Demographics of Burlingame city, California

Burlingame city, California had 31,929 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +630 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Burlingame city, in four figures

31,929
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 30,525 ±26.; +2.0%
Change since July 2020: +630 people.; 41.2 ±1.0
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $174,000 ±$12,320
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Burlingame city, California's population grew 2.0% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Burlingame city, California's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Burlingame city, California's population grew 2.0% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Burlingame city, California's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	31,299	100.0	100.0
2021	30,235	96.6	100.2
2022	29,987	95.8	100.7
2023	30,284	96.8	101.6
2024	31,055	99.2	102.5
2025	31,929	102.0	103.1

Population of Burlingame city, California on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	31,299	—
2021	30,235	−1,064
2022	29,987	−248
2023	30,284	+297
2024	31,055	+771
2025	31,929	+874

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 41.2 ±1.0: for men 40.5 ±1.7 and for women 41.6 ±1.1. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Burlingame city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	California	United States
Under 5	1,729 ±320	5.7% ±1.0	5.5% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	5,105 ±522	16.7% ±1.7	16.5% ±<0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	1,412 ±316	4.6% ±1.0	9.1% ±<0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	9,019 ±767	29.5% ±2.5	28.7% ±<0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	8,277 ±727	27.1% ±2.4	24.6% ±<0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	4,983 ±528	16.3% ±1.7	15.7% ±<0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $174,000 ±$12,320, and income per person $98,645 ±$6,547, in 2024 dollars. The median is $99,122 ±$310 in California and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Burlingame city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	California	United States
Under $25,000	913 ±210	7.4% ±1.7	12.5% ±0.1	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	831 ±212	6.8% ±1.7	13.3% ±0.1	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	1,052 ±289	8.6% ±2.3	13.0% ±0.1	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	1,116 ±364	9.1% ±3.0	11.6% ±0.1	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	1,639 ±345	13.4% ±2.8	17.8% ±0.1	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	1,491 ±286	12.2% ±2.3	11.3% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	5,224 ±395	42.6% ±2.9	20.5% ±0.1	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Burlingame city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	California	United States
All ages	2,156 ±568	7.1% ±1.9	12.0% ±0.1	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	206 to 686	3.1% to 10.0%	15.0% ±0.1	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	1,051 ±305	6.3% ±1.8	11.0% ±0.1	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	659 ±226	9.9% ±3.2	11.5% ±0.1	11.0% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Burlingame city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Burlingame city	California	United States
Housing units	13,798 ±480	14,644,735 ±1,665	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	88.9% ±4.3	92.5% ±0.1	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	11.1% ±2.1	7.5% ±0.1	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	48.2% ±2.4	55.9% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	51.8% ±3.6	44.1% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	At the edge of the top or bottom interval	$734,700 ±$1,307	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$2,785 ±$120	$2,036 ±$5	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1957 ±2	1976 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Burlingame city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	California	United States
Hispanic or Latino	3,715 ±785	12.2% ±2.6	40.2% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	15,665 ±1,017	51.3% ±3.3	33.8% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	110 to 512	0.4% to 1.7%	5.2% ±<0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	8,912 ±1,044	29.2% ±3.4	15.3% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 70	0% to 0.2%	0.3% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	8 to 140	< 0.1% to 0.5%	0.3% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	422 ±198	1.4% ±0.6	0.6% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	1,394 ±392	4.6% ±1.3	4.4% ±<0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Burlingame city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	California	United States
Born in the state	15,911 ±790	52.1% ±2.6	56.5% ±0.1	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	4,668 ±515	15.3% ±1.7	15.0% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	296 ±122	1.0% ±0.4	1.5% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	9,650 ±814	31.6% ±2.7	27.0% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	5,222 ±609	17.1% ±2.0	14.7% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	4,428 ±806	14.5% ±2.6	12.3% ±0.1	6.8% ±<0.1

Burlingame city among the places of California

267th of 661 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the California page.

Places of California near Burlingame city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Banning city	31,093 ±83
Lawndale city	30,781 ±40
Laguna Hills city	30,740 ±56
Los Altos city	30,698 ±67
La Verne city	30,600 ±48
Burlingame city	30,525 ±26
Saratoga city	30,319 ±85
Temescal Valley CDP	30,069 ±1,987
Atascadero city	29,712 ±56
San Carlos city	29,614 ±46
Monterey city	29,613 ±34

Elsewhere on the site

Reported crime in Burlingame city, California

Rankings this appears in

No. 25 Places in California by median household income
No. 26 Places in California by median rent
No. 29 Places in California by per capita income
No. 51 Places by median rent
No. 75 Places by per capita income
No. 93 Places in California by foreign-born share

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026