Demographics of Half Moon Bay city, California

Half Moon Bay city, California had 11,287 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: −476 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Half Moon Bay city, in four figures

11,287
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 11,391 ±34.; −4.0%
Change since July 2020: −476 people.; 47.4 ±4.0
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $157,884 ±$5,507
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.

Half Moon Bay city, California's population shrank 4.0% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Half Moon Bay 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

Half Moon Bay city, California's population shrank 4.0% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Half Moon Bay 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	11,763	100.0	100.0
2021	11,376	96.7	100.2
2022	11,224	95.4	100.7
2023	11,214	95.3	101.6
2024	11,279	95.9	102.5
2025	11,287	96.0	103.1

Population of Half Moon Bay city, California on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	11,763	—
2021	11,376	−387
2022	11,224	−152
2023	11,214	−10
2024	11,279	+65
2025	11,287	+8

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 47.4 ±4.0: for men 46.9 ±5.6 and for women 48.1 ±4.9. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Half Moon Bay city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	California	United States
Under 5	792 ±226	7.0% ±2.0	5.5% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	1,789 ±288	15.7% ±2.5	16.5% ±<0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	695 ±226	6.1% ±2.0	9.1% ±<0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	2,106 ±336	18.5% ±2.9	28.7% ±<0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	3,380 ±482	29.7% ±4.2	24.6% ±<0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	2,629 ±340	23.1% ±3.0	15.7% ±<0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $157,884 ±$5,507, and income per person $83,128 ±$11,200, 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 Half Moon Bay city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	California	United States
Under $25,000	308 ±110	7.6% ±2.7	12.5% ±0.1	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	345 ±118	8.5% ±2.8	13.3% ±0.1	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	322 ±119	7.9% ±2.9	13.0% ±0.1	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	299 ±121	7.4% ±2.9	11.6% ±0.1	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	568 ±156	14.0% ±3.7	17.8% ±0.1	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	746 ±254	18.3% ±6.1	11.3% ±0.1	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	1,480 ±198	36.4% ±4.0	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 Half Moon Bay city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	California	United States
All ages	635 ±255	5.6% ±2.2	12.0% ±0.1	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	13 to 167	0.6% to 6.5%	15.0% ±0.1	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	117 to 419	2.2% to 7.8%	11.0% ±0.1	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	103 to 451	3.1% to 12.8%	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 Half Moon Bay city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Half Moon Bay city	California	United States
Housing units	4,473 ±386	14,644,735 ±1,665	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	90.9% ±10.5	92.5% ±0.1	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	9.1% ±4.1	7.5% ±0.1	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	71.1% ±5.5	55.9% ±0.3	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	28.9% ±4.0	44.1% ±0.2	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$1,549,500 ±$110,431	$734,700 ±$1,307	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$2,433 ±$619	$2,036 ±$5	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1979 ±3	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 Half Moon Bay city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	California	United States
Hispanic or Latino	3,265 ±569	28.7% ±5.0	40.2% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	6,655 ±660	58.4% ±5.8	33.8% ±<0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	7 to 105	0.1% to 0.9%	5.2% ±<0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	312 to 1,058	2.7% to 9.3%	15.3% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 21	0% to 0.2%	0.3% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 21	0% to 0.2%	0.3% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 21	0% to 0.2%	0.6% ±<0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	730 ±300	6.4% ±2.6	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 Half Moon Bay city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	California	United States
Born in the state	6,512 ±517	57.2% ±4.5	56.5% ±0.1	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	2,327 ±338	20.4% ±3.0	15.0% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	42 to 150	0.4% to 1.3%	1.5% ±<0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	2,456 ±491	21.6% ±4.3	27.0% ±0.1	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	1,261 ±375	11.1% ±3.3	14.7% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	1,195 ±376	10.5% ±3.3	12.3% ±0.1	6.8% ±<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%.

Half Moon Bay city among the places of California

461st 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 Half Moon Bay city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Rossmoor CDP	11,532 ±1,171
Quartz Hill CDP	11,510 ±1,153
La Riviera CDP	11,492 ±1,378
Signal Hill city	11,468 ±30
Big Bear City CDP	11,431 ±1,184
Half Moon Bay city	11,391 ±34
Anderson city	11,255 ±22
Healdsburg city	11,243 ±47
View Park-Windsor Hills CDP	11,230 ±1,284
Canyon Lake city	11,119 ±40
Valley Center CDP	11,119 ±1,479

Rankings this appears in

No. 9 Places in California by median home value
No. 11 Places in California by median rent
No. 14 Places by median home value
No. 17 Places in California by median age
No. 24 Places by median rent
No. 38 Places in California by per capita income

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