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East Palo Alto is a city in San Mateo County, California, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of East Palo Alto was 30,034. It is situated on the San Francisco Peninsula, roughly halfway between the cities of San Francisco and San Jose. To the north and east is the San Francisco Bay, to the west is the city of Menlo Park, and to the south the city of Palo Alto. East Palo Alto was founded as an unincorporated community and was incorporated in July 1983. The two cities are separated only by San Francisquito Creek and, largely, the Bayshore Freeway. The revitalization projects in 2000, and high income high-tech professionals moving into new developments, including employees from Google and Facebook, have begun to slowly eliminate the historically wide cultural and economic differences between the two cities. East Palo Alto and Palo Alto share both telephone area codes and postal ZIP codes.
East Palo Alto is a diverse city experiencing rapid development. Features affordable housing and proximity to Silicon Valley tech jobs.
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Median Rent
$2,209/mo
Census estimate for East Palo Alto
Housing Tenure in East Palo Alto
Renting is more common here than statewide—this market has more rental inventory and transient residents.
48%
Homeowners
52%
Renters
Homeownership is 7.5% lower than the California average (55.5%)
8,290 households (2023)
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