A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Burlingame$15,920/mo

Typical home $2.81M (Zillow) · tax rate 0.50%+ · or rent about $2,785/mo · Housing →

Campbell$10,610/mo

Typical home $1.84M (Zillow) · tax rate 0.62% · or rent about $2,737/mo · Housing →

The difference: $5,300 a month, about $63,600 a year, between Burlingame and Campbell.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value; “+” means the Census top-codes that town’s bill at $10,000, so its real rate is higher.

Report cards

Burlingame places higher on 15 of 23 CA lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every California ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

CBurlingameSafer than 30% of U.S. towns C−CampbellSafer than 15% of U.S. towns

Schools

ABurlingameBetter than 89% of districts in the state ACampbellBetter than 87% of districts in the state

Health

A+BurlingameHealthier than 98% of U.S. towns ACampbellHealthier than 94% of U.S. towns

15Burlingame

8Campbell

Lists won, of 23 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Best schoolsSchools · 574 towns #41#445 Most new homesHousing · 438 towns #23#263 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 844 towns #35#454 Shortest commuteGetting around · 843 towns #574#194 SafestSafety · 411 towns #203#332 Most trailsOutdoors · 677 towns #599#405 Most walkableOutdoors · 841 towns #261#66 Most activeHealth · 844 towns #88#198

Left end = #1 in California. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Burlingame’s rankings →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

BurlingameCampbell

Snow a year0″0″

January low45°F 40°F

July high69°F 85°F

Growing season (days)365d 310d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)90th 89th

Outdoors & history

BurlingameCampbell

Trails2 mi 6 mi

Conserved land4.6%4.6%

National Register places4 5

Archive photos3 16

Famous people born here25 7

Community

BurlingameCampbell

Library hours a week59 hrs 58 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

31 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

BurlingameCA CampbellCA

Burlingame ↔ Campbell31 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs California average

BurlingameCampbell

People

Population 30,525Lowest 42,781Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +9%Lowest CA: +6.1% +11.7%Highest CA: +6.1%

Median age 41.2±1Highest 9% above CA 39.9±1.5Lowest 5% above CA

Burlingame and Campbell are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 22.4%±2Highest CA: 22% 20.5%±1.9Lowest CA: 22%

Burlingame and Campbell are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 16.3%±1.7Lowest CA: 15.7% 16.6%±1.6Highest CA: 15.7%

Campbell and Burlingame are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 64.2%Highest CA: 37.1% 60.2%Lowest CA: 37.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6.1%±1.3Highest CA: 7.6% 5.1%±0.9Lowest CA: 7.6%

Burlingame and Campbell are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $174,000±$12kHighest 76% above CA $145,268±$8kLowest 47% above CA

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $2,000,001Highest 172% above CA $1,617,000±$45kLowest 120% above CA

Rentmedian gross, monthly $2,785±$120Highest 37% above CA $2,737±$83Lowest 34% above CA

Burlingame and Campbell are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $10,000+Highest at least 95% above CA $9,962Lowest 94% above CA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 44.4%±5.8Lowest CA: 55.3% 50.3%±7.1Highest CA: 55.3%

Campbell and Burlingame are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 7.1%Highest CA: 12% 5.6%Lowest CA: 12%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 48.2%Lowest CA: 55.9% 51.7%Highest CA: 55.9%

Typical home builtmedian year 1957Lowest 19 yrs older than CA 1972Highest 4 yrs older than CA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 31 minHighest 7% above CA 23 minLowest 18% below CA

Work from home 27.9%±2.8Highest CA: 17.2% 25.1%±2.4Lowest CA: 17.2%

Burlingame and Campbell are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 10.1%Highest 5.7%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 13.8 miHighest 8.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 2.22Highest 1.19Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town San Francisco (21%)San Jose (28%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in CampbellFew work in Burlingame

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 4.6% 4.6%

Trailsmapped miles 2.0 miLowest 5.6 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.3 miLowest 0.9 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 13Highest 8Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 97.2Lowest 143Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #41 of 574 in CA #445 of 574 in CA

School district Burlingame Elementary · San Mateo Union HighCampbell Union

High school in town Burlingame HighNone in town

Students per teacherat that high school 19.6 —

California average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Burlingame vs Campbell

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $5,300 more a month in Burlingame

Burlingame places higher on 15 of 23 CA lists

What daily life feels like in each

31 miles apart

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