Portola Valley vs West Menlo Park

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

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

Portola Valley has the higher population (4,329 vs 3,382 in West Menlo Park). Both have a median household income of $250,001. Both have a median home value of $2,000,001.

Population, income & housing

	Portola Valley	West Menlo Park
Population	4,329	3,382
Median age	58.0 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$250,001
Median home value	$2,000,001	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$3,501	$3,214
Housing units	1,840	1,493
Homeownership rate	83.7%	74.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	82.8%	84.6%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Portola Valley	West Menlo Park
Population	4,592 → 4,329 (-5.7%)	4,160 → 3,382 (-18.7%)
Median household income	$224,554 → $250,001 (+11.3%)	$214,167 → $250,001 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,986 → $3,501 (+17.2%)	$2,980 → $3,214 (+7.9%)

Portola Valley

Population

4,5924,329

Median household income

$224,554$250,001

Median home value

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

Median gross rent

$2,986$3,501

West Menlo Park

Population

4,1603,382

Median household income

$214,167$250,001

Median home value

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

Median gross rent

$2,980$3,214

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Portola Valley	West Menlo Park
Under 5	5.6%	5.1%
5 to 17	12.8%	23.9%
18 to 24	4.9%	4.7%
25 to 34	3.0%	9.8%
35 to 44	8.3%	10.3%
45 to 54	10.6%	20.2%
55 to 64	12.2%	11.9%
65 to 74	19.7%	7.5%
75 and over	22.8%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Portola Valley	West Menlo Park
White (non-Hispanic)	75.5%	70.8%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	9.4%	17.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	9.5%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Portola Valley	West Menlo Park
No high school diploma	1.4%	0.7%
High school graduate	1.5%	5.7%
Some college or associate's	14.3%	9.1%
Bachelor's degree	31.1%	33.4%
Graduate or professional degree	51.7%	51.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Portola Valley	West Menlo Park
Drove alone	39.5%	54.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	2.6%	0.5%
Bicycle	5.9%	2.0%
Worked from home	51.1%	38.7%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Portola Valley	West Menlo Park
1-unit, detached	83.4%	82.9%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	12.5%
5 to 19 units	13.2%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Portola Valley	West Menlo Park
Poverty rate	5.3%	2.5%
Average household size	2.48	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	28	23
Median year structure built	1970	1960