Pacifica vs Redwood City

A side-by-side comparison of Pacifica and Redwood City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Redwood City has the higher population (82,423 vs 37,527 in Pacifica). Pacifica has the higher median household income ($156,819 vs $150,840 in Redwood City). Redwood City has the higher median home value ($1,838,800 vs $1,211,700 in Pacifica).

Population, income & housing

	Pacifica	Redwood City
Population	37,527	82,423
Median age	44.3 yrs	37.5 yrs
Median household income	$156,819	$150,840
Median home value	$1,211,700	$1,838,800
Median gross rent	$3,080	$2,959
Housing units	14,596	32,334
Homeownership rate	68.5%	47.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.5%	54.4%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pacifica	Redwood City
Population	38,984 → 37,527 (-3.7%)	85,784 → 82,423 (-3.9%)
Median household income	$125,500 → $156,819 (+25.0%)	$117,123 → $150,840 (+28.8%)
Median home value	$882,800 → $1,211,700 (+37.3%)	$1,251,000 → $1,838,800 (+47.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,414 → $3,080 (+27.6%)	$2,355 → $2,959 (+25.6%)

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

Redwood City

Population

85,78482,423

Median household income

$117,123$150,840

Median home value

$1,251,000$1,838,800

Median gross rent

$2,355$2,959

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pacifica	Redwood City
Under 5	4.8%	5.4%
5 to 17	13.5%	16.3%
18 to 24	6.0%	6.6%
25 to 34	12.2%	17.6%
35 to 44	14.2%	15.2%
45 to 54	14.8%	14.0%
55 to 64	14.1%	11.4%
65 to 74	12.7%	8.0%
75 and over	7.6%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pacifica	Redwood City
White (non-Hispanic)	48.5%	38.2%
Black or African American	1.8%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	20.6%	17.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.5%	0.9%
Some other race	0.8%	0.7%
Two or more races	7.5%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	19.4%	35.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pacifica	Redwood City
No high school diploma	4.5%	12.1%
High school graduate	16.0%	15.1%
Some college or associate's	31.0%	18.4%
Bachelor's degree	30.5%	27.6%
Graduate or professional degree	18.1%	26.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pacifica	Redwood City
Drove alone	63.8%	58.2%
Carpooled	7.0%	9.1%
Public transit	5.1%	4.0%
Walked	1.0%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.2%	1.0%
Worked from home	21.2%	24.0%
Other means	1.6%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pacifica	Redwood City
1-unit, detached	73.7%	43.9%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	12.9%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	7.7%	16.4%
20 or more units	7.1%	18.2%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Pacifica	Redwood City
Poverty rate	6.2%	6.6%
Average household size	2.67	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1966	1968