Menlo Park vs San Bruno

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

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

San Bruno has the higher population (42,612 vs 32,775 in Menlo Park). Menlo Park has the higher median household income ($206,588 vs $135,976 in San Bruno). Menlo Park has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $1,199,400 in San Bruno).

Population, income & housing

	Menlo Park	San Bruno
Population	32,775	42,612
Median age	38.5 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$206,588	$135,976
Median home value	$2,000,001	$1,199,400
Median gross rent	$3,156	$2,696
Housing units	13,136	16,736
Homeownership rate	55.3%	61.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	72.7%	43.8%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Menlo Park	San Bruno
Population	34,138 → 32,775 (-4.0%)	43,083 → 42,612 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$160,784 → $206,588 (+28.5%)	$109,387 → $135,976 (+24.3%)
Median home value	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)	$908,300 → $1,199,400 (+32.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,341 → $3,156 (+34.8%)	$2,372 → $2,696 (+13.7%)

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

San Bruno

Population

43,08342,612

Median household income

$109,387$135,976

Median home value

$908,300$1,199,400

Median gross rent

$2,372$2,696

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Menlo Park	San Bruno
Under 5	6.8%	4.7%
5 to 17	15.4%	12.7%
18 to 24	8.6%	7.5%
25 to 34	14.5%	15.5%
35 to 44	15.5%	15.6%
45 to 54	12.6%	12.8%
55 to 64	11.6%	13.7%
65 to 74	8.2%	10.7%
75 and over	7.0%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Menlo Park	San Bruno
White (non-Hispanic)	52.4%	28.5%
Black or African American	3.4%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	18.2%	31.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	2.6%
Some other race	0.5%	0.9%
Two or more races	5.4%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	19.8%	29.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Menlo Park	San Bruno
No high school diploma	6.2%	9.3%
High school graduate	8.0%	21.2%
Some college or associate's	13.1%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	26.6%	29.9%
Graduate or professional degree	46.1%	13.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Menlo Park	San Bruno
Drove alone	49.4%	61.0%
Carpooled	7.2%	9.6%
Public transit	3.0%	6.6%
Walked	1.5%	2.9%
Bicycle	7.8%	1.3%
Worked from home	29.3%	16.8%
Other means	1.8%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Menlo Park	San Bruno
1-unit, detached	53.8%	57.4%
1-unit, attached	8.0%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	12.5%	11.5%
20 or more units	16.1%	18.2%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Menlo Park	San Bruno
Poverty rate	5.1%	5.1%
Average household size	2.71	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1962	1961