Palo Alto, California (CA) Poverty Rate Data
Information about poor and low income residents
Data:
Poverty rates in Palo Alto
Residents with income below the poverty level in 2016:
| Palo Alto: | 10.6% |
| Whole state: | 19.1% |
| Palo Alto: | 5.0% |
| Whole state: | 6.2% |
| Palo Alto: | 6.7% |
| California: | 16.2% |
11.0%
among residents who are not classified as poor):
| Palo Alto: | 15.1% |
| California: | 16.2% |
| Palo Alto: | 10.5% |
| California: | 18.6% |
13.0%
among residents who are not classified as poor):
| Palo Alto: | 29.0% |
| California: | 18.6% |
| Residents below poverty level: | 74.5% |
| Residents above poverty level: | 41.6% |
Poverty by age in Palo Alto
Breakdown by age of poor male residents in Palo Alto (percentage below poverty level)
Breakdown by age of poor female residents in Palo Alto (percentage below poverty level)
Breakdown by age of very poor residents in Palo Alto, CA (percentage below half of poverty level)
Poverty by race and place of birth in Palo Alto
Breakdown by races of poor residents (income below poverty level) in Palo Alto in percentages
Breakdown by races of poor residents in Palo Alto in absolute numbers
Poverty status for native-born residents
- 6.8%Below poverty level
- 93.2%Above poverty level
Poverty status for foreign-born residents
- 11.8%Below poverty level
- 88.2%Above poverty level
Poverty in families in Palo Alto
Children below poverty level:
| Palo Alto, California: | 5.4% |
| State: | 19.6% |
| Palo Alto: | 8.2% |
| California: | 18.0% |
| Palo Alto: | 45.2% |
| California: | 43.0% |
Poor families by family type
- 39.7%Married-couple family
- 13.7%Male, no wife present
- 46.6%Female, no husband present
Breakdown of poor residents in Palo Alto not in families by work experience
- 5.2%Worked full-time, year-round
- 33.8%Worked part-time
- 61.0%Did not work
Breakdown of poor married-couple families by work experience
- 0.0%Both worked full-time
- 0.0%One full-time, other part-time
- 11.1%One full-time, other didn't work
- 8.8%Both worked part-time
- 26.4%One part-time, other didn't work
- 53.6%Both didn't work
Other data
Year house/condo built by year for residents below and above poverty levels in percentages
