ZIP 94301 · Palo Alto
Who lives in ZIP code 94301 (Palo Alto, CA): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Palo Alto, CA · Santa Clara County
uszips 2026
People17,508
Median age46.7
Household income$242,006
Home value$2,000,001
Median rent$3,300/mo
Poverty5.8%
College degree+81.8%
Commute22 min
Place
- Metro area
- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
- Wider region
- San Jose-San Francisco-Oakland, CA
- Time zone
- Pacific
- Density
- 2,852 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 7,167
County
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
21.5% are 65 or older; 79.9% are adults.
Household income
74.0% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $119,886.
Education (adults 25+)
69.9% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
8.9% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 56.1%
- Never married
- 29.0%
- Divorced
- 9.6%
- Widowed
- 5.4%
- Family size
- 3.06
- Dual-income families
- 51.9%
Housing
- Own their home
- 53.0%
- Rent burden
- 23.7%
- Men / women
- 47% / 54%
Work
- In labor force
- 60.3%
- Unemployment
- 2.5%
- Self-employed
- 22.0%
- Farmers
- 0.4%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 53.2%
- Veterans
- 3.6%
- With a disability
- 8.7%
- No health insurance
- 2.3%
- Limited English
- 5.9%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.