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Daly CityCA

Daly City, CA is a 107K-resident city in San Mateo County with a median household income of $123,547.

San Mateo County, California. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Daly City, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Daly City has a population larger than 93% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $1,115,000, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-03

107K
Population (place)
Top 7%
By size
$123,547
Median income (place)
$1,115,000
Median home (place)
7.7%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Daly City

Daly City posts a median household income higher than 84% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Daly City area.

Top 16%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Daly City

Where Daly City income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$123,547 Top 16% higher than 84% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Daly City $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

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Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in CA

Population among 482 CA places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Los Angeles is the largest CA city on this list; Alamo leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in CA

Median household income among the same 482-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Alamo posts the highest place-level median income in CA; Los Angeles is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Daly City, CA beyond the headline numbers

Daly City sits inside San Mateo County, California, at roughly 37.71°N, -122.46°W. Population 106,562, $123,547 median household income. Median home value $1,115,000, median rent $2,551. Poverty rate 7.7%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Daly City, 1/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

At 7.7%, poverty in Daly City, CA runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.

The median home in Daly City costs around 9.0 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.

15.2% of Daly City workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, current asthma departs furthest from its peer median: 7.8% in Daly City, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,722 cities reporting that measure.

11.8% of Daly City workers commute by public transit, a larger share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

At 42.6 years, Daly City's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Daly City from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
106,562
Daly City · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$123,547
+38% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$1,115,000
+170% vs avg
Median Age (place)
42.6
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (San Mateo County): Daly City's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
742K+2%
Median Income
$158,855+80%
Median Home Value
$1,559,600+116%
Poverty Rate
6.7%-12%
Unemployment
4.8%-41%

Economics

Economics indicators for Daly City, CA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$2,551/mo
Poverty Rate
7.7% -38% vs avg
Unemployment 5.3%
Bachelor's Degree+ 38.9%
Work From Home 15.2%
Public Transit 11.8%

Population

White 13.8%
African American 2.7%
Asian 59.7%
Two or More Ethnicities 3.3%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
30.5%
High Blood Pressure
28.6%
Physical Inactivity
24.2%
Obesity
20%
Frequent Mental Distress
13.3%
Binge Drinking
12.5%
Diabetes
12%
Frequent Physical Distress
10.9%
Current Smoking
8.7%
Lack of Health Insurance
7.9%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 63%
Annual Checkup 70.5%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
7.8%
Coronary Heart Disease
4.9%
Stroke
2.7%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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Average Rating
1/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
AHMC SETON MEDICAL CENTER
DALY CITY · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
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What alerts and safety updates affect Daly City?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Daly City right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet CA-DALY-CITY · Daly City

Daly City: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Daly City; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse California state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Daly City, CA? ▼
Daly City, CA has a population of 106,562 people, located in San Mateo County, California.
What is the median household income in Daly City? ▼
The median household income in Daly City, CA is $123,547 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 7.7%.
What is the median home value in Daly City? ▼
The median home value in Daly City, CA is $1,115,000. Median rent is $2,551/month.
What are the top health concerns in Daly City? ▼
The top health indicators in Daly City include Short Sleep Duration (30.5%), High Blood Pressure (28.6%), Physical Inactivity (24.2%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Daly City? ▼
Daly City has 1 hospital with an average rating of 1/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Daly City? ▼
The median age in Daly City, CA is 42.6 years. 38.9% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Daly City, both outside California so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside CA (7.7% here).

Waldorf, MD 7.7% Peabody, MA 7.7% Manassas, VA 7.7% Clinton, MD 7.7%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside CA ($123,547 here).

Bel Air South, MD $123,653 Farmington, MN $123,673 Lincoln Park, NJ $123,397 Lemont, IL $123,370

Compare Daly City with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

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Using Daly City's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Daly City area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Daly City against California peers on any ranking lens. Explore California

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (San Mateo County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.