Daly City vs South San Francisco

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

Daly City and South San Francisco 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 64,487 in South San Francisco). South San Francisco has the higher median household income ($135,909 vs $119,570 in Daly City). South San Francisco has the higher median home value ($1,160,100 vs $1,092,700 in Daly City).

Population, income & housing

	Daly City	South San Francisco
Population	102,560	64,487
Median age	41.7 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$119,570	$135,909
Median home value	$1,092,700	$1,160,100
Median gross rent	$2,523	$2,833
Housing units	35,414	23,194
Homeownership rate	60.5%	60.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.0%	40.1%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Daly City	South San Francisco
Population	106,677 → 102,560 (-3.9%)	67,408 → 64,487 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$94,550 → $119,570 (+26.5%)	$105,459 → $135,909 (+28.9%)
Median home value	$783,400 → $1,092,700 (+39.5%)	$844,000 → $1,160,100 (+37.5%)
Median gross rent	$2,220 → $2,523 (+13.6%)	$2,105 → $2,833 (+34.6%)

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

South San Francisco

Population

67,40864,487

Median household income

$105,459$135,909

Median home value

$844,000$1,160,100

Median gross rent

$2,105$2,833

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Daly City	South San Francisco
Under 5	3.8%	4.3%
5 to 17	11.4%	13.1%
18 to 24	9.3%	7.6%
25 to 34	15.9%	13.0%
35 to 44	13.8%	15.8%
45 to 54	12.5%	14.2%
55 to 64	13.2%	14.4%
65 to 74	12.0%	10.6%
75 and over	8.1%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Daly City	South San Francisco
White (non-Hispanic)	12.0%	20.6%
Black or African American	2.6%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	58.3%	42.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.0%	1.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.3%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	21.4%	30.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Daly City	South San Francisco
No high school diploma	11.5%	13.7%
High school graduate	21.9%	19.3%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	29.2%	27.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Daly City	South San Francisco
Drove alone	55.0%	59.6%
Carpooled	12.4%	11.8%
Public transit	14.1%	8.5%
Walked	2.7%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.8%
Worked from home	12.8%	16.5%
Other means	2.7%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Daly City	South San Francisco
1-unit, detached	48.6%	59.3%
1-unit, attached	13.7%	10.1%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	8.2%
20 or more units	16.1%	14.4%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Daly City	South San Francisco
Poverty rate	7.3%	7.1%
Average household size	3.15	2.91
Mean commute (minutes)	29	27
Median year structure built	1965	1963