With 29,614 people, San Carlos is a city in California. Households here earn about 140% more than in California as a whole. Households take in $237,470 a year at the median, 189% more than the country as a whole. 70% of adults hold a bachelor's degree, against 36% nationally. Home values have roughly tripled since 2000, reaching $2,000,000+. Median rent is $2,854 a month.
At a glance
Wealthier
median household income $237,470, above the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 41.7
US median: 38.9
More educated
70% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Top-priced homes
median home value $2,000,000+, the Census reporting cap
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about San Carlos
What changed most since 1990
Adults with a bachelor's degree35.8% → 70.2%(+34.4 pts)US over the same years: +15.3 pts
Asian share5.9% → 23.4%(+17.5 pts)US over the same years: +3.1 pts
Median household income (2024 dollars)$131,183 → $237,470(+81%)US over the same years: +14%
San Carlos's population equals 4.0% of San Mateo County's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 2.0% of the county's. Its number of people who work from home equals 5.8% 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)10.1%(55)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)6.1%(33)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era43.6%(237)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War14.4%(78)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 543 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
San Carlos, decade by decade
San Carlos 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
26,167
$131,183
$964,828
35.8%
30.5
2000
27,718
$161,144
$1,105,927
49.8%
42.9
2010
28,406
$159,579
$1,353,695
59.1%
55.0
2020
30,722
$229,971
$2,129,310
68.3%
71.8
2024
29,614
$237,470
$2,000,000+
70.2%
76.7
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.
