With 101,964 people, Daly City is a city in California. The typical home is worth $1,115,000, having roughly tripled since 2000. The foreign-born share is 50%. Few US cities rank higher on income. There are 13,350 people per square mile. Median rent is $2,551 a month.
At a glance
Wealthier
median household income $123,547, above the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 42.6
US median: 38.9
Average education
39% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 89%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Daly City
What changed most since 1990
Asian share42.3% → 59.2%(+16.9 pts)US over the same years: +3.1 pts
Median age33.0 → 42.6(+9.6 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
Black share7.5% → 2.5%(−5.0 pts)US over the same years: +0.2 pts
Daly City's population equals 14% of San Mateo County's. Its number of people who work from home equals 9.1% of the county's. Its number of households without a car equals 18% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)16.5%(519)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)8.5%(268)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era44.6%(1,408)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War8.9%(280)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II2.4%(76)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 3,154 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Daly City, decade by decade
Daly City population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
92,315
$99,682
$648,019
24.2%
86.3
2000
103,621
$113,507
$590,581
29.1%
82.6
2010
101,123
$107,874
$879,254
34.0%
77.3
2020
104,901
$121,095
$1,032,415
39.3%
75.2
2024
101,964
$123,547
$1,115,000
38.9%
73.6
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
