Burlingame vs East Palo Alto

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

Burlingame 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.

Burlingame has the higher population (30,526 vs 29,143 in East Palo Alto). Burlingame has the higher median household income ($168,832 vs $104,832 in East Palo Alto). Burlingame has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $1,124,000 in East Palo Alto).

Population, income & housing

	Burlingame	East Palo Alto
Population	30,526	29,143
Median age	41.5 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$168,832	$104,832
Median home value	$2,000,001	$1,124,000
Median gross rent	$2,643	$2,209
Housing units	13,675	9,248
Homeownership rate	50.5%	47.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.2%	25.8%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burlingame	East Palo Alto
Population	30,576 → 30,526 (-0.2%)	29,593 → 29,143 (-1.5%)
Median household income	$128,447 → $168,832 (+31.4%)	$67,087 → $104,832 (+56.3%)
Median home value	$1,901,900 → $2,000,001 (+5.2%)	$821,200 → $1,124,000 (+36.9%)
Median gross rent	$2,210 → $2,643 (+19.6%)	$1,766 → $2,209 (+25.1%)

Burlingame

Population

30,57630,526

Median household income

$128,447$168,832

Median home value

$1,901,900$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$2,210$2,643

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)

	Burlingame	East Palo Alto
Under 5	5.9%	5.7%
5 to 17	16.3%	17.1%
18 to 24	4.7%	9.7%
25 to 34	13.0%	18.0%
35 to 44	16.0%	14.5%
45 to 54	16.3%	11.4%
55 to 64	12.3%	14.1%
65 to 74	7.8%	5.4%
75 and over	7.7%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burlingame	East Palo Alto
White (non-Hispanic)	51.9%	12.4%
Black or African American	1.0%	11.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	28.0%	5.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	4.5%
Some other race	1.1%	1.3%
Two or more races	4.0%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	13.7%	62.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burlingame	East Palo Alto
No high school diploma	5.0%	23.8%
High school graduate	9.8%	23.1%
Some college or associate's	21.0%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	32.8%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	31.4%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burlingame	East Palo Alto
Drove alone	55.5%	66.1%
Carpooled	4.7%	11.3%
Public transit	9.2%	2.0%
Walked	3.8%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.6%	1.4%
Worked from home	24.1%	14.3%
Other means	2.0%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burlingame	East Palo Alto
1-unit, detached	48.7%	57.7%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	21.3%	10.2%
20 or more units	21.1%	23.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Burlingame	East Palo Alto
Poverty rate	6.1%	9.7%
Average household size	2.42	3.49
Mean commute (minutes)	31	25
Median year structure built	1957	1963