Housing density: 1,728 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022 in this county: $1,279,555.
Median contract rent in 2022: over $2,000 (lower quartile is over $2,000, upper quartile is over $2,000)
Median gross rent in Portola Hills, CA in 2022: over $2,000
Housing units in Portola Hills with a mortgage: 1,792 (321 second mortgage, 91 home equity loan, 7 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 20
Compare current foreclosures near Portola Hills, CA:
In family households: 2,574,637 (510,612 male householders, 197,879 female householders)
538,268 spouses, 917,395 children (868,578 natural, 16,498 adopted, 32,319 stepchildren), 67,543 grandchildren, 54,495 brothers or sisters, 47,670 parents, foster children, 85,984 other relatives, 117,563 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 396,359 (130,596 male householders (87,348 living alone)), 153,694 female householders (120,501 living alone)), 112,069 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 39,236 (14,531 institutionalized population)
546,370 married couples with children.
125,951 single-parent households (34,925 men, 91,026 women).
83.4% of residents of Portola Hills speak English at home.
8.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (85% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 3% speak English not well).
3.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (72% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 3% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
4.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (68% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 6% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak other language at home (26% speak English very well, 67% speak English well, 8% don't speak English at all).
Foreign born population: 928 (13.1%)
(95.0% of them are naturalized citizens)
Percentage of workers working in this county: 91.9% Number of people working at home: 730 (17.8% of all workers)
Travel time to work (commute)
Less than 5 minutes: 41
5 to 9 minutes: 116
10 to 14 minutes: 309
15 to 19 minutes: 312
20 to 24 minutes: 422
25 to 29 minutes: 210
30 to 34 minutes: 685
35 to 39 minutes: 179
40 to 44 minutes: 359
45 to 59 minutes: 347
60 to 89 minutes: 268
90 or more minutes: 68
Means of transportation to work:
Drove a car alone: 2,842 (83.6%)
Carpooled: 379 (11.1%)
Bus or trolley bus: 20 (0.6%)
Subway or elevated: 13 (0.4%)
Taxi: 8 (0.2%)
Motorcycle: 13 (0.4%)
Bicycle: 11 (0.3%)
Walked: 8 (0.2%)
Other means: 22 (0.6%)
Worked at home: 84 (2.5%)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Portola Hills, California
761995 to March 2000
991990 to 1994
1511985 to 1989
1081980 to 1984
1441975 to 1979
981970 to 1974
611965 to 1969
91Before 1965
First ancestries reported:
Other: 1,934 (24.7%)
German: 1,213 (15.5%)
Irish: 1,110 (14.2%)
English: 667 (8.5%)
Italian: 666 (8.5%)
United States: 318 (4.1%)
French: 289 (3.7%)
Swedish: 214 (2.7%)
Dutch: 200 (2.6%)
Russian: 192 (2.5%)
Polish: 149 (1.9%)
Scotch-Irish: 130 (1.7%)
Scottish: 130 (1.7%)
Norwegian: 103 (1.3%)
Danish: 101 (1.3%)
Arab: 89 (1.1%)
Subsaharan African: 60 (0.8%)
Portuguese: 44 (0.6%)
Ukrainian: 38 (0.5%)
French Canadian: 36 (0.5%)
Greek: 36 (0.5%)
Czech: 30 (0.4%)
Hungarian: 27 (0.3%)
Slovak: 25 (0.3%)
Welsh: 24 (0.3%)
Lithuanian: 11 (0.1%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
Philippines
Portola Hills:
11.2% (93)
California:
7.5% (664,935)
Canada
Portola Hills:
9.5% (79)
California:
1.6% (141,181)
United Kingdom
Portola Hills:
6.9% (57)
California:
1.5% (133,090)
Peru
Portola Hills:
6.8% (56)
California:
0.6% (53,250)
India
Portola Hills:
5.4% (45)
California:
2.2% (198,201)
Mexico
Portola Hills:
5.1% (42)
California:
44.3% (3,928,701)
South Africa
Portola Hills:
4.3% (36)
California:
0.2% (14,359)
Vietnam
Portola Hills:
4.1% (34)
California:
4.7% (418,249)
Iran
Portola Hills:
4.0% (33)
California:
1.8% (158,613)
Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia)
Portola Hills:
3.5% (29)
California:
0.1% (11,701)
Japan
Portola Hills:
2.9% (24)
California:
1.3% (112,212)
Taiwan
Portola Hills:
2.8% (23)
California:
1.7% (151,775)
Lebanon
Portola Hills:
2.7% (22)
California:
0.3% (29,654)
Netherlands
Portola Hills:
2.5% (21)
California:
0.3% (22,311)
Ukraine
Portola Hills:
2.5% (21)
California:
0.5% (44,953)
Indonesia
Portola Hills:
2.3% (19)
California:
0.4% (32,148)
Colombia
Portola Hills:
1.8% (15)
California:
0.4% (35,083)
Israel
Portola Hills:
1.8% (15)
California:
0.3% (26,552)
Greece
Portola Hills:
1.7% (14)
California:
0.2% (15,396)
Thailand
Portola Hills:
1.6% (13)
California:
0.7% (62,114)
Syria
Portola Hills:
1.6% (13)
California:
0.2% (17,358)
Cambodia
Portola Hills:
1.6% (13)
California:
0.6% (53,544)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 3,622
Other state: 1,883
Northeast: 487
Midwest: 603
South: 388
West: 405
55% of Portola Hills residents lived in the same house 5 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 74% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 39% lived in California.
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 4
Nursery to 4th grade: 0
5th and 6th grade: 0
7th and 8th grade: 23
9th grade: 0
10th grade: 0
11th grade: 0
12th grade, no diploma: 21
High school graduate (or equivalency): 128
Less than 1 year of college: 155
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 446
Associate degree: 197
Bachelor's degree: 704
Master's degree: 183
Professional school degree: 91
Doctorate degree: 24
Education attainment for females 25 years and older: