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EmeryvilleCA

Emeryville, CA is a 12K-resident city in Alameda County with a median household income of $117,092.

Alameda County, California. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Emeryville, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Emeryville has a population larger than 11% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $604,800.

Data updated 2026-09-03

12K
Population (place)
Bottom 12%
By size
$117,092
Median income (place)
$604,800
Median home (place)
13.8%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Emeryville

Emeryville posts a median household income higher than 81% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Top 19%
by median income, US cities

Where Emeryville income ranks nationally

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

$117,092 Top 19% higher than 81% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Emeryville $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

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 Emeryville, CA beyond the headline numbers

Emeryville sits inside Alameda County, California, at roughly 37.83°N, -122.29°W. Population 11,694, $117,092 median household income. Median home value $604,800, median rent $2,936. Poverty rate 13.8%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

Poverty in Emeryville, CA stands at 13.8%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

A median home in Emeryville runs about 5.2 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

36.9% of Emeryville workers report working from home, the highest quarter of reporting cities. Where that share runs this high, local income increasingly reflects employers located somewhere else.

Among the CDC measures on this page, high blood pressure departs furthest from its peer median: 22% in Emeryville, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

7.8% of Emeryville workers commute by public transit, a larger share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Emeryville's median age is 34.5 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Emeryville 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)
11,694
Emeryville · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$117,092
+31% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$604,800
+46% vs avg
Median Age (place)
34.5
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Alameda County): Emeryville'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
1.6M+7%
Median Income
$129,367+79%
Median Home Value
$1,090,100+121%
Poverty Rate
9.2%-26%
Unemployment
5.4%-48%

Economics

Economics indicators for Emeryville, CA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$2,936/mo
Poverty Rate
13.8% +11% vs avg
Unemployment 6.4%
Bachelor's Degree+ 70.5%
Work From Home 36.9%
Public Transit 7.8%

Population

White 34.1%
African American 20.6%
Asian 31.4%
Two or More Ethnicities 2.3%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
34.1%
High Blood Pressure
22%
Obesity
21.2%
Binge Drinking
18.5%
Frequent Mental Distress
15%
Physical Inactivity
14%
Current Asthma
8.9%
Frequent Physical Distress
8.5%
Diabetes
6.8%
Current Smoking
6.6%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 69.5%
Annual Checkup 70.4%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
4.2%
Coronary Heart Disease
3%
Stroke
1.8%

What alerts and safety updates affect Emeryville?

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

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

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  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Emeryville, CA? ▼
Emeryville, CA has a population of 11,694 people, located in Alameda County, California.
What is the median household income in Emeryville? ▼
The median household income in Emeryville, CA is $117,092 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 13.8%.
What is the median home value in Emeryville? ▼
The median home value in Emeryville, CA is $604,800. Median rent is $2,936/month.
What are the top health concerns in Emeryville? ▼
The top health indicators in Emeryville include Short Sleep Duration (34.1%), High Blood Pressure (22%), Obesity (21.2%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Emeryville? ▼
The median age in Emeryville, CA is 34.5 years. 70.5% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

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

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside CA (13.8% here).

Spokane, WA 13.8% Yonkers, NY 13.8% Lynn, MA 13.8% Bremerton, WA 13.8%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside CA ($117,092 here).

Oviedo, FL $117,070 Holladay, UT $117,043 Summerlin South, NV $117,035 Lake in the Hills, IL $117,151

Compare Emeryville 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.

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Nearby Cities 8

Oakland, CA 419K Berkeley, CA 121K Piedmont, CA 11K Albany, CA 20K Alameda, CA 79K El Cerrito, CA 24K Orinda, CA 19K Richmond, CA 110K
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Using Emeryville'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 Emeryville 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 Emeryville 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 (Alameda 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.