East Palo Alto vs Millbrae

A side-by-side comparison of East Palo Alto and Millbrae: population, income, housing, and more.

East Palo Alto and Millbrae are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

East Palo Alto has the higher population (29,143 vs 22,589 in Millbrae). Millbrae has the higher median household income ($157,567 vs $104,832 in East Palo Alto). Millbrae has the higher median home value ($1,929,700 vs $1,124,000 in East Palo Alto).

Population, income & housing

	East Palo Alto	Millbrae
Population	29,143	22,589
Median age	34.2 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$104,832	$157,567
Median home value	$1,124,000	$1,929,700
Median gross rent	$2,209	$3,401
Housing units	9,248	8,566
Homeownership rate	47.9%	63.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.8%	50.5%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Palo Alto	Millbrae
Population	29,593 → 29,143 (-1.5%)	22,625 → 22,589 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$67,087 → $104,832 (+56.3%)	$128,494 → $157,567 (+22.6%)
Median home value	$821,200 → $1,124,000 (+36.9%)	$1,403,100 → $1,929,700 (+37.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,766 → $2,209 (+25.1%)	$2,508 → $3,401 (+35.6%)

East Palo Alto

Population

29,59329,143

Median household income

$67,087$104,832

Median home value

$821,200$1,124,000

Median gross rent

$1,766$2,209

Millbrae

Population

22,62522,589

Median household income

$128,494$157,567

Median home value

$1,403,100$1,929,700

Median gross rent

$2,508$3,401

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Palo Alto	Millbrae
Under 5	5.7%	5.6%
5 to 17	17.1%	12.9%
18 to 24	9.7%	6.2%
25 to 34	18.0%	11.9%
35 to 44	14.5%	13.0%
45 to 54	11.4%	14.4%
55 to 64	14.1%	15.0%
65 to 74	5.4%	10.7%
75 and over	4.2%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Palo Alto	Millbrae
White (non-Hispanic)	12.4%	31.9%
Black or African American	11.9%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	5.7%	48.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	4.5%	1.3%
Some other race	1.3%	1.4%
Two or more races	1.7%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	62.1%	12.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Palo Alto	Millbrae
No high school diploma	23.8%	6.8%
High school graduate	23.1%	17.3%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	29.4%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	21.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Palo Alto	Millbrae
Drove alone	66.1%	57.9%
Carpooled	11.3%	9.5%
Public transit	2.0%	9.1%
Walked	1.9%	1.6%
Bicycle	1.4%	0.6%
Worked from home	14.3%	19.9%
Other means	3.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Palo Alto	Millbrae
1-unit, detached	57.7%	63.7%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	10.2%	10.9%
20 or more units	23.6%	17.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	East Palo Alto	Millbrae
Poverty rate	9.7%	6.1%
Average household size	3.49	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	25	29
Median year structure built	1963	1960