Daly City vs San Mateo

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

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

San Mateo has the higher population (103,555 vs 102,560 in Daly City). San Mateo has the higher median household income ($152,669 vs $119,570 in Daly City). San Mateo has the higher median home value ($1,563,200 vs $1,092,700 in Daly City).

Population, income & housing

	Daly City	San Mateo
Population	102,560	103,555
Median age	41.7 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$119,570	$152,669
Median home value	$1,092,700	$1,563,200
Median gross rent	$2,523	$3,079
Housing units	35,414	42,431
Homeownership rate	60.5%	50.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.0%	57.6%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Daly City	San Mateo
Population	106,677 → 102,560 (-3.9%)	104,333 → 103,555 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$94,550 → $119,570 (+26.5%)	$124,842 → $152,669 (+22.3%)
Median home value	$783,400 → $1,092,700 (+39.5%)	$1,098,400 → $1,563,200 (+42.3%)
Median gross rent	$2,220 → $2,523 (+13.6%)	$2,475 → $3,079 (+24.4%)

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 Mateo

Population

104,333103,555

Median household income

$124,842$152,669

Median home value

$1,098,400$1,563,200

Median gross rent

$2,475$3,079

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Daly City	San Mateo
Under 5	3.8%	6.0%
5 to 17	11.4%	13.7%
18 to 24	9.3%	7.2%
25 to 34	15.9%	17.2%
35 to 44	13.8%	15.1%
45 to 54	12.5%	12.8%
55 to 64	13.2%	11.7%
65 to 74	12.0%	8.6%
75 and over	8.1%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Daly City	San Mateo
White (non-Hispanic)	12.0%	36.7%
Black or African American	2.6%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	58.3%	26.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.0%	1.6%
Some other race	1.1%	1.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	21.4%	26.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Daly City	San Mateo
No high school diploma	11.5%	9.8%
High school graduate	21.9%	12.2%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	20.4%
Bachelor's degree	29.2%	31.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	26.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Daly City	San Mateo
Drove alone	55.0%	58.5%
Carpooled	12.4%	6.9%
Public transit	14.1%	6.1%
Walked	2.7%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.7%
Worked from home	12.8%	22.3%
Other means	2.7%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Daly City	San Mateo
1-unit, detached	48.6%	41.2%
1-unit, attached	13.7%	9.8%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	15.8%
20 or more units	16.1%	26.1%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Daly City	San Mateo
Poverty rate	7.3%	7.9%
Average household size	3.15	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	29	27
Median year structure built	1965	1964