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El Granada CDP, California: commercial real estate data.
El Granada CDP is a Census CDP of 5,232 people across 4.91 square miles of land, in San Mateo County. Median household income is $213,347, 88.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 7 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $2.9 m.
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El Granada
What El Granada is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area4.91 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,065
- County holding the largest share of its areaSan Mateo County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
El Granada
How many people live in El Granada
- Population5,232
- Median age53.7
- Population under 18697 plus or minus 281
- Share under 1813.3 percent plus or minus 4.9
- Population 65 and over1,140 plus or minus 340
- Share 65 and over21.8 percent plus or minus 5.3
- Households2,223
- Family households1,651 plus or minus 366
- Share of households that are families74.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
El Granada
Income and work in El Granada
- Median household income$213,347 plus or minus $79,059
- Per capita income$95,458 plus or minus $19,461
- Civilian labor force2,996
- Employed2,799
- Unemployed197 plus or minus 235
- Unemployment rate6.6 percent plus or minus 7.7
- Adults 25 and over4,169
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher94.1 percent plus or minus 22.5
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher61.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree30.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
El Granada
Housing in El Granada
- Housing units2,236
- Occupied units2,223
- Vacant units13 plus or minus 22
- Vacancy rate0.6 percent plus or minus 1.0
- Owner occupied1,968
- Renter occupied255 plus or minus 139
- Ownership rate88.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$1,424,700
- Single family units2,136
- Share single family95.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more100 plus or minus 103
- Share in buildings of two or more4.5 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1981
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
El Granada
How El Granada gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute1,842 plus or minus 403
- Commuting under 15 minutes279 plus or minus 181
- Share commuting under 15 minutes15.1 percent plus or minus 9.3
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,160 plus or minus 350
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more63.0 percent plus or minus 13.1
- Drove alone62.6 percent
- Carpooled0.3 percent plus or minus 0.8
- Public transport4.4 percent plus or minus 4.5
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home27.5 percent plus or minus 10.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
El Granada
SBA loans in El Granada (7(a))
- Approvals7
- Gross approval$2,875,500
- Average approval$410,786
- Median approval$230,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,067,000
- Largest approval$1,067,000
- Jobs supported38
- Jobs per approval5.4
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more42.9 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders5
- Distinct industries by NAICS7
A charge-off rate is not published here. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a rate over that few outcomes would move several points on one loan.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
El Granada
SBA loans in El Granada (504)
- Approvals7
- Gross approval$3,163,000
- Average approval$451,857
- Median approval$413,000
- Largest approval$962,000
- Jobs supported26
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs3
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
San Mateo County, not El Granada
San Mateo County context, not El Granada figures
These are San Mateo County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as El Granada measurements.
- Establishments in San Mateo County21,569
- Employment at those establishments, San Mateo County477,938
- Covered employment, San Mateo County416,422
- Average annual pay, San Mateo County$196,441
- Average weekly wage, San Mateo County$3,778
- Housing units permitted, San Mateo County1,088
- Of those, single family, San Mateo County521
- County product, 2024, San Mateo County$217,017,754,000
- County product change over the prior year, San Mateo County11.1 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, San Mateo County$211,636
Every figure in this section is published for San Mateo County as a whole and is not a measurement of El Granada. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- No median gross rent is published for this place.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
El Granada questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in El Granada, California?
5,232, in 2,223 households. El Granada CDP covers 4.91 square miles of land, which is 1,065 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is El Granada in?
San Mateo County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in El Granada?
$213,347. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $1,424,700. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to El Granada businesses?
7 7(a) approvals totalling $2.9 m, across 5 lenders, median approval $230,000, plus 7 504 approvals worth $3.2 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in El Granada, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to El Granada borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for El Granada. only 1 resolved loans, too few to publish a rate, and a percentage over that few outcomes would move several points on a single loan. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page El Granada figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for San Mateo County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of El Granada.
Is zoning published for El Granada?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.