Burlingame, California demographics

Burlingame, CA demographics: median age 41.2; 64.2% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Burlingame city, California · Incorporated city · GEOID 0609066. The survey estimates a population of 30,525 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Burlingame is 41.2 years, with a 90% margin of error of 1.0 years. There are 12,266 households (±413). Age and household distributions show how these totals are composed; they do not establish which neighborhood suits a particular person.

Every count and share is an estimate. “±” is a 90% margin of error (MOE); pp means percentage points. Derived shares use the category count divided by the named universe. Aggregated category MOEs and percentage MOEs are approximate. A margin larger than half its estimate is flagged as low precision. Blank source uncertainty is shown as unavailable, never zero.

Age distribution and sex

City, state and U.S. estimates · ACS 2020–2024
Measure / survey universe	City estimate ± MOE	State estimate ± MOE	U.S. estimate ± MOE
Median age Total population · years	41.2 ±1.0	37.9 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 30,525
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Under 18	6,834 ±612	22.4% ±2.0 pp	22.0%	22.0%
18–34	5,097 ±582	16.7% ±1.9 pp	23.9%	22.8%
35–64	13,611 ±937	44.6% ±3.1 pp	38.5%	38.0%
65 and older	4,983 ±528	16.3% ±1.7 pp	15.7%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 30,525
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Male	15,703 ±523	51.4% ±1.7 pp	49.9%	49.5%
Female	14,822 ±518	48.6% ±1.7 pp	50.1%	50.5%

The age groups are mutually exclusive and cover the entire population. The sex categories follow this ACS table’s published classification; they are not a survey of gender identity.

Race and Hispanic origin

Race · B02001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 30,525
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
White alone	16,283 ±1,038	53.3% ±3.4 pp	39.7%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	311 ±201 · low precision	1.0% ±0.7 pp · low precision	5.4%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	44 ±44 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	1.3%	0.9%
Asian alone	9,005 ±1,038	29.5% ±3.4 pp	15.5%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	74 ±66 · low precision	0.2% ±0.2 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.2%
Some other race alone	1,703 ±591	5.6% ±1.9 pp	18.5%	7.1%
Two or more races	3,105 ±566	10.2% ±1.9 pp	19.2%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 30,525
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	26,810 ±784	87.8% ±2.6 pp	59.8%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3,715 ±785	12.2% ±2.6 pp	40.2%	19.3%

Hispanic origin and race are separate questions. People of Hispanic or Latino origin may be of any race and appear in both tables. Do not add the Hispanic share to race shares. Race alone and two-or-more-race groups are the mutually exclusive categories of the race table.

Household types, children and living alone

Household types · B11001 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 12,266
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Married-couple family	6,017 ±378	49.1% ±2.6 pp	48.4%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	474 ±165	3.9% ±1.3 pp	6.3%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	893 ±226	7.3% ±1.8 pp	13.1%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	3,985 ±493	32.5% ±3.9 pp	24.3%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	897 ±224	7.3% ±1.8 pp	7.9%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 12,266
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Households with people under 18	3,896 ±280	31.8% ±2.0 pp	32.4%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	8,370 ±498	68.2% ±3.3 pp	67.6%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 12,266
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	3,985 ±493	32.5% ±3.9 pp	24.3%	28.7%
Two-person households	3,638 ±385	29.7% ±3.0 pp	30.5%	33.8%
Three-person households	1,999 ±358	16.3% ±2.9 pp	16.7%	15.3%
Four-person households	2,071 ±274	16.9% ±2.2 pp	14.9%	12.6%
Five-person households	411 ±144	3.4% ±1.2 pp	7.7%	5.9%
Six-person households	121 ±72 · low precision	1.0% ±0.6 pp · low precision	3.3%	2.2%
Seven or more people	41 ±49 · low precision	0.3% ±0.4 pp · low precision	2.6%	1.4%

A family household contains related people under the Census definition. A nonfamily household can contain one person or unrelated people sharing a home. Households with children can also appear in the household-type and size tables, so those tables must not be added together. Household estimates exclude people living in group quarters from the household universe.

Nativity and languages spoken at home

Nativity · B05002 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 30,525
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Native	20,875 ±814	68.4% ±2.7 pp	73.0%	85.9%
Foreign born	9,650 ±814	31.6% ±2.7 pp	27.0%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 28,796
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
English only	17,279 ±1,017	60.0% ±3.5 pp	55.6%	77.7%
Spanish	2,371 ±736	8.2% ±2.6 pp	28.3%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	269 ±163 · low precision	0.9% ±0.6 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	177 ±124 · low precision	0.6% ±0.4 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	1,070 ±426	3.7% ±1.5 pp	0.7%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	1,978 ±597	6.9% ±2.1 pp	3.5%	2.0%
Korean	241 ±139 · low precision	0.8% ±0.5 pp · low precision	1.0%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	2,735 ±593	9.5% ±2.1 pp	3.5%	1.1%
Vietnamese	43 ±37 · low precision	0.1% ±0.1 pp · low precision	1.5%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	1,067 ±444	3.7% ±1.5 pp	2.1%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	1,035 ±400	3.6% ±1.4 pp	2.0%	1.1%
Arabic	211 ±190 · low precision	0.7% ±0.7 pp · low precision	0.6%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	320 ±246 · low precision	1.1% ±0.9 pp · low precision	0.6%	0.8%

Foreign born means not a U.S. citizen at birth; it includes naturalized citizens. Language categories describe speech at home among people age five and older. A language other than English at home does not establish that someone cannot speak English. This city page uses the published C16001 summary categories because the more detailed B16001 table does not provide these city records in this release.

Educational attainment

Highest completed education · B15003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 25 and older: 22,279
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	1,246 ±432	5.6% ±1.9 pp	15.3%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	2,330 ±426	10.5% ±1.9 pp	20.5%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	3,197 ±552	14.3% ±2.5 pp	19.3%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	1,201 ±301	5.4% ±1.3 pp	7.9%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	7,673 ±612	34.4% ±2.6 pp	22.7%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6,632 ±678	29.8% ±3.0 pp	14.4%	14.1%

The denominator excludes residents under 25. Each person is counted in the highest attainment category they completed. This table does not measure the quality of local schools or the education level of every current student.

Residence one year earlier

Geographic mobility · B07003 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 1 and older: 30,229
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Same house	26,427 ±620	87.4% ±2.0 pp	89.2%	87.7%
Moved within same county	1,543 ±406	5.1% ±1.3 pp	6.4%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	1,296 ±363	4.3% ±1.2 pp	2.6%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	429 ±233 · low precision	1.4% ±0.8 pp · low precision	1.1%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	534 ±334 · low precision	1.8% ±1.1 pp · low precision	0.7%	0.6%

These are respondents’ residence patterns one year before their survey response, pooled across the five-year window. They are not a net migration count for 2025. A person can move to a different house within the same city or county; moves within the same county should not automatically be interpreted as new arrivals to the city.

Health insurance, internet access and veterans

3.3% of Burlingame residents (±1.2 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 6.6% in California and 8.4% nationally. 94.8% of households subscribe to broadband of any type, including cellular data plans. A subscription is not the same as available service: the FCC National Broadband Map shows providers at a specific address.

City, state and U.S. shares · ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Burlingame	California	U.S.	Compared with California
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	3.3% ±1.2 pp	6.6%	8.4%	Lower
Households with a broadband subscription Households	94.8% ±0.3 pp	93.5%	91.0%	Higher
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	2.0% ±0.6 pp	4.3%	6.2%	Lower

Reading and reusing the estimates

The Census table links above lead to the original detailed tables. Counts, source universes and uncertainty are retained in the source observation download for Burlingame . Compare these figures with the same survey window; do not compare one city’s five-year estimate with another city’s annual estimate as though they measured the same period. For methods, see uncertainty and denominator calculations.

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