Where has Berkeley looked like this before?
Searching stored historical observations…
| Metric | 2010–2025 | Berkeley | Peer median | Pctile | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 120,257 | 112,909 | 64 | ||
| Population change (10 yr) | — | n/a | 1.4% | — | |
| Median household income | $108,092 | $101,226 | 55 | ||
| Poverty rate | 17.3% | 10.8% | 73 | ||
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 74.9% | 69.3% | 64 | ||
| Housing unit change (10 yr) | — | n/a | 7.3% | — | |
| Median owner-occupied home value | $1,413,900 | $598,850 | 91 | ||
| Median gross rent | $2,133 | $1,864 | 73 | ||
| Housing vacancy rate | 11.3% | 6.4% | 91 | ||
| Worked from home | 37.1% | 28.8% | 91 |
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| Metric | 2012–2019 | 2019–2024 | Peer median, latest span |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | — | — | +2.4% |
| Housing units | — | — | +8.3% |
| Median household income | — | — | +22.2% |
| Median owner-occupied home value | — | — | +22.9% |
| Median gross rent | — | — | +28.1% |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | — | — | +3.6% |
| Worked from home | — | — | +187.5% |
| Poverty rate | — | — | -11.8% |
| Restaurants & bars | 25.0 | US 21.3 | above US rate |
| Grocery & food retail | 4.9 | US 4.8 | above US rate |
| Other retail | 0.0 | US n/a | not published |
| Personal & repair services | 9.1 | US 8.1 | above US rate |
| Professional & technical services | 40.8 | US 29.5 | above US rate |
| Ambulatory health care | 22.2 | US 21.0 | above US rate |
| Arts, entertainment & recreation | 4.7 | US 5.0 | below US rate |
| Accommodation | 1.4 | US 2.1 | below US rate |
| Construction | 19.2 | US 24.3 | below US rate |
| Manufacturing | 0.0 | US n/a | not published |
| Place | Similarity | Population | Pop change 10y | Income | BA or higher |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandy Springs, GA | 73 | 107,087 | — | $104,340 | 69.2% |
| Cambridge, MA | 68 | 118,796 | — | $130,748 | 80.8% |
| Boulder, CO | 67 | 106,433 | — | $87,493 | 76.8% |
| Alexandria, VA | 65 | 156,976 | — | $119,681 | 66.2% |
| Somerville, MA | 64 | 81,036 | — | $132,572 | 69.4% |
| Richardson, TX | 64 | 118,731 | — | $98,111 | 57.0% |
| Ann Arbor, MI | 63 | 122,036 | — | $82,212 | 77.9% |
| Hoover, AL | 62 | 92,642 | — | $109,253 | 62.6% |
| Evanston, IL | 60 | 76,340 | +1.4% | $96,434 | 69.5% |
| Fort Collins, CO | 59 | 170,229 | — | $85,070 | 60.7% |