Census-designated place · San Mateo County, California

Baywood Park, California

Baywood Park is a census-designated place in San Mateo County, California, part of the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area. It has 1,580 residents. Baywood Park, California has a quality-of-life score of 93 out of 100 (very high), ranking #1,112 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within California it ranks #34 of 1,062 cities and towns. It ranks best on average weekly wage (high), adult obesity (low) and public EV charging ports (high). It ranks worst on home price to income ratio (high), students per teacher (high) and high school diploma or higher (low).

93Very high

Quality-of-life score: #1,112 of 15,651 cities and towns
California: #34 of 1,062 in CA
Population: 1,580 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 2,889.4 /mi²
FIPS code: 0604549

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 75 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety75#3,874/15,637
Economy98#371/15,631
Housing10#13,448/14,977
Health99#201/15,609
Healthcare96#665/15,650
Environment91#1,432/15,453
Education63#5,791/15,649
Infrastructure98#334/15,650
Community63#5,718/15,651
Leisure & amenities90#1,555/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Baywood Park, California ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “San Mateo County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Average weekly wage · high$4,121
100/100California $1,865United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsSan Mateo County value
Adult obesity · low18.7%
100/100California 30.4%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Public EV charging ports · high49.3 /10k
100/100California 17.5 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergySan Mateo County value
Comfortable days · high51.7%
99/100California 34.8%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationSan Mateo County value
Life expectancy · high84.2 yrs
99/100California 79.7 yrsUnited States 77.6 yrs2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSan Mateo County value
Premature death · low3,904 /100k
99/100California 6,570 /100kUnited States 8,123 /100k2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSan Mateo County value

Weaknesses

Home price to income ratio · high9.2×
1/100California 7.4×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Students per teacher · high19.9×
8/100California 21.7×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsSan Mateo County value
High school diploma or higher · low98.8%
8/100California 84.7%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Natural hazard risk · high88.6
12/100California 87.32025Federal Emergency Management AgencySan Mateo County value
Social associations · low6.2 /10k
14/100California 6.2 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSan Mateo County value
Rent-burdened households · high17.0%
15/100California 55.3%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070High uncertainty

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationFalling
1,786 (2016-2020) → 1,580 (2020-2024)
−12%4 yearsCensus table B01003US 331,578,104 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
36.7% (2016-2020) → 16.9% (2020-2024)
−20 pts4 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.1% → 51.1%
Public transit commutersWorsening
8.3% (2016-2020) → 1.4% (2020-2024)
−6.9 pts4 yearsCensus table B08301US 4.6% → 3.2%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
23.9% (2016-2020) → 18.3% (2020-2024)
−5.6 pts4 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.6% → 30.6%
Child poverty rateImproving
4.7% (2016-2020) → 0.0% (2020-2024)
−4.7 pts4 yearsCensus table B17001US 15.7% → 15.5%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Worsening
1.8% (2016-2020) → 6.3% (2020-2024)
+4.6 pts4 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.4% → 9.8%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

There is not enough history to compare Baywood Park, California over five years.

Cities and towns like Baywood Park, California five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Baywood Park, California in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

No place that looked like Baywood Park, California five years ago has more measures that improved than declined, with a higher standing among its peers today.

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,580 residents (±241)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,580 residents (±241)

Baywood Park, California
California share

White50%785
Black0.1%†2
Hispanic or Latino5.7%†90

Education

1,255 residents (±183)

Baywood Park, California
California share

No high school diploma1.2%†15
High school or GED12%†153
Some college13%†160

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

574 households (±83)

Baywood Park, California
California share

Under $25k2.8%†16
$25k–50k6.3%†36
$50k–75k3.0%†17
$75k–100k11%†65
$100k–150k4.0%†23
$150k–200k13%†74
$200k or more60%343

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

574 households (±83)

Baywood Park, California
California share

Own90%515
Rent10%†59

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

59 households (±54)

Baywood Park, California
California share

Under $7500.0%0
$750–1,0000.0%0
$1,000–1,5000.0%0
$1,500–2,000

Home values

515 homes (±81)

Baywood Park, California
California share

Under $150k0.0%0
$150k–250k0.0%0
$250k–400k0.0%0
$400k–750k

Age of homes

601 homes (±83)

Baywood Park, California
California share

2010 or later1.2%†7
2000–20090.0%0
1980–19995.2%†31

Size of homes

601 homes (±83)

Baywood Park, California
California share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom0.0%0
2 bedrooms1.3%†8
3 bedrooms

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

664 workers (±154)

Baywood Park, California
California share

Drive alone69%†457
Carpool0.0%0
Public transit1.4%†9
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home30%†198
Other0.0%0

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

466 workers (±152)

Baywood Park, California
California share

Under 15 min1.7%†8
15–29 min61%†286
30–44 min24%†114

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of San Mateo County, the county holding most of Baywood Park's residents.

San Mateo County has 21,569 employer establishments, 294 for every 10,000 residents (1.18× the US rate of 248; 1.12× California's), with 477,938 paid employees at an average annual pay of $183,393. The Census Bureau also counts 73,332 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 21,569; 73,332 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 294; US 248 · California 263
Paid employees: 477,938
Average annual pay: $183,393; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of San Mateo County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	1,741	23.7	1.14×About typical	24,548	$115,929	3,467
Restaurants and other eating places	1,728	23.5	1.28×More than typical	27,893	$34,526	307
Lessors of real estate	1,350	18.4	1.49×More than typical	5,790	$99,632	7,953
Specialty trade contractors	1,095	14.9	0.96×About typical	12,876	$97,659	2,128
Construction of buildings	853	11.6	1.54×More than typical	7,010	$113,273	1,808
Management, scientific and technical consulting	840	11.4	1.71×More than typical	4,960	$148,773	5,608
Full-service restaurants	801	10.9	1.42×More than typical	13,954	$39,389	110
Computer systems design and related services	775	10.6	2.44×More than typical	12,950	$199,271	1,502
Limited-service restaurants	633	8.6	1.08×About typical	9,987	$31,038	127
Services to buildings and dwellings	579	7.9	1.17×About typical	7,650	$46,438	3,932
Real estate agents and brokers	518	7.1	1.45×More than typical	1,438	$117,106	1,965
Offices of dentists	515	7	1.74×More than typical	3,283	$64,102	208

Rank places for an industry Open San Mateo County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 733,949 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $540.6K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Baywood Park, California: $342 per resident (US $2,007).

Obligations: $540.6K; −79% vs FY2025
Per resident: $342; US $2,007
Sole-source: 37%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.7%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Navy$164.6K30%
Department of the Air Force$158.8K29%
Departmental Offices$148K27%
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$30.4K5.6%
Missile Defense Agency$19.5K3.6%
Social Security Administration$12.8K2.4%
Department of State$12.4K2.3%
Drug Enforcement Administration$3620.1%

Top recipients

STOTTLER HENKE ASSOCIATES, INC$509.1K94%
SKYDIO, INC$206.6K38%
SAN FRANCISCO CIRCUITS, INC.$15.4K2.9%
JACK KUNDIN$12.8K2.4%
CA SAN MATEO COUNTY- CORONERS OFFICE-$16.290.0%

Spending by fiscal year

1.2MFY2017
576.7KFY2018
2.4MFY2019
1.4MFY2020
1.5MFY2021
1.4MFY2022
1.4MFY2023
2.9M

Top industries (NAICS)

Scientific research and development services · 5417$312.1K58%
Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$206.6K38%
Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing · 3344$15.4K2.9%
Offices of physicians · 6211$12.8K2.4%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Baywood Park, California, so they do not add up across cities.

Baywood Park, California's figures are part of those of San Mateo County, CA ($833.6M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.1% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Baywood Park is mostly in San Mateo County.

See federal money in San Mateo County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Baywood Park, California is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

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County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

San Mateo County92100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA83

Other cities and towns in San Mateo County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

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Trends

What changed in five years

Cities and towns like Baywood Park, California five years ago that improved