City Data – Colma, CA 94014 – San Mateo County – 4/27

Colma is a small incorporated town in San Mateo County, California, near the northern end of the San Francisco Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area. The population was 1,792 at the 2010 census. The town was founded as a necropolis in 1924.

With most of Colma’s land dedicated to cemeteries, the population of the dead outnumbers the living by over a thousand to one. This has led to Colma’s being called “the City of the Silent” and has given rise to a humorous motto, now recorded on the city’s website: “It’s great to be alive in Colma.

Estimated zip code population in 2013: 47,818
Zip code population in 2010: 47,014
Zip code population in 2000: 47,451

Average Adjusted Gross Income (AGI) in 2004: $42,976 (Individual Income Tax Returns)
Here: $42,976
State: $58,600