Daly City, CA population, income and ZIP codes

Daly City city is a mid-size city in California, with 102,560 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #73 of 1,618 ranked by population — larger than 95% of them. The median age here is 41.7 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this size the Census also publishes one-year estimates; the five-year values used here are steadier and let you compare against smaller neighbours on the same basis.

Households in Daly City city earn a median of $119,570 a year, 52.2% above the national figure of $78,538 and 31% above the $91,111 median for the 1,050 California cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 7.3% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Daly City city is valued at $1,092,700, 260.2% above the national figure and 85% above the $589,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $2,523 a month, 79.4% above the national figure, or roughly $30,276 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 25.3% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 9.1×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is out of reach on local earnings alone and the ownership market leans on outside income, equity or dual high earners. 60.5% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

Home values sit at 9.1× median household income, far past the 3.9× national mark, so ownership costs here are set by something other than local wages — second homes, retirees with equity, or commuters earning elsewhere.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.