Daly City vs Pacifica

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

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

Daly City has the higher population (102,560 vs 37,527 in Pacifica). Pacifica has the higher median household income ($156,819 vs $119,570 in Daly City). Pacifica has the higher median home value ($1,211,700 vs $1,092,700 in Daly City).

Population, income & housing

	Daly City	Pacifica
Population	102,560	37,527
Median age	41.7 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$119,570	$156,819
Median home value	$1,092,700	$1,211,700
Median gross rent	$2,523	$3,080
Housing units	35,414	14,596
Homeownership rate	60.5%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.0%	48.5%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Daly City	Pacifica
Population	106,677 → 102,560 (-3.9%)	38,984 → 37,527 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$94,550 → $119,570 (+26.5%)	$125,500 → $156,819 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$783,400 → $1,092,700 (+39.5%)	$882,800 → $1,211,700 (+37.3%)
Median gross rent	$2,220 → $2,523 (+13.6%)	$2,414 → $3,080 (+27.6%)

Daly City

Population

106,677102,560

Median household income

$94,550$119,570

Median home value

$783,400$1,092,700

Median gross rent

$2,220$2,523

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)

	Daly City	Pacifica
Under 5	3.8%	4.8%
5 to 17	11.4%	13.5%
18 to 24	9.3%	6.0%
25 to 34	15.9%	12.2%
35 to 44	13.8%	14.2%
45 to 54	12.5%	14.8%
55 to 64	13.2%	14.1%
65 to 74	12.0%	12.7%
75 and over	8.1%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Daly City	Pacifica
White (non-Hispanic)	12.0%	48.5%
Black or African American	2.6%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	58.3%	20.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.0%	1.5%
Some other race	1.1%	0.8%
Two or more races	3.3%	7.5%
Hispanic or Latino	21.4%	19.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Daly City	Pacifica
No high school diploma	11.5%	4.5%
High school graduate	21.9%	16.0%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	29.2%	30.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	18.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Daly City	Pacifica
Drove alone	55.0%	63.8%
Carpooled	12.4%	7.0%
Public transit	14.1%	5.1%
Walked	2.7%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	12.8%	21.2%
Other means	2.7%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Daly City	Pacifica
1-unit, detached	48.6%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	13.7%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	7.7%
20 or more units	16.1%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Daly City	Pacifica
Poverty rate	7.3%	6.2%
Average household size	3.15	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	29	28
Median year structure built	1965	1966