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37.69° N · 122.48° W · GEOID 0608338

Broadmoor

San Mateo County, California · part of the San Francisco, CA metro

Limited data population under 5,000

CaliforniaBroadmoor, CABroadmoorBroadmoor

The short answer

Broadmoor is home to 4,586 people. Median household income is $167,396 a year and median rent is $3,501 a month, 25.1% of income (a ratio of two medians, not any one household's burden). Rent pressure is moderate. The median home is valued at $1,254,600, about 7.5x annual median household income.

Median gross rent
$3,501
156% above the median place
Median household income
$167,396
108% above the median place
Median home value
$1,254,600
293% above the median place
Unemployment
4.8%
2% below the median place

Compared with the median of the 6,645 places we track. The bundle was checked 2026-11-14; each measure may refer to an older release.

What stands out about Broadmoor

  • Owning with a mortgage costs about $422 a month less than the median rent, which is rarer than in 99% of the 2,469 places under 10,000 people we track. It is the 2nd-lowest of 653 California places.
  • Median rent is $3,501 a month, higher than in 98% of places its size. It is the highest of 655 California places.
  • The median home is valued at $1,254,600, more than in 98% of places its size.
  • 40% of residents were born outside the US, more than in 97% of places its size.
  • Household income has grown 12.2% a year across the last five survey releases, faster than in 97% of places its size.

Many people here skip the commute entirely: 24% work from home, which keeps total commuting time lower than in 71% of places.

01

Moving to Broadmoor

San Mateo County loses about 10.7 residents per 1,000 a year to moves between counties.

Moved in32,116
Moved out38,878
Net−6,762

Where people come from and where they go, top counties

Within California, other states or abroad

Arrivals
Leavers
Within CaliforniaOther statesAbroad

Income per tax return

Arrivals$167K
Leavers$186K

People on tax returns who moved between counties, from IRS migration data, 2022 to 2023. Figures are for all of San Mateo County; flows under 20 returns are not published.

Who moves here
6.5% of residents arrived from another county in the past year, 0.0% from another state. County figure.
Who arrives and who leaves
Households moving into San Mateo County report $167,300 a year in income on average; those leaving, $186,400, so leavers earn more than newcomers.
Income you would need
$140,000 a year to rent the median home at the 30% line. From your city
Rent or buy
Median rent is $3,501 a month; owners with a mortgage pay $3,079 a month including taxes and insurance, on a median home of $1,254,600.
Getting to work
24 minutes each way on average; 24.2% work from home; 5.1% take transit.
If it is close but not quite
Heeia, HI matches it on character. Compare the two
Moved from another state1
0.0%
below the median place (median 2.0%)
Income of households moving out7
$186,435
165% above the median place
Income of households moving in7
$167,342
137% above the median place
All 5 moving measures
MeasureBroadmoorAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Moved here in the past year1County figure6.5%13% above
Moved from another state10.0%below (median 2.0%)
Net movers per 1,000 people7County figure-10.7below (median -0.6)
Income of households moving in7County figure$167,342137% above
Income of households moving out7County figure$186,435165% above
02

What it costs to live here

Median gross rent is $3,501, 156% above the median place.

Broadmoor25.1%
Typical place20.4%

Share of the median household income that goes to the median rent. Above 30% is the usual stress line.

Income needed to rent
$140,040
a year, at the 30% line
Rent to income
25.1%
23% above the median place
Home price to income
7.5x
97% above the median place

Could you afford it?

The median rent would take
25%
just under the 30% line
Left after rent, in US prices
$125,700
a year
Vs the typical household here
Same
as the median household

Uses the median rent in Broadmoor, $3,501 a month, and local prices for everything else (99.4 against a US average of 100). It runs in your browser and stores nothing.

Like Broadmoor, but easier on the budget

Close matches on income, rent, home value, education and age, where rent takes a clearly smaller share of income.

PlaceRent to incomeMore left a year
East Foothills, CA20.0% vs 25.1%$51,800Compare
Rancho Mission Viejo, CA21.8% vs 25.1%$21,800Compare
Todd Creek, CO21.6% vs 25.1%$30,400Compare

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Median home value1
$1,254,600
293% above the median place
Median year built1
1949
1% below the median place
Owner costs with a mortgage1
$3,079
64% above the median place
All 16 cost and housing measures
MeasureBroadmoorAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median gross rent1$3,501156% above
Rent to income125.1%23% above
Property tax rate10.6%40% below
Home price to income17.5x97% above
Prices vs US average2Metro figure115.615% above
Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms3County figure$3,697129% above
HUD area median income4County figure$200,80087% above
Property tax paid (median)1$6,863110% above
Median home value1$1,254,600293% above
Home prices, 1-year change5County figure-0.6%below (median 3.2%)
Home prices, 5-year change5County figure22.5%56% below
Homeownership172.8%10% above
Renters paying 30%+1County figure48.4%4% below
Owner costs with a mortgage1$3,07964% above
Vacant homes1County figure7.9%12% above
Median year built119491% below
03

Work and pay

Median household income is $167,396, 108% above the median place.

Median household income1
$167,396
108% above the median place
Works from home1
24.2%
94% above the median place
Income per person1
$57,972
45% above the median place
All 10 work and pay measures
MeasureBroadmoorAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median household income1$167,396108% above
Income per person1$57,97245% above
Unemployment1County figure4.8%2% below
Average annual pay6County figure$214,295225% above
Pay growth, 1 year6County figure9.1%146% above
Jobs6County figure411,346173% above
Poverty rate1County figure6.7%38% below
Mean commute124 min2% below
Works from home124.2%94% above
Commutes by transit1County figure5.1%above (median 0.8%)
04

Who lives here

Homes with broadband is 98.7%, 7% above the median place.

Homes with broadband1
98.7%
7% above the median place
Born abroad1
39.5%
348% above the median place
Household size1
3.4
36% above the median place

More about who lives here, against the typical place

High school or higher96.2% +4%
Bachelor's or higher45.5% +42%
Median age39.5 +1%
All 8 people measures
MeasureBroadmoorAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Population14,5866646th largest
Median age139.51% above
Bachelor's or higher145.5%42% above
High school or higher196.2%4% above
Household size13.436% above
Born abroad139.5%348% above
No health insurance1County figure3.8%41% below
Homes with broadband198.7%7% above
05

Life in Broadmoor

64 sites are on the National Register of Historic Places, 2 of them National Historic Landmarks.

Out the door, against the typical place

Parks per 10k residents0.0 −100%
Playgrounds per 10k8.7 −7%
Grocery stores per 10k0.0 −100%
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k0.0 −100%
Libraries per 10k0.0 −100%
Named paths and bike trails0 km −100%
Bus and rail stops per sq mi53.2 253.5×

Mapped by volunteers in OpenStreetMap inside the city limits (Census boundaries), so coverage is fuller in some places than others. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Businesses per 10,000 residents (county figures)

Restaurants and bars27.2 +31%
Shops24.6 −19%
Arts, recreation and fitness4.7 +15%
Doctors' offices and clinics23.5 +16%
Child care centers4.8 2.1×

Counts businesses with paid staff, so small owner-run shops are not included.

Child care centers per 10k8
4.8
109% above the median place
Restaurants and bars per 10k8
27.2
31% above the median place
Public schools12
174
above the median place (median 9)
All 16 schools and local life measures
MeasureBroadmoorAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Public schools12County figure174above (median 9)
Public school students12County figure82,403above (median 4,897)
Students per teacher12County figure20.030% above
Restaurants and bars per 10k8County figure27.231% above
Shops per 10k8County figure24.619% below
Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k8County figure4.715% above
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k8County figure23.516% above
Child care centers per 10k8County figure4.8109% above
Parks per 10k90.0below (median 10.2)
Playgrounds per 10k98.77% below
Grocery stores per 10k90.0below (median 2.1)
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k90.0below (median 11.2)
Libraries per 10k90.0below (median 0.9)
Named paths and bike trails90.0below (median 2.0)
Transit stops per sq mi953.2above (median 0.2)
National Register listings10County figure64392% above
06

Safety, weather and risk

Violent crime per 100k is 113, 41% below the median place.

Violent crime per 100k
113
41% below the median place
Property crime per 100k
657
46% below the median place
Months reported
12 of 12
by the city police department to the FBI

Counts only offenses reported by the city police department. Sheriff, state and campus police are not included, and some departments do not report to the FBI at all, so compare with care.

July average high13
74°F
15% below the median place
January average low13
42°F
68% above the median place
Natural hazard risk14
99.2
7% above the median place
All 8 weather and risk measures
MeasureBroadmoorAmong 6,645 placesVs median
July average high13County figure74°F15% below
January average low13County figure42°F68% above
Average temperature13County figure57°F4% above
Annual precipitation13County figure28.7 in34% below
Natural hazard risk14County figure99.27% above
Tornado risk14County figure30.662% below
Wildfire risk14County figure92.050% above
Heat wave risk14County figure91.62% above
08

Broadmoor in 2030: where the trends point

If recent trends hold, the median rent will take about 25% of the median income in 2030, about the same as 25% now.

Citytistics projections to 2030: each figure's own trend, blended with the typical trend across the places we rate, eased toward long-run US growth and carried forward from the latest release. The range is where 80% of places landed when we tested the same method on past releases.

MeasureLatest2030 projectionLikely rangeAvg. per year
Median rent$3,501/mo (2024)$4,560/mo$3,740 to $5,550/mo+4.5%
Median household income$167,396 (2024)$218,500$185,000 to $259,000+4.6%
Median home value$1,254,600 (2024)$1,820,000$1,321,000 to $2,507,000+6.4%

The median home would be worth 8.3 years of the median income in 2030, against 7.5 now.

A projection of recent trends, not a prediction of the economy or advice to buy or sell. How we project.

09

Places like Broadmoor

The closest matches on income, rent, home value, education and age, and the places nearby.

PlaceRentIncome
Heeia, HI$3,501$176,250Compare
Pacifica, CA$3,098$160,523Compare
Milpitas, CA$3,120$178,798Compare
Alpine, UT$3,501$168,929Compare
Alpine, UTMilpitas, CAPacifica, CAHeeia, HIBroadmoor, CAHeeiaMilpitasAlpineHeeiaMilpitasAlpine

Common questions

Is Broadmoor a good place to live?

It depends on what you need, so here is what the numbers say. Owning with a mortgage costs about $422 a month less than the median rent, which is rarer than in 99% of the 2,469 places under 10,000 people we track. It is the 2nd-lowest of 653 California places. Median rent is $3,501 a month, higher than in 98% of places its size. It is the highest of 655 California places. See how it ranks with your own weights.

Is Broadmoor expensive to live in?

The median rent takes 25.1% of the median household income, against 20.4% in the typical place we track. Housing is a heavier load here than usual. The median home is valued at $1,254,600.

What salary do you need to live in Broadmoor?

To rent the median home without spending more than 30% of income on rent, a household needs about $140,040 a year. Work it out from your current city.

Is Broadmoor safe?

There were 113 reported violent crimes per 100,000 residents, against 192 in the typical place.

What places are similar to Broadmoor?

On income, rent, home value, education and age, the closest matches are Heeia, HI, Pacifica, CA, Milpitas, CA and Alpine, UT.

Sources and methods

The small numbers beside each measure point here. Every dataset is public; links go to the publisher.

  1. American Community Survey 5-year estimates · US Census Bureau · 2020 to 2024 estimatesTables B01002, B01003, B05002, B07003, B08013, B08301, B15003, B17001, B19013, B19301, B23025, B25002, B25003, B25010, B25035, B25064, B25070, B25077, B25088, B25103, B28002, S2701
  2. Regional Price Parities · US Bureau of Economic Analysis · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  3. Fair Market Rents · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2027
  4. Income Limits · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2026
  5. House Price Index · Federal Housing Finance Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  6. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · US Bureau of Labor Statistics · 2025 annual averages
  7. SOI Tax Stats, county-to-county migration · Internal Revenue Service · Tax years 2022 to 2023Counts tax returns and the people on them; flows under 20 returns are suppressed.
  8. County Business Patterns · US Census Bureau · 2023 data
  9. OpenStreetMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL) · Map data as of 2026-11
  10. National Register of Historic Places · National Park Service · Listings through 2026-05-22
  11. Crime Data Explorer · Federal Bureau of Investigation · 2025 data
  12. Common Core of Data · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024 release
  13. 1991-2020 climate normals · NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · Series updated 2026-11-05Averages for 1991 to 2020 computed from NOAA's county climate series (nClimDiv).nClimDiv county series
  14. National Risk Index · Federal Emergency Management Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14NRI data and maps

Derived by Citytistics from the tables above: rent to income (B25064, B19013); property tax rate (B25103, B25077); home price to income (B25077, B19013).

What stands out compares Broadmoor with places of a similar size, using only figures measured for Broadmoor itself; county and metro figures never count. Survey figures are estimates with margins of error. Formulas and definitions: methodology. API: /api/v1/places/broadmoor-california

Citytistics. “Broadmoor, California.” Data as of 2026-11-14. https://www.citytistics.com/city/broadmoor-california/

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