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%

Campbell$10,610/mo

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

Burlingame$15,920/mo

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

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

Schools

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

Health

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

8Campbell

15Burlingame

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

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

Left end = #1 in California. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Campbell’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

CampbellBurlingame

Snow a year0″0″

January low40°F 45°F

July high85°F 69°F

Growing season (days)310d 365d

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

Outdoors & history

CampbellBurlingame

Trails6 mi 2 mi

Conserved land4.6%4.6%

National Register places5 4

Archive photos16 3

Famous people born here7 25

Community

CampbellBurlingame

Library hours a week58 hrs 59 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.

CampbellCA BurlingameCA

Campbell ↔ Burlingame31 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

CampbellBurlingame

People

Population 42,781Highest 30,525Lowest

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

Median age 39.9±1.5Lowest 5% above CA 41.2±1Highest 9% 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 20.5%±1.9Lowest CA: 22% 22.4%±2Highest CA: 22%

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

Age 65+ 16.6%±1.6Highest CA: 15.7% 16.3%±1.7Lowest 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+ 60.2%Lowest CA: 37.1% 64.2%Highest CA: 37.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.1%±0.9Lowest CA: 7.6% 6.1%±1.3Highest 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 $145,268±$8kLowest 47% above CA $174,000±$12kHighest 76% above CA

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $2,737±$83Lowest 34% above CA $2,785±$120Highest 37% 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 $9,962Lowest 94% above CA $10,000+Highest at least 95% above CA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 50.3%±7.1Highest CA: 55.3% 44.4%±5.8Lowest 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 5.6%Lowest CA: 12% 7.1%Highest CA: 12%

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

Work from home 25.1%±2.4Lowest CA: 17.2% 27.9%±2.8Highest 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 5.7%Lowest 10.1%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 8.8 miLowest 13.8 miHighest

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

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

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in BurlingameFew work in Campbell

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 4.6% 4.6%

Trailsmapped miles 5.6 miHighest 2.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.9 miHighest 0.3 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 8Lowest 13Highest

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

Schools

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

School district Campbell UnionBurlingame Elementary · San Mateo Union High

High school in town None in townBurlingame High

Students per teacherat that high school — 19.6

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

Deciding?

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The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

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San Jose990,138 people · $1.23M homes

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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.

Campbell vs Burlingame

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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