Daly City

Population & Demographics

Daly City, CA

Daly City is home to 101,964 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 54,002 resident workers commute each day.

CaliforniaCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
101,964
people
Population

101,964 residents

Median age 42.6 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Daly City population & demographics

Who lives in Daly City — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
101,964
Median age
42.6yrs
Median household income
$123,547
Median home value
$1,115,000
Median gross rent
$2,551/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
38.9%
Poverty rate
7.7%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Daly City

How Daly City breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

Asian59.2%
Hispanic or Latino20.5%
White11.9%
Two or more races3.6%
Black2.5%
Some other race1.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.2%

Race across Daly City

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Daly City.

Daly City at a glance
Employed Residents
54,002
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
5.0mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
8.0%
Share working within the area
Work from home
15.2%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
San Francisco
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Daly City proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Daly City commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

47 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Daly City

54,002 commutes, one dot at a time

Daly City

Where 54,002 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Daly City, by worker count.

1San Francisco5.0 mi21,303
2Daly City0.0 mi4,312
3South San Francisco3.2 mi3,450
4Oakland15.0 mi1,609
5Burlingame9.3 mi1,488
6San Mateo12.6 mi1,435
7San Jose41.9 mi1,347
8Redwood City19.0 mi907

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Daly City.

1San Francisco5.0 mi4,329
2Daly City0.0 mi4,312
3South San Francisco3.2 mi1,171
4Pacifica4.7 mi610
5San Bruno4.9 mi605
6San Jose41.9 mi602
7San Mateo12.6 mi511
8Oakland15.0 mi463

Top industries

The sectors that employ Daly City’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance30.3%
RTRetail Trade16.6%
AFAccommodation and Food Services14.9%
EDEducational Services7.7%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services5.8%
OSOther Services (except Public Administration)4.0%
COConstruction3.1%
ARArts, Entertainment, and Recreation3.1%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services2.9%
Connectivity

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