Saratoga vs Stanford

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

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

Saratoga has the higher population (30,335 vs 17,958 in Stanford). Saratoga has the higher median household income ($241,348 vs $70,651 in Stanford). Both have a median home value of $2,000,001.

Population, income & housing

	Saratoga	Stanford
Population	30,335	17,958
Median age	51.3 yrs	22.7 yrs
Median household income	$241,348	$70,651
Median home value	$2,000,001	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$3,501	$1,925
Housing units	11,404	4,325
Homeownership rate	86.6%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	81.2%	91.1%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	7.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Saratoga	Stanford
Population	30,697 → 30,335 (-1.2%)	16,326 → 17,958 (+10.0%)
Median household income	$191,677 → $241,348 (+25.9%)	$58,906 → $70,651 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$3,091 → $3,501 (+13.3%)	$1,617 → $1,925 (+19.0%)

Saratoga

Population

30,69730,335

Median household income

$191,677$241,348

Median home value

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

Median gross rent

$3,091$3,501

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)

	Saratoga	Stanford
Under 5	2.1%	1.4%
5 to 17	17.1%	4.1%
18 to 24	4.7%	56.0%
25 to 34	6.4%	24.7%
35 to 44	9.9%	3.0%
45 to 54	16.2%	2.9%
55 to 64	17.7%	4.0%
65 to 74	13.0%	1.4%
75 and over	12.9%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Saratoga	Stanford
White (non-Hispanic)	33.5%	45.5%
Black or African American	0.1%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	59.5%	25.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.2%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.1%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	15.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Saratoga	Stanford
No high school diploma	2.8%	1.8%
High school graduate	4.5%	1.2%
Some college or associate's	11.5%	6.0%
Bachelor's degree	33.5%	33.1%
Graduate or professional degree	47.7%	58.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Saratoga	Stanford
Drove alone	57.6%	18.5%
Carpooled	3.6%	2.5%
Public transit	1.1%	2.8%
Walked	1.0%	20.8%
Bicycle	0.3%	30.2%
Worked from home	35.7%	21.4%
Other means	0.8%	3.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Saratoga	Stanford
1-unit, detached	84.6%	20.9%
1-unit, attached	6.8%	6.7%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	14.0%
20 or more units	4.0%	49.7%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Saratoga	Stanford
Poverty rate	3.7%	18.2%
Average household size	2.80	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	27	15
Median year structure built	1967	1982