Pacifica
A city in San Mateo County, California — population 38,013 as of 2020.
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News in Pacifica
Lookout Santa Cruz
September 28How Airbnb is fighting for its place on California’s coast
Residents of cities like Pacifica want to limit the presence of visitors and corporations. Companies like Airbnb want to keep their lucrative coastal listings. That tension has led to increased attempts to influence a small but powerful committee.
Real Estate & Development
Point Reyes Light
September 2Two drown in Tomales Bay
Two men who headed out for a midnight paddle to view bioluminescence in Tomales Bay on Saturday night did not return to shore, the second time this year that canoeists have drowned in the bay’s cold and choppy waters. Casey Flynn Melia, a 36-year-old from San Francisco, and…
Public SafetyIn and around Pacifica
See & do
+128 more on the mapEat, drink & stay
- A Grape in the Fog
- American Sushi House
- Americas Best Value Inn San Francisco Pacifica
- Barolo
- Anchor Inn Pacifica
Shops & services
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Pacifica by the numbers
- Area
- 12.58 sq mi (32.59 km²), 0.01 sq mi water
- Median age
- 44.6
- Households
- 13,915
- Persons per household
- 2.7
- Median household income
- $160,523
- Median house value
- $1,249,800
- Office
- ADM SERVICES DIRECTOR
- Address
- 170 SANTA MARIA AVE, PACIFICA, CA 94044