San Martin vs Stanford

A side-by-side comparison of San Martin and Stanford: population, income, housing, and more.

San Martin 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 7,199 in San Martin). San Martin has the higher median household income ($156,292 vs $70,651 in Stanford). Stanford has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $1,315,900 in San Martin).

Population, income & housing

	San Martin	Stanford
Population	7,199	17,958
Median age	49.6 yrs	22.7 yrs
Median household income	$156,292	$70,651
Median home value	$1,315,900	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$2,332	$1,925
Housing units	2,224	4,325
Homeownership rate	74.7%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.2%	91.1%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	San Martin	Stanford
Population	6,803 → 7,199 (+5.8%)	16,326 → 17,958 (+10.0%)
Median household income	$116,172 → $156,292 (+34.5%)	$58,906 → $70,651 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$1,007,000 → $1,315,900 (+30.7%)	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,482 → $2,332 (+57.4%)	$1,617 → $1,925 (+19.0%)

San Martin

Population

6,8037,199

Median household income

$116,172$156,292

Median home value

$1,007,000$1,315,900

Median gross rent

$1,482$2,332

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)

	San Martin	Stanford
Under 5	5.2%	1.4%
5 to 17	12.4%	4.1%
18 to 24	6.3%	56.0%
25 to 34	9.9%	24.7%
35 to 44	12.0%	3.0%
45 to 54	14.2%	2.9%
55 to 64	19.5%	4.0%
65 to 74	14.2%	1.4%
75 and over	6.2%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	San Martin	Stanford
White (non-Hispanic)	44.7%	45.5%
Black or African American	1.8%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	6.3%	25.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.3%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	43.7%	15.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	San Martin	Stanford
No high school diploma	9.6%	1.8%
High school graduate	26.4%	1.2%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	6.0%
Bachelor's degree	23.7%	33.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	58.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	San Martin	Stanford
Drove alone	58.5%	18.5%
Carpooled	7.8%	2.5%
Public transit	2.0%	2.8%
Walked	6.7%	20.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	30.2%
Worked from home	24.7%	21.4%
Other means	0.4%	3.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	San Martin	Stanford
1-unit, detached	88.4%	20.9%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	6.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	14.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	49.7%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	San Martin	Stanford
Poverty rate	6.5%	18.2%
Average household size	3.24	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	38	15
Median year structure built	1974	1982