Emerald Lake Hills

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Emerald Lake Hills

Total population

4,235

Median home value

$2,000,001

75%

Bachelor's+

Median income

$250,001

Emerald Lake Hills$250k

National$74k

Air quality index

46Good

Elevation518 m

Land area3.11 km²

Weather86°F · Sunny

Coordinates37.47°, -122.27°

Demographic figures from US Census Bureau · ACS 5-year estimates. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

City facts

Facts from Wikidata (CC0).

Overview

Emerald Lake Hills or Emerald Hills is a census-designated place and neighborhood in unincorporated San Mateo County, in the state of California, United States. Situated among oak-studded hills between Woodside, Redwood City, and San Carlos roughly bounded by Edgewood Road, Alameda de las Pulgas, Farm Hill Boulevard, and Interstate 280. The population was 4,406 at the 2020 census and the per-capita income was $68,966, making it the 22nd wealthiest place in California and the 82nd highest income places in the United States

History & geography

Excerpted from the corresponding Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA).

Demographics & economy

Source: US Census Bureau — American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Current forecast

Forecast for Emerald Lake Hills, CA from NOAA NWS API.

Air quality

Current readings from Open-Meteo Air Quality API (Copernicus CAMS European reanalysis).

Health (adults)

Age-adjusted prevalence estimates from CDC PLACES (latest release).

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Schools

Public K–12 schools within ~10 mi from Urban Institute Education Data Portal (NCES Common Core of Data, 2022).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

Harald Andersson

Swedish discus thrower (1907–1985)

Reid Hoffman

American co-founder of LinkedIn, venture capitalist, and author

Peter Senge

American systems scientist

Andrew W.K.

American rock musician

Deborah S. Jin

American physicist (1968–2016)

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Glenn Layendecker

US tennis player

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Nadya Derado

German screenwriter

S

Suzanne L. Marchand

American author

Cord Phelps

baseball player

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Nicholas Guild

American writer

Rhett Ellison

American football player

J

Jonah Blechman

American actor

A

Aaron Rapoport

American photographer

Andrew Diamond

American musician

Ann Packer

American writer

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Anna Turner

U.S. radio and record producer

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in California

• North Fair Oaks
  3.5 mi away
• Portola Valley
  7.2 mi away
• Los Altos Hills
  9.7 mi away · pop. 8,377
• La Honda
  10.2 mi away
• El Granada
  11.4 mi away
• Millbrae
  11.9 mi away · pop. 22,689
• Pescadero
  16.5 mi away
• Fairview
  19 mi away · pop. 10,745
• Norris Canyon
  24.6 mi away
• Piedmont
  24.7 mi away
• East Foothills
  25.4 mi away · pop. 7,139
• Lompico
  26.9 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Emerald Lake Hills

Emerald Lake Hills specific plan

Woodside (Calif.) · 1995

Wilensky Fine Minerals, Vol. 3

Stuart Wilensky · 2009

Wilensky Fine Minerals, Vol. 2

Stuart Wilensky · 2005

A TOUR OF THE WORLD

Malik Mansab Khan · 2025

Search results from Open Library.

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Wildfires, storms and other events from NASA EONET (last 12 months, within 250 mi).

Recently spotted species

Domestic Cat

Felis catus

Seen 2026-09-25

Chestnut-backed Chickadee

Poecile rufescens

Seen 2026-09-25

Northern Flicker

Colaptes auratus

Seen 2026-09-25

Fiery Skipper

Hylephila phyleus

Seen 2026-09-25

coastal woodfern

Dryopteris arguta

Seen 2026-09-25

Monarch

Danaus plexippus

Seen 2026-09-25

Elephant-skin Puffball

Calvatia pachyderma

Seen 2026-09-25

Eastern Gray Squirrel

Sciurus carolinensis

Seen 2026-09-25

Mourning Dove

Zenaida macroura

Seen 2026-09-25

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).