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San Mateo

Stroll through downtown and prepare to be dazzled by all of the restaurant choices, enough to make unnecessary the long drive or train ride north.

Welcome to San Mateo

If there were no San Francisco, San Mateo would do just fine. Though it functions as a suburb of San Francisco, San Mateo is built to stand on its own. Population-wise, it’s the second-largest city on the Peninsula, and it’s the one with the biggest downtown.
 
Stroll through downtown and prepare to be dazzled by all of the restaurant choices, enough to make unnecessary the long drive or train ride north. There is plenty – from taquerias and Indian street food to steakhouses, ristorantes and cafes – to satisfy any palate.
 
What sets San Mateo’s downtown apart from other Peninsula hubs, though, is its urban atmosphere. By day its coffee shops fill up with commuters and local workers; after sundown its restaurants and nightspots overflow with revelers. Day and night its sidewalks teem with pedestrians.
 
Some people come downtown for the food and the nightlight; others come just to shop at Talbot’s Toyland, one of the biggest – and last – family-owned toy stores in the Bay Area. Talbot’s opened for business in 1953. Since then it’s become a local landmark.
 
So has the Century 12 movie theater complex in the short time it’s been downtown, and the full slate of community fairs and festivals the city holds each year. Downtown buzzes with activities, whatever the season; summer brings Summerfest and the late-season Downtown Wine Walk, fall comes with the Halloween Fun Fest; December brings with it the annual “Christmas on B Street” celebration, with a tree lighting, crafts, music and, of course, Santa Claus.
 
With all of these events you might think it’d be difficult to choose the biggest one, but it’s not. Every summer, the San Mateo County Fair takes that title, filling the fairgrounds with rides, food and entertainment. There’s plenty to do in San Mateo, but the County Fair is a destination.
 
San Mateo is large enough for three farmer’s markets: one downtown, one at the College of San Mateo and one on 25th Avenue. It’s also large enough for all sorts of neighborhoods, from entry-level to ultra-high end. San Mateo Park, which borders Hillsborough and Burlingame and is one of San Mateo’s oldest neighborhoods, has some of the most beautiful and largest homes in the area. So does Baywood, which has the added allure of being close to Baywood Elementary, San Mateo’s most popular school.
 
There are neighborhoods with tree-lined streets, hillside homes with views, neat subdivisions built before and after World War II, waterfront homes and Hillsdale, a huge post-war neighborhood that grew up around the Hillsdale Shopping Center, one of the country’s first open air malls when it opened, in 1954. There is 225-acre Laurelwood Park and the Peninsula Country Club, downtown’s Central Park and even a Thai restaurant on Peninsula Avenue that used to be a Hollywood studio during the silent movie era.
 
Right now San Mateo is undergoing its biggest period of growth since the 1950s. A planned, transit-oriented development is underway on the former grounds of the Bay Meadows horseracing track. When it is complete, the new Bay Meadows neighborhood will have over 1,000 townhouses, condos and single-family homes, four parks, a new high school and its own downtown, a pedestrian-friendly core of retail, restaurants and offices, all a short walk from a Caltrain station.
 
So stop yourself if you’re thinking of San Mateo as “just” a suburb of San Francisco or a bedroom community for Silicon Valley. It’s a “real” city, providing a lively, vibrant lifestyle for 100,000 satisfied residents.
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Overview for San Mateo, CA

140,535 people live in San Mateo, where the median age is 38.6 and the average individual income is $85,039.05. Data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau.

140,535

Total Population

38.6 years

Median Age

High

Population Density Population Density
This is the number of people per square mile in a neighborhood.

$85,039.05

Average individual Income

Around San Mateo, CA

There's plenty to do around San Mateo, including shopping, dining, nightlife, parks, and more. Data provided by Walk Score and Yelp.

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Very Walkable
Walking Score
75
Very Bikeable
Bike Score
49
Some Transit
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Points of Interest

Explore popular things to do in the area, including Vibe 365 Pilates, Hughes Elite Fitness, and Leonard Ko, CPT.

Name Category Distance Reviews
Ratings by Yelp
Vibe 365 Pilates Logo
Active 3.25 miles 30 reviews 5/5 stars
Hughes Elite Fitness Logo
Active 4.1 miles 5 reviews 5/5 stars
Leonard Ko, CPT Logo
Active 1 miles 9 reviews 5/5 stars
Fawntastic Skin Care Logo
Beauty 4.47 miles 5 reviews 5/5 stars
Sila Thai Wellness Therapy Logo
Beauty 1.69 miles 6 reviews 5/5 stars
Grow Inkk Logo
Beauty 0.48 miles 60 reviews 5/5 stars

Demographics and Employment Data for San Mateo, CA

Population Households Employment

San Mateo has 53,985 households, with an average household size of 10.25. Data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. Here’s what the people living in San Mateo do for work — and how long it takes them to get there. Data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau. 140,535 people call San Mateo home. The population density is 8,319.734 and the largest age group is Data provided by the U.S. Census Bureau.

140,535

Total Population

High

Population Density Population Density This is the number of people per square mile in a neighborhood.

38.63116305546661

Median Age

49.29 / 50.71%

Men vs Women

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25-64 Years

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53,985

Total Households

10.25

Average Household Size

$85,039.05

Average individual Income

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30 to 59 Minutes
60+ Minutes

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