Daly City, California demographics

Daly City, CA demographics: median age 42.6; 38.9% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Daly City city, California · Incorporated city · GEOID 0617918. The survey estimates a population of 101,964 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Daly City is 42.6 years, with a 90% margin of error of 0.9 years. There are 32,262 households (±786). 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	42.6 ±0.9	37.9 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 101,964
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Under 18	14,730 ±890	14.4% ±0.9 pp	22.0%	22.0%
18–34	25,815 ±1,311	25.3% ±1.3 pp	23.9%	22.8%
35–64	40,563 ±1,533	39.8% ±1.5 pp	38.5%	38.0%
65 and older	20,856 ±1,130	20.5% ±1.1 pp	15.7%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 101,964
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Male	51,161 ±1,032	50.2% ±1.0 pp	49.9%	49.5%
Female	50,803 ±1,035	49.8% ±1.0 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: 101,964
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
White alone	14,073 ±1,305	13.8% ±1.3 pp	39.7%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	2,790 ±634	2.7% ±0.6 pp	5.4%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	1,543 ±836 · low precision	1.5% ±0.8 pp · low precision	1.3%	0.9%
Asian alone	60,889 ±2,073	59.7% ±2.0 pp	15.5%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	932 ±535 · low precision	0.9% ±0.5 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.2%
Some other race alone	10,128 ±1,597	9.9% ±1.6 pp	18.5%	7.1%
Two or more races	11,609 ±1,463	11.4% ±1.4 pp	19.2%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 101,964
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	81,067 ±1,822	79.5% ±1.8 pp	59.8%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	20,897 ±1,816	20.5% ±1.8 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: 32,262
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Married-couple family	16,197 ±819	50.2% ±2.2 pp	48.4%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	1,871 ±282	5.8% ±0.9 pp	6.3%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	4,913 ±554	15.2% ±1.7 pp	13.1%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	6,796 ±740	21.1% ±2.2 pp	24.3%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	2,485 ±468	7.7% ±1.4 pp	7.9%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 32,262
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Households with people under 18	8,629 ±538	26.7% ±1.5 pp	32.4%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	23,633 ±1,115	73.3% ±3.0 pp	67.6%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 32,262
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	6,796 ±740	21.1% ±2.2 pp	24.3%	28.7%
Two-person households	9,186 ±771	28.5% ±2.3 pp	30.5%	33.8%
Three-person households	5,836 ±568	18.1% ±1.7 pp	16.7%	15.3%
Four-person households	5,417 ±598	16.8% ±1.8 pp	14.9%	12.6%
Five-person households	2,326 ±293	7.2% ±0.9 pp	7.7%	5.9%
Six-person households	1,286 ±310	4.0% ±1.0 pp	3.3%	2.2%
Seven or more people	1,415 ±323	4.4% ±1.0 pp	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: 101,964
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Native	51,297 ±1,791	50.3% ±1.8 pp	73.0%	85.9%
Foreign born	50,667 ±1,786	49.7% ±1.8 pp	27.0%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 98,423
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
English only	40,017 ±1,832	40.7% ±1.8 pp	55.6%	77.7%
Spanish	13,353 ±1,385	13.6% ±1.4 pp	28.3%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	172 ±127 · low precision	0.2% ±0.1 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	11 ±17 · low precision	0.0% ±0.0 pp · low precision	0.3%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	1,083 ±372	1.1% ±0.4 pp	0.7%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	1,743 ±563	1.8% ±0.6 pp	3.5%	2.0%
Korean	481 ±217	0.5% ±0.2 pp	1.0%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	15,111 ±1,454	15.4% ±1.5 pp	3.5%	1.1%
Vietnamese	1,088 ±482	1.1% ±0.5 pp	1.5%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	19,736 ±1,692	20.1% ±1.7 pp	2.1%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	4,533 ±884	4.6% ±0.9 pp	2.0%	1.1%
Arabic	873 ±509 · low precision	0.9% ±0.5 pp · low precision	0.6%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	222 ±127 · low precision	0.2% ±0.1 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: 78,029
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	9,331 ±890	12.0% ±1.1 pp	15.3%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	16,193 ±1,360	20.8% ±1.7 pp	20.5%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	16,100 ±990	20.6% ±1.2 pp	19.3%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	6,043 ±626	7.7% ±0.8 pp	7.9%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	23,229 ±1,332	29.8% ±1.7 pp	22.7%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7,133 ±646	9.1% ±0.8 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: 101,160
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Same house	92,032 ±1,522	91.0% ±1.5 pp	89.2%	87.7%
Moved within same county	3,522 ±725	3.5% ±0.7 pp	6.4%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	3,524 ±949	3.5% ±0.9 pp	2.6%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	766 ±386 · low precision	0.8% ±0.4 pp · low precision	1.1%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	1,316 ±696 · low precision	1.3% ±0.7 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

5.6% of Daly City residents (±0.9 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 6.6% in California and 8.4% nationally. 94.7% 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	Daly City	California	U.S.	Compared with California
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	5.6% ±0.9 pp	6.6%	8.4%	Lower
Households with a broadband subscription Households	94.7% ±0.7 pp	93.5%	91.0%	Higher
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	3.6% ±0.6 pp	4.3%	6.2%	Lower

Reading and reusing the estimates

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