East Foothills vs Stanford

A side-by-side comparison of East Foothills and Stanford: population, income, housing, and more.

East Foothills and Stanford are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Stanford has the higher population (17,958 vs 8,630 in East Foothills). East Foothills has the higher median household income ($188,558 vs $70,651 in Stanford). Stanford has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $1,214,000 in East Foothills).

Population, income & housing

	East Foothills	Stanford
Population	8,630	17,958
Median age	43.8 yrs	22.7 yrs
Median household income	$188,558	$70,651
Median home value	$1,214,000	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$3,247	$1,925
Housing units	2,630	4,325
Homeownership rate	87.4%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.8%	91.1%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Foothills	Stanford
Population	6,233 → 8,630 (+38.5%)	16,326 → 17,958 (+10.0%)
Median household income	$159,189 → $188,558 (+18.4%)	$58,906 → $70,651 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$887,700 → $1,214,000 (+36.8%)	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,460 → $3,247 (+32.0%)	$1,617 → $1,925 (+19.0%)

East Foothills

Population

6,2338,630

Median household income

$159,189$188,558

Median home value

$887,700$1,214,000

Median gross rent

$2,460$3,247

Stanford

Population

16,32617,958

Median household income

$58,906$70,651

Median home value

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

Median gross rent

$1,617$1,925

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Foothills	Stanford
Under 5	3.3%	1.4%
5 to 17	14.9%	4.1%
18 to 24	8.5%	56.0%
25 to 34	13.3%	24.7%
35 to 44	11.4%	3.0%
45 to 54	14.9%	2.9%
55 to 64	17.6%	4.0%
65 to 74	11.2%	1.4%
75 and over	4.9%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Foothills	Stanford
White (non-Hispanic)	27.8%	45.5%
Black or African American	1.8%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	30.7%	25.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.2%
Some other race	0.5%	0.6%
Two or more races	6.7%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	32.2%	15.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Foothills	Stanford
No high school diploma	11.9%	1.8%
High school graduate	16.0%	1.2%
Some college or associate's	24.3%	6.0%
Bachelor's degree	29.8%	33.1%
Graduate or professional degree	18.0%	58.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Foothills	Stanford
Drove alone	64.2%	18.5%
Carpooled	7.0%	2.5%
Public transit	0.7%	2.8%
Walked	3.3%	20.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	30.2%
Worked from home	22.7%	21.4%
Other means	2.2%	3.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Foothills	Stanford
1-unit, detached	95.6%	20.9%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	6.7%
2 to 4 units	0.2%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	14.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	49.7%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	East Foothills	Stanford
Poverty rate	5.6%	18.2%
Average household size	3.47	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	31	15
Median year structure built	1957	1982