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West Menlo Park is a small town of 3,634 people in San Mateo County, California. It's about 23 miles from San Jose, CA. Summer highs average 84°F and winter highs 60°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $2.0M and rent runs about $3k a month.
3,634people
$2.0MTypical home
$3,324/moRent
84° / 60°Summer / winter
0"Snow
270Sunny days
56Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 3,634
- Part of a metro area
- About 7,493 people per sq mi
- 23 mi to San Jose, CA
- 23 mi to San Jose, CA
- 2 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $2.0M (≈$13k/mo)
- Median rent $3,324/mo
- Median household income $250k
- Property tax about 0.5% of value
- 6.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 84°F
- Winter highs around 60°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 54°F)
- 270 sunny days a year (95 totally clear)
- 95 cloudy days a year
- 34 of 90 winter days are gray
- 56 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- 5 days a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Windier than most places
Safety
- Low violent crime (223 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,369 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 41
- 45% of households have kids
- 14% are 65 or older
- 83% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 6% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 23 min
- 4% walk or take transit to work
- 6 mi to SQL airport
- 16 mi to SJC (major hub)
- 14 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 84% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1963
- 97% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 115 ft
- 5 mi to the ocean
- 141 mi to a big lake
- 3 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 133 mi to the nearest ski area
- 6 mi to the nearest campground
- 60 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 3,471 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 265 bars within 25 mi
- 1,374 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 35 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 102 museums within 25 mi
- 31 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 2 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 30% of California districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 2 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 2 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 3 mi to the nearest vet
- 2 mi to the nearest dog park
- 3 congregations per 10k people
- 2 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- San Mateo County: D+50 in 2024
- California: D+20 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Low tornado risk
- Low wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Moderate flood risk
- Moderate drought risk
- Very low winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk