Burlingame vs Menlo Park

A side-by-side comparison of Burlingame and Menlo Park: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Menlo Park has the higher population (32,775 vs 30,526 in Burlingame). Menlo Park has the higher median household income ($206,588 vs $168,832 in Burlingame). Both have a median home value of $2,000,001.

Population, income & housing

	Burlingame	Menlo Park
Population	30,526	32,775
Median age	41.5 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$168,832	$206,588
Median home value	$2,000,001	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$2,643	$3,156
Housing units	13,675	13,136
Homeownership rate	50.5%	55.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.2%	72.7%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burlingame	Menlo Park
Population	30,576 → 30,526 (-0.2%)	34,138 → 32,775 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$128,447 → $168,832 (+31.4%)	$160,784 → $206,588 (+28.5%)
Median home value	$1,901,900 → $2,000,001 (+5.2%)	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,210 → $2,643 (+19.6%)	$2,341 → $3,156 (+34.8%)

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

Menlo Park

Population

34,13832,775

Median household income

$160,784$206,588

Median home value

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

Median gross rent

$2,341$3,156

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burlingame	Menlo Park
Under 5	5.9%	6.8%
5 to 17	16.3%	15.4%
18 to 24	4.7%	8.6%
25 to 34	13.0%	14.5%
35 to 44	16.0%	15.5%
45 to 54	16.3%	12.6%
55 to 64	12.3%	11.6%
65 to 74	7.8%	8.2%
75 and over	7.7%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burlingame	Menlo Park
White (non-Hispanic)	51.9%	52.4%
Black or African American	1.0%	3.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	28.0%	18.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.4%
Some other race	1.1%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.0%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	13.7%	19.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burlingame	Menlo Park
No high school diploma	5.0%	6.2%
High school graduate	9.8%	8.0%
Some college or associate's	21.0%	13.1%
Bachelor's degree	32.8%	26.6%
Graduate or professional degree	31.4%	46.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burlingame	Menlo Park
Drove alone	55.5%	49.4%
Carpooled	4.7%	7.2%
Public transit	9.2%	3.0%
Walked	3.8%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.6%	7.8%
Worked from home	24.1%	29.3%
Other means	2.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burlingame	Menlo Park
1-unit, detached	48.7%	53.8%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	8.0%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	21.3%	12.5%
20 or more units	21.1%	16.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Burlingame	Menlo Park
Poverty rate	6.1%	5.1%
Average household size	2.42	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	31	24
Median year structure built	1957	1962