Demographics
The success and health of Redwood City is built upon our diverse communities, our civic pride, our strong neighborhoods, and each individual’s sense of responsibility for making the City a better place for everyone. We’re proud of our diversity, which brings a wide range and a great depth of skill, experience, and interest to our continual efforts to improve our community.
American Community Survey 5-Year Explorer
The American Community Survey 5-Year Explorer provides the public with basic demographic information for the City of Redwood City including comparisons with San Mateo County. Topics includes population, race/ethnicity, housing unit characteristics (occupied and vacant housing units; owner-occupied housing units and renter occupied housing units), housing population details, education attainment, disabilities, language spoken at home, and limited English proficiency (LEP). In addition, the “Tract-Level Explorer” allows users to learn more about the demographics of a specific area by either clicking on the map or typing in an address. The dashboards are updated in accordance with the U.S. Census Bureau’s data release schedule for the ACS 5-Year Estimate data; data is typically released by the U.S. Census Bureau on an annual basis.
(Click on the image below to launch the data dashboard)
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2020 Decennial Census Data Explorer
The 2020 Decennial Census Data Explorer provides the public with basic demographic information for the City of Redwood City. Unlike other demographic data sites, this application also shows the data aggregated by Council District and Neighborhood. The topics presented in the application are based upon availability of block data (the smallest geographic units used by the U.S. Census Bureau) from the U.S. Census Bureau Decennial Census tables, allowing for distinct aggregation and tabulation of counts to the council district geographies and neighborhood geographies. Through this application, topics include population, race/ethnicity, occupied and vacant housing units comparisons, and owner-occupied housing units and renter-occupied housing units comparisons. In addition, the Redwood City section includes change over time comparisons for the Decennial Census from 2000, 2010, and 2020 and with San Mateo County.
(Click on the image below to launch the data dashboard)