Redwood City vs San Bruno

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

Redwood City and San Bruno 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 42,612 in San Bruno). Redwood City has the higher median household income ($150,840 vs $135,976 in San Bruno). Redwood City has the higher median home value ($1,838,800 vs $1,199,400 in San Bruno).

Population, income & housing

	Redwood City	San Bruno
Population	82,423	42,612
Median age	37.5 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$150,840	$135,976
Median home value	$1,838,800	$1,199,400
Median gross rent	$2,959	$2,696
Housing units	32,334	16,736
Homeownership rate	47.7%	61.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.4%	43.8%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Redwood City	San Bruno
Population	85,784 → 82,423 (-3.9%)	43,083 → 42,612 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$117,123 → $150,840 (+28.8%)	$109,387 → $135,976 (+24.3%)
Median home value	$1,251,000 → $1,838,800 (+47.0%)	$908,300 → $1,199,400 (+32.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,355 → $2,959 (+25.6%)	$2,372 → $2,696 (+13.7%)

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

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)

	Redwood City	San Bruno
Under 5	5.4%	4.7%
5 to 17	16.3%	12.7%
18 to 24	6.6%	7.5%
25 to 34	17.6%	15.5%
35 to 44	15.2%	15.6%
45 to 54	14.0%	12.8%
55 to 64	11.4%	13.7%
65 to 74	8.0%	10.7%
75 and over	5.6%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Redwood City	San Bruno
White (non-Hispanic)	38.2%	28.5%
Black or African American	2.2%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	17.8%	31.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.9%	2.6%
Some other race	0.7%	0.9%
Two or more races	4.8%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	35.2%	29.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Redwood City	San Bruno
No high school diploma	12.1%	9.3%
High school graduate	15.1%	21.2%
Some college or associate's	18.4%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	27.6%	29.9%
Graduate or professional degree	26.8%	13.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Redwood City	San Bruno
Drove alone	58.2%	61.0%
Carpooled	9.1%	9.6%
Public transit	4.0%	6.6%
Walked	2.6%	2.9%
Bicycle	1.0%	1.3%
Worked from home	24.0%	16.8%
Other means	1.2%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Redwood City	San Bruno
1-unit, detached	43.9%	57.4%
1-unit, attached	12.9%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	16.4%	11.5%
20 or more units	18.2%	18.2%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Redwood City	San Bruno
Poverty rate	6.6%	5.1%
Average household size	2.66	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1968	1961