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Moss Beach CDP, California: commercial real estate data.
Moss Beach CDP is a Census CDP of 2,683 people across 2.24 square miles of land, in San Mateo County. Median household income is $99,680, 99.0 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Moss Beach
What Moss Beach is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area2.24 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,199 plus or minus 336
- 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.
Moss Beach
How many people live in Moss Beach
- Population2,683 plus or minus 751
- Median age47.1 plus or minus 11.7
- Population under 18542 plus or minus 256
- Share under 1820.2 percent plus or minus 7.7
- Population 65 and over747 plus or minus 228
- Share 65 and over27.8 percent
- Households915 plus or minus 200
- Family households644 plus or minus 175
- Share of households that are families70.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Moss Beach
Income and work in Moss Beach
- Median household income$99,680 plus or minus $45,343
- Per capita income$56,009 plus or minus $16,923
- Civilian labor force1,298 plus or minus 453
- Employed1,296 plus or minus 453
- Unemployed2 plus or minus 7
- Unemployment rate0.2 percent plus or minus 0.5
- Adults 25 and over2,042 plus or minus 439
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher76.2 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher47.1 percent plus or minus 12.4
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree18.0 percent plus or minus 8.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Moss Beach
Housing in Moss Beach
- Housing units1,081
- Occupied units915 plus or minus 200
- Vacant units166 plus or minus 164
- Vacancy rate15.4 percent plus or minus 14.9
- Owner occupied906 plus or minus 198
- Renter occupied9 plus or minus 16
- Ownership rate99.0 percent plus or minus 30.6
- Median owner-occupied home value$1,123,100
- Single family units836 plus or minus 173
- Share single family77.3 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more0
- Share in buildings of two or more0.0 percent
- Mobile homes245 plus or minus 93
- Median year structure built1970
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Moss Beach
How Moss Beach gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute961 plus or minus 390
- Commuting under 15 minutes178 plus or minus 157
- Share commuting under 15 minutes18.5 percent plus or minus 14.5
- Commuting 30 minutes or more509 plus or minus 176
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more53.0 percent plus or minus 28.3
- Drove alone64.4 percent plus or minus 13.5
- Carpooled4.2 percent plus or minus 5.1
- Public transport2.6 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Walked0.2 percent plus or minus 0.5
- Worked from home25.8 percent plus or minus 11.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Moss Beach
SBA 504 lending to Moss Beach borrowers
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$1,627,000
- Average approval$1,627,000
- Median approval$1,627,000
- Largest approval$1,627,000
- Jobs supported5
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
San Mateo County, not Moss Beach
San Mateo County context, not Moss Beach 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 Moss Beach 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 Moss Beach. 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
Moss Beach questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Moss Beach, California?
2,683, in 915 households. Moss Beach CDP covers 2.24 square miles of land, which is 1,199 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Moss Beach 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 Moss Beach?
$99,680. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $1,123,100. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Moss Beach 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 Moss Beach.
Is zoning published for Moss Beach?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.