City safety & data profile

StanfordCA

Stanford, CA is a 14K-resident city in Santa Clara County with a median household income of $75,208.

Santa Clara County, California. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Stanford, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Stanford has a population larger than 22% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $2,000,000+, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-03

14K
Population (place)
Bottom 23%
By size
$75,208
Median income (place)
$2,000,000+
Median home (place)
15.9%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Stanford

Stanford posts a median household income higher than 44% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Stanford area.

Bottom 45%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Stanford

Where Stanford income ranks nationally

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

$75,208 Bottom 44% higher than 44% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Stanford $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 Stanford, CA beyond the headline numbers

Stanford sits inside Santa Clara County, California, at roughly 37.42°N, -122.17°W. Population 13,809, $75,208 median household income. Median home value $2,000,000+, median rent $1,976. Poverty rate 15.9%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

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

Poverty in Stanford, CA stands at 15.9%, 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.

The median home in Stanford costs around 26.6 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.

20.9% of Stanford 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: 14% in Stanford, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

2.7% of Stanford workers commute by public transit, a larger share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Stanford's median age is 22 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Stanford 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)
13,809
Stanford · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$75,208
-16% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$2,000,000+
+384% vs avg
Median Age (place)
22
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Santa Clara County): Stanford'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
1.9M+5%
Median Income
$164,281+79%
Median Home Value
$1,490,600+131%
Poverty Rate
7.1%-30%
Unemployment
4.9%-49%

Economics

Economics indicators for Stanford, CA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,976/mo
Poverty Rate
15.9% +28% vs avg
Unemployment 8.1%
Bachelor's Degree+ 92.3%
Work From Home 20.9%
Public Transit 2.7%

Population

White 47.8%
African American 4.1%
Asian 28.8%
Two or More Ethnicities 3.7%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
32.7%
Obesity
22.2%
Frequent Mental Distress
21.9%
Binge Drinking
19.1%
Physical Inactivity
17.6%
High Blood Pressure
14%
Current Asthma
9.8%
Frequent Physical Distress
8.1%
Current Smoking
7.8%
Lack of Health Insurance
6.6%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 61.1%
Annual Checkup 61.3%

Other Measures

Diabetes
3.3%
Coronary Heart Disease
1.6%
Stroke
0.9%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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Average Rating
5/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
STANFORD HEALTH CARE
STANFORD · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★★★

What alerts and safety updates affect Stanford?

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

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet CA-STANFORD · Stanford

Stanford: 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 Stanford; 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 Stanford, CA? ▼
Stanford, CA has a population of 13,809 people, located in Santa Clara County, California.
What is the median household income in Stanford? ▼
The median household income in Stanford, CA is $75,208 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 15.9%.
What is the median home value in Stanford? ▼
The median home value in Stanford, CA is $2,000,000+. Median rent is $1,976/month.
What are the top health concerns in Stanford? ▼
The top health indicators in Stanford include Short Sleep Duration (32.7%), Obesity (22.2%), Frequent Mental Distress (21.9%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Stanford? ▼
Stanford has 1 hospital with an average rating of 5/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Stanford? ▼
The median age in Stanford, CA is 22 years. 92.3% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

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

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside CA (15.9% here).

Wichita, KS 15.9% Cleveland Heights, OH 15.9% Hazelwood, MO 15.9% Fort Dodge, IA 15.9%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside CA ($75,208 here).

Country Club, FL $75,212 Country Club Hills, IL $75,197 St. Petersburg, FL $75,192 Mesquite, NV $75,227

Compare Stanford 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

Palo Alto, CA 67K Menlo Park, CA 33K East Palo Alto, CA 30K North Fair Oaks, CA 15K Los Altos, CA 31K Mountain View, CA 80K Redwood City, CA 85K San Carlos, CA 30K
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Using Stanford'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 Stanford 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 Stanford 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 (Santa Clara 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.