Daly City vs San Bruno

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

Daly City and San Bruno 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 42,612 in San Bruno). San Bruno has the higher median household income ($135,976 vs $119,570 in Daly City). San Bruno has the higher median home value ($1,199,400 vs $1,092,700 in Daly City).

Population, income & housing

	Daly City	San Bruno
Population	102,560	42,612
Median age	41.7 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$119,570	$135,976
Median home value	$1,092,700	$1,199,400
Median gross rent	$2,523	$2,696
Housing units	35,414	16,736
Homeownership rate	60.5%	61.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.0%	43.8%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Daly City	San Bruno
Population	106,677 → 102,560 (-3.9%)	43,083 → 42,612 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$94,550 → $119,570 (+26.5%)	$109,387 → $135,976 (+24.3%)
Median home value	$783,400 → $1,092,700 (+39.5%)	$908,300 → $1,199,400 (+32.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,220 → $2,523 (+13.6%)	$2,372 → $2,696 (+13.7%)

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

San Bruno

Population

43,08342,612

Median household income

$109,387$135,976

Median home value

$908,300$1,199,400

Median gross rent

$2,372$2,696

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Daly City	San Bruno
Under 5	3.8%	4.7%
5 to 17	11.4%	12.7%
18 to 24	9.3%	7.5%
25 to 34	15.9%	15.5%
35 to 44	13.8%	15.6%
45 to 54	12.5%	12.8%
55 to 64	13.2%	13.7%
65 to 74	12.0%	10.7%
75 and over	8.1%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Daly City	San Bruno
White (non-Hispanic)	12.0%	28.5%
Black or African American	2.6%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	58.3%	31.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.0%	2.6%
Some other race	1.1%	0.9%
Two or more races	3.3%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	21.4%	29.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Daly City	San Bruno
No high school diploma	11.5%	9.3%
High school graduate	21.9%	21.2%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	29.2%	29.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	13.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Daly City	San Bruno
Drove alone	55.0%	61.0%
Carpooled	12.4%	9.6%
Public transit	14.1%	6.6%
Walked	2.7%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	1.3%
Worked from home	12.8%	16.8%
Other means	2.7%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Daly City	San Bruno
1-unit, detached	48.6%	57.4%
1-unit, attached	13.7%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	11.5%
20 or more units	16.1%	18.2%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Daly City	San Bruno
Poverty rate	7.3%	5.1%
Average household size	3.15	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	29	25
Median year structure built	1965	1961