Redwood City, California demographics

Redwood City, CA demographics: median age 37.5; 54.4% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree. Age, race, households, languages and education, ACS 2020–2024 with margins of error.

ACS 2020–2024 · Redwood City city, California · Incorporated city · GEOID 0660102. The survey estimates a population of 82,447 for its five-year window. This is separate from the annual July 2025 population estimate on the city overview.

Median age in Redwood City is 37.5 years, with a 90% margin of error of 0.9 years. There are 29,951 households (±732). 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	37.5 ±0.9	37.9 ±0.1	38.9 ±0.1

Age groups · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 82,447
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Under 18	17,570 ±992	21.3% ±1.2 pp	22.0%	22.0%
18–34	20,294 ±1,137	24.6% ±1.4 pp	23.9%	22.8%
35–64	33,196 ±1,283	40.3% ±1.6 pp	38.5%	38.0%
65 and older	11,387 ±711	13.8% ±0.9 pp	15.7%	17.2%

Sex categories as published by ACS · B01001 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 82,447
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Male	41,911 ±893	50.8% ±1.1 pp	49.9%	49.5%
Female	40,536 ±888	49.2% ±1.1 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: 82,447
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
White alone	33,111 ±1,467	40.2% ±1.8 pp	39.7%	61.0%
Black or African American alone	2,581 ±671	3.1% ±0.8 pp	5.4%	12.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native alone	1,751 ±598	2.1% ±0.7 pp	1.3%	0.9%
Asian alone	15,106 ±1,207	18.3% ±1.5 pp	15.5%	6.0%
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone	443 ±280 · low precision	0.5% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.4%	0.2%
Some other race alone	15,179 ±1,938	18.4% ±2.4 pp	18.5%	7.1%
Two or more races	14,276 ±1,642	17.3% ±2.0 pp	19.2%	12.6%

Hispanic or Latino origin · B03003 · ACS 2020–2024 Total population: 82,447
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Not Hispanic or Latino	53,107 ±1,817	64.4% ±2.2 pp	59.8%	80.7%
Hispanic or Latino	29,340 ±1,813	35.6% ±2.2 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: 29,951
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Married-couple family	15,604 ±641	52.1% ±1.7 pp	48.4%	46.9%
Other family: male householder, no spouse present	1,463 ±333	4.9% ±1.1 pp	6.3%	5.1%
Other family: female householder, no spouse present	2,551 ±378	8.5% ±1.2 pp	13.1%	12.2%
Nonfamily: householder living alone	7,650 ±680	25.5% ±2.2 pp	24.3%	28.7%
Nonfamily: householder not living alone	2,683 ±363	9.0% ±1.2 pp	7.9%	7.0%

Households with children · B11005 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 29,951
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Households with people under 18	9,114 ±515	30.4% ±1.6 pp	32.4%	29.5%
Households without people under 18	20,837 ±971	69.6% ±2.8 pp	67.6%	70.5%

Household size · B11016 · ACS 2020–2024 Households: 29,951
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
One-person nonfamily households	7,650 ±680	25.5% ±2.2 pp	24.3%	28.7%
Two-person households	9,893 ±711	33.0% ±2.2 pp	30.5%	33.8%
Three-person households	5,262 ±526	17.6% ±1.7 pp	16.7%	15.3%
Four-person households	4,312 ±465	14.4% ±1.5 pp	14.9%	12.6%
Five-person households	1,827 ±388	6.1% ±1.3 pp	7.7%	5.9%
Six-person households	669 ±242	2.2% ±0.8 pp	3.3%	2.2%
Seven or more people	338 ±144	1.1% ±0.5 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: 82,447
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Native	55,338 ±1,156	67.1% ±1.4 pp	73.0%	85.9%
Foreign born	27,109 ±1,162	32.9% ±1.4 pp	27.0%	14.1%

Language spoken at home · C16001 · ACS 2020–2024 Population age 5 and older: 78,273
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
English only	41,895 ±1,533	53.5% ±1.9 pp	55.6%	77.7%
Spanish	22,184 ±1,603	28.3% ±2.0 pp	28.3%	13.6%
French, Haitian, or Cajun	743 ±324	0.9% ±0.4 pp	0.4%	0.7%
German or other West Germanic	584 ±203	0.7% ±0.3 pp	0.3%	0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic	1,385 ±372	1.8% ±0.5 pp	0.7%	0.7%
Other Indo-European	2,687 ±536	3.4% ±0.7 pp	3.5%	2.0%
Korean	807 ±285	1.0% ±0.4 pp	1.0%	0.3%
Chinese, including Mandarin and Cantonese	4,256 ±661	5.4% ±0.8 pp	3.5%	1.1%
Vietnamese	124 ±81 · low precision	0.2% ±0.1 pp · low precision	1.5%	0.5%
Tagalog, including Filipino	1,088 ±419	1.4% ±0.5 pp	2.1%	0.6%
Other Asian and Pacific Island	1,772 ±470	2.3% ±0.6 pp	2.0%	1.1%
Arabic	402 ±214 · low precision	0.5% ±0.3 pp · low precision	0.6%	0.5%
Other and unspecified	346 ±237 · low precision	0.4% ±0.3 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: 59,150
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Less than high school graduate	7,622 ±999	12.9% ±1.7 pp	15.3%	10.4%
High school graduate or equivalency	8,573 ±903	14.5% ±1.5 pp	20.5%	26.0%
Some college, no degree	7,609 ±720	12.9% ±1.2 pp	19.3%	19.1%
Associate’s degree	3,169 ±473	5.4% ±0.8 pp	7.9%	8.8%
Bachelor’s degree	16,239 ±926	27.5% ±1.5 pp	22.7%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	15,938 ±1,050	26.9% ±1.7 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: 81,439
Category	Count ± MOE	Share ± MOE (pp)	California	U.S.
Same house	70,109 ±1,246	86.1% ±1.5 pp	89.2%	87.7%
Moved within same county	3,783 ±713	4.6% ±0.9 pp	6.4%	6.3%
Moved from a different county in the same state	4,689 ±707	5.8% ±0.9 pp	2.6%	3.1%
Moved from a different state	1,639 ±508	2.0% ±0.6 pp	1.1%	2.3%
Moved from abroad	1,219 ±389	1.5% ±0.5 pp	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

4.6% of Redwood City residents (±0.8 percentage points) had no health insurance coverage when surveyed, compared with 6.6% in California and 8.4% nationally. 95.4% 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	Redwood City	California	U.S.	Compared with California
People without health insurance Civilian noninstitutionalized population	4.6% ±0.8 pp	6.6%	8.4%	Lower
Households with a broadband subscription Households	95.4% ±1.5 pp	93.5%	91.0%	Higher
Veterans Civilian population age 18 and older	2.1% ±0.4 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 Redwood City . 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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