15.1%	3.0%
35 to 44	17.6%	8.3%
45 to 54	10.7%	10.6%
55 to 64	14.4%	12.2%
65 to 74	7.3%	19.7%
75 and over	9.1%	22.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Broadmoor	Portola Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	23.9%	75.5%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	51.1%	9.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	3.5%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	20.3%	9.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Broadmoor	Portola Valley
No high school diploma	5.5%	1.4%
High school graduate	19.8%	1.5%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	14.3%
Bachelor's degree	31.8%	31.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	51.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Broadmoor	Portola Valley
Drove alone	59.1%	39.5%
Carpooled	11.1%	0.0%
Public transit	6.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	5.9%
Worked from home	21.8%	51.1%
Other means	0.7%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Broadmoor	Portola Valley
1-unit, detached	86.9%	83.4%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	13.2%
20 or more units	9.2%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Broadmoor	Portola Valley
Poverty rate	2.0%	5.3%
Average household size	3.19	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1952	1970