Burlingame vs Pacifica

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

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

Pacifica has the higher population (37,527 vs 30,526 in Burlingame). Burlingame has the higher median household income ($168,832 vs $156,819 in Pacifica). Burlingame has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $1,211,700 in Pacifica).

Population, income & housing

	Burlingame	Pacifica
Population	30,526	37,527
Median age	41.5 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$168,832	$156,819
Median home value	$2,000,001	$1,211,700
Median gross rent	$2,643	$3,080
Housing units	13,675	14,596
Homeownership rate	50.5%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.2%	48.5%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burlingame	Pacifica
Population	30,576 → 30,526 (-0.2%)	38,984 → 37,527 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$128,447 → $168,832 (+31.4%)	$125,500 → $156,819 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$1,901,900 → $2,000,001 (+5.2%)	$882,800 → $1,211,700 (+37.3%)
Median gross rent	$2,210 → $2,643 (+19.6%)	$2,414 → $3,080 (+27.6%)

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

Pacifica

Population

38,98437,527

Median household income

$125,500$156,819

Median home value

$882,800$1,211,700

Median gross rent

$2,414$3,080

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burlingame	Pacifica
Under 5	5.9%	4.8%
5 to 17	16.3%	13.5%
18 to 24	4.7%	6.0%
25 to 34	13.0%	12.2%
35 to 44	16.0%	14.2%
45 to 54	16.3%	14.8%
55 to 64	12.3%	14.1%
65 to 74	7.8%	12.7%
75 and over	7.7%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burlingame	Pacifica
White (non-Hispanic)	51.9%	48.5%
Black or African American	1.0%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	28.0%	20.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	1.5%
Some other race	1.1%	0.8%
Two or more races	4.0%	7.5%
Hispanic or Latino	13.7%	19.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burlingame	Pacifica
No high school diploma	5.0%	4.5%
High school graduate	9.8%	16.0%
Some college or associate's	21.0%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	32.8%	30.5%
Graduate or professional degree	31.4%	18.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burlingame	Pacifica
Drove alone	55.5%	63.8%
Carpooled	4.7%	7.0%
Public transit	9.2%	5.1%
Walked	3.8%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.2%
Worked from home	24.1%	21.2%
Other means	2.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burlingame	Pacifica
1-unit, detached	48.7%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	21.3%	7.7%
20 or more units	21.1%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Burlingame	Pacifica
Poverty rate	6.1%	6.2%
Average household size	2.42	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	31	28
Median year structure built	1957	1966