Portola Valley vs Woodside

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

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

Woodside has the higher population (5,181 vs 4,329 in Portola Valley). Both have a median household income of $250,001. Both have a median home value of $2,000,001.

Population, income & housing

	Portola Valley	Woodside
Population	4,329	5,181
Median age	58.0 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$250,001
Median home value	$2,000,001	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$3,501	$3,501
Housing units	1,840	2,006
Homeownership rate	83.7%	85.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	82.8%	75.9%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Portola Valley	Woodside
Population	4,592 → 4,329 (-5.7%)	5,542 → 5,181 (-6.5%)
Median household income	$224,554 → $250,001 (+11.3%)	$250,001 → $250,001 (+0.0%)
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%)	$2,232 → $3,501 (+56.9%)

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

Woodside

Population

5,5425,181

Median household income

$250,001$250,001

Median home value

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

Median gross rent

$2,232$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Portola Valley	Woodside
Under 5	5.6%	4.9%
5 to 17	12.8%	16.8%
18 to 24	4.9%	7.8%
25 to 34	3.0%	9.3%
35 to 44	8.3%	9.8%
45 to 54	10.6%	12.2%
55 to 64	12.2%	16.5%
65 to 74	19.7%	13.6%
75 and over	22.8%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Portola Valley	Woodside
White (non-Hispanic)	75.5%	81.5%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	9.4%	5.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.5%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	9.5%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Portola Valley	Woodside
No high school diploma	1.4%	1.7%
High school graduate	1.5%	8.3%
Some college or associate's	14.3%	14.0%
Bachelor's degree	31.1%	34.2%
Graduate or professional degree	51.7%	41.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Portola Valley	Woodside
Drove alone	39.5%	61.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.6%
Walked	2.6%	3.2%
Bicycle	5.9%	3.0%
Worked from home	51.1%	25.5%
Other means	0.9%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Portola Valley	Woodside
1-unit, detached	83.4%	96.5%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	13.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Portola Valley	Woodside
Poverty rate	5.3%	4.2%
Average household size	2.48	2.97
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1970	1966