El Granada vs Hillsborough

A side-by-side comparison of El Granada and Hillsborough: population, income, housing, and more.

El Granada and Hillsborough are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hillsborough has the higher population (11,122 vs 5,231 in El Granada). Hillsborough has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $226,384 in El Granada). Hillsborough has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $1,425,800 in El Granada).

Population, income & housing

	El Granada	Hillsborough
Population	5,231	11,122
Median age	49.7 yrs	46.8 yrs
Median household income	$226,384	$250,001
Median home value	$1,425,800	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$2,034	$3,501
Housing units	2,140	3,804
Homeownership rate	87.4%	93.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.8%	82.7%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	El Granada	Hillsborough
Population	6,102 → 5,231 (-14.3%)	11,447 → 11,122 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$158,939 → $226,384 (+42.4%)	$250,001 → $250,001 (+0.0%)
Median home value	$1,122,200 → $1,425,800 (+27.1%)	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,202 → $2,034 (-7.6%)	$3,490 → $3,501 (+0.3%)

El Granada

Population

6,1025,231

Median household income

$158,939$226,384

Median home value

$1,122,200$1,425,800

Median gross rent

$2,202$2,034

Hillsborough

Population

11,44711,122

Median household income

$250,001$250,001

Median home value

$2,000,001$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$3,490$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	El Granada	Hillsborough
Under 5	2.8%	4.3%
5 to 17	13.3%	22.6%
18 to 24	6.0%	5.5%
25 to 34	9.8%	5.2%
35 to 44	13.4%	10.3%
45 to 54	13.3%	15.8%
55 to 64	21.1%	16.4%
65 to 74	13.8%	9.7%
75 and over	6.4%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	El Granada	Hillsborough
White (non-Hispanic)	84.9%	52.4%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.9%	32.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	1.3%
Two or more races	1.7%	8.6%
Hispanic or Latino	10.0%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	El Granada	Hillsborough
No high school diploma	6.0%	1.2%
High school graduate	13.1%	4.4%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	11.7%
Bachelor's degree	30.2%	36.3%
Graduate or professional degree	26.6%	46.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	El Granada	Hillsborough
Drove alone	61.9%	56.4%
Carpooled	2.5%	4.9%
Public transit	3.5%	1.9%
Walked	0.6%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	29.3%	32.9%
Other means	2.3%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	El Granada	Hillsborough
1-unit, detached	93.1%	98.7%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	El Granada	Hillsborough
Poverty rate	4.2%	3.8%
Average household size	2.47	3.13
Mean commute (minutes)	36	28
Median year structure built	1980	1967