Daly City vs Redwood City

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

Daly City and Redwood City 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 82,423 in Redwood City). Redwood City has the higher median household income ($150,840 vs $119,570 in Daly City). Redwood City has the higher median home value ($1,838,800 vs $1,092,700 in Daly City).

Population, income & housing

	Daly City	Redwood City
Population	102,560	82,423
Median age	41.7 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$119,570	$150,840
Median home value	$1,092,700	$1,838,800
Median gross rent	$2,523	$2,959
Housing units	35,414	32,334
Homeownership rate	60.5%	47.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.0%	54.4%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Daly City	Redwood City
Population	106,677 → 102,560 (-3.9%)	85,784 → 82,423 (-3.9%)
Median household income	$94,550 → $119,570 (+26.5%)	$117,123 → $150,840 (+28.8%)
Median home value	$783,400 → $1,092,700 (+39.5%)	$1,251,000 → $1,838,800 (+47.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,220 → $2,523 (+13.6%)	$2,355 → $2,959 (+25.6%)

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

Redwood City

Population

85,78482,423

Median household income

$117,123$150,840

Median home value

$1,251,000$1,838,800

Median gross rent

$2,355$2,959

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Daly City	Redwood City
Under 5	3.8%	5.4%
5 to 17	11.4%	16.3%
18 to 24	9.3%	6.6%
25 to 34	15.9%	17.6%
35 to 44	13.8%	15.2%
45 to 54	12.5%	14.0%
55 to 64	13.2%	11.4%
65 to 74	12.0%	8.0%
75 and over	8.1%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Daly City	Redwood City
White (non-Hispanic)	12.0%	38.2%
Black or African American	2.6%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	58.3%	17.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.0%	0.9%
Some other race	1.1%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.3%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	21.4%	35.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Daly City	Redwood City
No high school diploma	11.5%	12.1%
High school graduate	21.9%	15.1%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	18.4%
Bachelor's degree	29.2%	27.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	26.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Daly City	Redwood City
Drove alone	55.0%	58.2%
Carpooled	12.4%	9.1%
Public transit	14.1%	4.0%
Walked	2.7%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.2%	1.0%
Worked from home	12.8%	24.0%
Other means	2.7%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Daly City	Redwood City
1-unit, detached	48.6%	43.9%
1-unit, attached	13.7%	12.9%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	16.4%
20 or more units	16.1%	18.2%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Daly City	Redwood City
Poverty rate	7.3%	6.6%
Average household size	3.15	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	29	25
Median year structure built	1965	1968