Cars in San Mateo County.

What vehicles are registered in San Mateo County? The DMV counted 645,617 vehicles across 31 ZIPs. Toyota leads. 8.5% are battery electric.

645,617vehicles

31ZIPs
68Named makes
8.5%Battery electric
11.0%Make not namedThe DMV pools small groups

The largest named makes

Each make count is a lower bound, because the DMV pools small groups.

121,768+
74,698+
49,987+
34,470+
33,416+
27,703+
25,732+
25,097+
24,655+
22,540+
See all 20 makes
15,664+
13,353+
12,095+
11,950+
10,926+
9,892+
9,245+
6,895+
6,656+
6,486+

The fuel mix

Gas
495,527
Battery electric
55,130
Gas hybrid
52,684
Flex-fuel
15,583
Diesel and diesel hybrid
13,605
Plug-in hybrid
12,503
Natural gas
243
Hydrogen fuel cell
223
Other fuel
119

Top plug-in models

From the state energy agency. Its count is a year newer than the DMV file and covers light-duty vehicles only.

16,812
14,212
3,218
2,634
1,643

Plug-in types

74,565 plug-in and fuel-cell vehicles in all.

Battery electric
60,492
Plug-in hybrid
13,890
Hydrogen fuel cell
183

How many new cars sold here are zero-emission?

New light-duty sales by quarter, from the state energy agency. The newest quarters are preliminary.

17.8% of new light-duty vehicles sold here in the latest three quarters were zero-emission, 8,051 of 45,345. A year earlier the share was 24.4%. Across California it was 19.6%.

2025 Q1 23.4% 3,317 of 14,168
2025 Q2 18.9% 3,624 of 19,152
2025 Q3 35.0% 3,864 of 11,041
2025 Q4 18.2% 2,633 of 14,446
2026 Q1preliminary 15.1% 2,180 of 14,394
2026 Q2preliminary 16.1% 2,920 of 18,184
2026 Q3preliminary 23.1% 2,951 of 12,767

Every ZIP in San Mateo County

The 25 largest by vehicle count.

ZIPCityVehiclesLargest named makeBattery electric
94080South San Francisco89,577Toyota7.6%
94015Daly City42,546Toyota5.5%
94010Burlingame36,410Toyota12.0%
94303Palo Alto35,691Toyota8.5%
94066San Bruno33,987Toyota5.5%
94403San Mateo33,768Toyota8.5%
94025Menlo Park31,981Toyota14.0%
94014Daly City31,308Toyota4.9%
94044Pacifica30,497Toyota6.0%
94063Redwood City30,062Toyota4.2%
94061Redwood City28,025Toyota7.0%
94070San Carlos27,840Toyota11.9%
94404San Mateo27,161Toyota11.5%
94401San Mateo26,046Toyota4.6%
94062Redwood City24,043Toyota12.3%
94002Belmont22,332Toyota12.1%
94402San Mateo22,245Toyota10.1%
94030Millbrae18,226Toyota9.6%
94019Half Moon Bay14,253Toyota5.6%
94065Redwood City10,414Toyota13.8%
94027Atherton6,359Tesla18.1%
94028Portola Valley6,254Toyota17.8%
94005Brisbane4,470Toyota7.9%
94018El Granada3,136Toyota5.4%
94038Moss Beach2,589Toyota6.1%
See all 31 ZIPs
ZIPCityVehiclesLargest named makeBattery electric
94037Montara2,479Toyota8.3%
94060Pescadero1,493Toyota1.5%
94020La Honda1,456Toyota5.3%
94128San Francisco571FordToo few
94074San Gregorio242FordToo few
94021Loma Mar156ToyotaToo few

The largest cities

ZIPs grouped by postal city name.

1San Mateo 4 ZIPs
109,220
2Redwood City 4 ZIPs
92,544
89,577
4Daly City 2 ZIPs
73,854
5Burlingame 1 ZIP
36,410
6Palo Alto 1 ZIP
35,691
7San Bruno 1 ZIP
33,987
8Menlo Park 1 ZIP
31,981
9Pacifica 1 ZIP
30,497
10San Carlos 1 ZIP
27,840
See all 24 cities

The most electric ZIPs

Battery-electric share of each ZIP's vehicles.

194027 Atherton
18.1%
294028 Portola Valley
17.8%
394025 Menlo Park
14.0%
494065 Redwood City
13.8%
594062 Redwood City
12.3%
694002 Belmont
12.1%
794010 Burlingame
12.0%
894070 San Carlos
11.9%
994404 San Mateo
11.5%
1094402 San Mateo
10.1%
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