Menlo Park vs Pacifica

A side-by-side comparison of Menlo Park and Pacifica: population, income, housing, and more.

Menlo Park and Pacifica are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Pacifica has the higher population (37,527 vs 32,775 in Menlo Park). Menlo Park has the higher median household income ($206,588 vs $156,819 in Pacifica). Menlo Park has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $1,211,700 in Pacifica).

Population, income & housing

	Menlo Park	Pacifica
Population	32,775	37,527
Median age	38.5 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$206,588	$156,819
Median home value	$2,000,001	$1,211,700
Median gross rent	$3,156	$3,080
Housing units	13,136	14,596
Homeownership rate	55.3%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	72.7%	48.5%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Menlo Park	Pacifica
Population	34,138 → 32,775 (-4.0%)	38,984 → 37,527 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$160,784 → $206,588 (+28.5%)	$125,500 → $156,819 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)	$882,800 → $1,211,700 (+37.3%)
Median gross rent	$2,341 → $3,156 (+34.8%)	$2,414 → $3,080 (+27.6%)

Menlo Park

Population

34,13832,775

Median household income

$160,784$206,588

Median home value

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

Median gross rent

$2,341$3,156

Pacifica

Population

38,98437,527

Median household income

$125,500$156,819

Median home value

$882,800$1,211,700

Median gross rent

$2,414$3,080

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Menlo Park	Pacifica
Under 5	6.8%	4.8%
5 to 17	15.4%	13.5%
18 to 24	8.6%	6.0%
25 to 34	14.5%	12.2%
35 to 44	15.5%	14.2%
45 to 54	12.6%	14.8%
55 to 64	11.6%	14.1%
65 to 74	8.2%	12.7%
75 and over	7.0%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Menlo Park	Pacifica
White (non-Hispanic)	52.4%	48.5%
Black or African American	3.4%	1.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	18.2%	20.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	1.5%
Some other race	0.5%	0.8%
Two or more races	5.4%	7.5%
Hispanic or Latino	19.8%	19.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Menlo Park	Pacifica
No high school diploma	6.2%	4.5%
High school graduate	8.0%	16.0%
Some college or associate's	13.1%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree	26.6%	30.5%
Graduate or professional degree	46.1%	18.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Menlo Park	Pacifica
Drove alone	49.4%	63.8%
Carpooled	7.2%	7.0%
Public transit	3.0%	5.1%
Walked	1.5%	1.0%
Bicycle	7.8%	0.2%
Worked from home	29.3%	21.2%
Other means	1.8%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Menlo Park	Pacifica
1-unit, detached	53.8%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	8.0%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	12.5%	7.7%
20 or more units	16.1%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Menlo Park	Pacifica
Poverty rate	5.1%	6.2%
Average household size	2.71	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	24	28
Median year structure built	1962	1966