In 2020, Redwood City’s population was 85,385,1 making it one of the smaller cities in Northern California’s Bay Area. Additionally, the city’s population is currently decreasing by 0.21% annually.1 This population decrease is actually part of a larger trend affecting the Bay Area as a whole. During the Coronavirus pandemic, people moved to California less than they used to, and the rate of people moving away from San Francisco actually went up by 34%.2 It’s a little unclear what exactly is causing these population declines in this popular region, though the Bay Area’s notoriously high living costs probably have something to do with it.