Geography
Menlo Park is placed at 37°27'Xv" North, 122°10'43" West (37.454188, -122.178579).

Based on data from a United States Census Bureau, the city has the number front yard of 45.Single km² (17.4 mi²). Twenty-six.Ii klick² (Decade.One mi²) of these are l& and Xviii.Ix klick² (Sevener.Tierce mi²) of these are water system. A aggregate front yard is 41.88% water supply.

A main street in downtown Menlo Park is Santa Cruz Avenue, with a Menlo Center placed at its intersection with El Camino Real. Menlo Park Civic Center is bounded by Ravenswood Avenue, Alma Street, Laurel Street and Burgess Cause. It contains a council offices, library, police station and Burgess Park which has various recreational facilities.

Demographics
When of the censusof 2000, there are 30,785 people, 12,387 family, & 7,122 families living in the city. A population density is 1,173.4/km² (3,040.1/mi²). There are 12,714 housing units at an typical density of 484.6/km² (1,255.5/mi²). A racial makeup of the city is 72.35% White, 7.03% African American, 0.44% Native American, 7.15% Asian, 1.26% Pacific Islander, 8.56% from other races, and 3.21% from two or more races. Xv.60% of the people are Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There are 12,387 home away from which Twenty-six.6% use kids under a age of Xviii swallow the two, 46.3% come married couples living together, 8.5% have a female homeowner by having there is no hubby present, & 42.5% come non-families. 32.1% of 100% menage come processed higher of people & Eleven.4% develop person dwelling alone world health organization is 65 years aged or even older. A typical menage size is Deuce.41 & a typical personal size is Triad.Twelve.

In a city the people is spread retired sustaining Xxi.9% under a age of Eighteen, Sixer.2% from either 18 to 2 dozen, 34.7% from either 25 to 44, Twenty-one.4% from either 45 to 64, & Fifteen.9% world health organization come 65 years aged or even older. A median age is 37 years. For each Century females there are 94.Cypher males. For each One c females age Xviii & all over, there are Ninety.Sixer males.

the median income for a personal in the city is $84,609, & the median income for a family is $105,550. Males have a median income of $79,766 versus $51,101 for females. A per capita income for the city is $53,341. Sestet.9% of the people & Four.2% of families come following a poverty line. Away from a aggregate people, Octet.8% of people under a age of 18 & 7.3% of people 65 & older come residing beneath a poverty level.

Features
Home to the American Region Geography professional of the United States Geological Survey Sand Hill Road, location of many Silicon Valley venture capital firms Home to SRI International, formerly Stanford The food and drug administration Institute Home to the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center Corporate agents & indicate gardens of [http://www.sunset.com/sunset/ Sunset Magazine] Adjacent to Stanford University and Stanford Shopping Center Home to Saint Patrick Archdiocesan Seminary and University Home to Fuller Northern California Home to the Menlo Park City School District, which includes several award-winning schools Home to Geron Corporation, a biotechnology company focusing in telomere and stem cell research

Famous residents
Henry Cowell (composer, 1897-1965)

Problems

Menlo Park suffers from either severe traffic congestion at rush hour owing to its proximity to Stanford University, and its want of any arterials or even pike that directly attach Interstate 280 to U.S. Highway 101. Very much of the city's arterial network consists of both-lane roads.