Most of the Stanford University campus and other core University-owned land is situated within the CDP of Stanford, though theStanford University Medical Center, theStanford Shopping Center, and theStanford Research Park are officially part of the city of Palo Alto. Its resident population consists of the inhabitants of on-campus housing, including graduate student residences and single-family homes and condominiums owned by their faculty inhabitants but located on leased Stanford land.
The adjacent neighborhood ofCollege Terrace, aresidential neighborhood with streets named after universities and colleges, is neither part of the Stanford CDP nor owned by the university (except for a few individual houses[4]). Instead, it is part of Palo Alto.
According to theUnited States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 2.80 square miles (7.3 km2), of which, 2.75 square miles (7.1 km2) is land and 0.045 square miles (0.12 km2) (1.62%) is water.[1]
This region experiences warm, dry summers, with no average monthly temperatures above 77.6 °F (25.3 °C), and cool, wet winters, with no average monthly temperatures below 37.7 °F (3.2 °C). According to theKöppen Climate Classification system, Stanford has awarm-summer Mediterranean climate, abbreviated "Csb" on climate maps.
The census reported that 41.0% of the population lived in households, 59.0% lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and no one was institutionalized.[7]
There were 4,499 households, out of which 12.9% included children under the age of 18, 27.0% were married-couple households, 9.4% werecohabiting couple households, 27.8% had a female householder with no partner present, and 35.8% had a male householder with no partner present. 43.0% of households were one person, and 2.4% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 1.93.[7] There were 1,471families (32.7% of all households).[8]
The age distribution was 4.7% under the age of 18, 36.8% aged 18 to 24, 48.5% aged 25 to 44, 6.5% aged 45 to 64, and 3.5% who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 25.8years. For every 100 females, there were 105.3 males.[7]
There were 4,829 housing units at an average density of 1,756.0 units per square mile (678.0 units/km2), of which 4,499 (93.2%) were occupied. Of these, 18.2% were owner-occupied, and 81.8% were occupied by renters.[7]
In 2023, the US Census Bureau estimated that the median household income was $70,651, and theper capita income was $42,003. About 7.0% of families and 18.2% of the population were below the poverty line.[9]
At the2010 census Stanford had a population of 13,809. The population density was 4,974.5 inhabitants per square mile (1,920.7/km2). The racial makeup of Stanford was 7,932 (57.4%) White, 651 (4.7%) African American, 86 (0.6%) Native American, 3,777 (27.4%) Asian, 28 (0.2%) Pacific Islander, 263 (1.9%) from other races, and 1,072 (7.8%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino people of any race were 1,439 persons (10.4%).[10]
The census reported that 55.6% of the population lived in households and 44.4% lived in non-institutionalized group quarters.
There were 3,913 households, 517 (13.2%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 1,159 (29.6%) wereopposite-sex married couples living together, 47 (1.2%) had a female householder with no husband present, 24 (0.6%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 159 (4.1%)unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 15 (0.4%)same-sex married couples or partnerships. 1,522 households (38.9%) were one person and 87 (2.2%) had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 1.96. There were 1,230 families (31.4% of households); the average family size was 2.77.
The age distribution was 917 people (6.6%) under the age of 18, 7,914 people (57.3%) aged 18 to 24, 3,595 people (26.0%) aged 25 to 44, 762 people (5.5%) aged 45 to 64, and 621 people (4.5%) who were 65 or older. The median age was 22.6 years. For every 100 females, there were 118.3 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 120.1 males.
There were 3,999 housing units at an average density of 1,440.6 per square mile, of the occupied units 790 (20.2%) were owner-occupied and 3,123 (79.8%) were rented. The homeowner vacancy rate was 0.9%; the rental vacancy rate was 0.9%. 2,022 people (14.6% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 5,657 people (41.0%) lived in rental housing units.
The Stanford CDP is part of thePalo Alto Unified School District which serves students kindergarten through high school. Two of the district's schools are within the boundaries of the CDP: Escondido Elementary School[14] and Lucille M. Nixon Elementary School.[15]
Preschools in the CDP include the Bing Nursery School, run by the university's School of Humanities and Sciences,[16] and the Children's Center of the Stanford Community, a parent-teacher cooperative.[17]
^"Escondido | Friends Around the World".escondido.pausd.org. RetrievedMarch 11, 2020. Both the street address of the school and the map of the CDP indicate it is in the CDP
^"Lucille M. Nixon Elementary".lmnixon.org. RetrievedMarch 11, 2020. Both the street address of the school and the map of the CDP indicate it is in the CDP
