Redwood City

Population & Demographics

Redwood City, CA

Redwood City is home to 82,447 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 39,690 resident workers commute each day.

CaliforniaCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
82,447
people
Population

82,447 residents

Median age 37.5 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Redwood City population & demographics

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

Population
82,447
Median age
37.5yrs
Median household income
$157,814
Median home value
$1,801,700
Median gross rent
$2,968/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
54.4%
Poverty rate
6.3%

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 Redwood City

How Redwood 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).

White36.7%
Hispanic or Latino35.6%
Asian18.0%
Two or more races5.3%
Black2.9%
Some other race0.9%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%

Race across Redwood 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 Redwood City.

Redwood City at a glance
Employed Residents
39,690
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
12.7mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
12.6%
Share working within the area
Work from home
26.7%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
San Francisco
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Redwood 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 Redwood 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

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

Redwood City

39,690 commutes, one dot at a time

Redwood City

Where 39,690 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

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

1Redwood City0.0 mi5,004
2San Francisco21.9 mi4,275
3Palo Alto6.5 mi2,962
4Menlo Park3.8 mi2,386
5San Jose23.3 mi1,970
6San Mateo6.4 mi1,852
7Mountain View10.6 mi1,621
8San Carlos1.9 mi1,355

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Redwood City.

1Redwood City0.0 mi5,004
2San Jose23.3 mi4,820
3San Francisco21.9 mi4,323
4San Mateo6.4 mi2,707
5Fremont14.4 mi2,219
6Hayward13.9 mi1,520
7Sunnyvale13.9 mi1,406
8Mountain View10.6 mi1,207

Top industries

The sectors that employ Redwood 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%)
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services20.9%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance13.5%
INInformation12.5%
EDEducational Services9.4%
PAPublic Administration7.5%
RTRetail Trade6.3%
AFAccommodation and Food Services5.0%
MFManufacturing4.1%
COConstruction3.9%
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