Kirkwood vs Markleeville

A side-by-side comparison of Kirkwood and Markleeville: population, income, housing, and more.

Kirkwood and Markleeville are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Kirkwood has the higher population (406 vs 178 in Markleeville). Kirkwood has the higher median household income ($145,341 vs $97,321 in Markleeville). Kirkwood has the higher median home value ($568,200 vs $464,000 in Markleeville).

Population, income & housing

	Kirkwood	Markleeville
Population	406	178
Median age	37.9 yrs	64.1 yrs
Median household income	$145,341	$97,321
Median home value	$568,200	$464,000
Housing units	677	181
Homeownership rate	81.7%	88.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	83.3%	37.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kirkwood	Markleeville
Population	80 → 406 (+407.5%)	132 → 178 (+34.8%)
Median household income	$80,227 → $145,341 (+81.2%)	$89,688 → $97,321 (+8.5%)
Median home value	$659,100 → $568,200 (-13.8%)	$340,000 → $464,000 (+36.5%)

Kirkwood

Population

80406

Median household income

$80,227$145,341

Median home value

$659,100$568,200

Markleeville

Population

132178

Median household income

$89,688$97,321

Median home value

$340,000$464,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kirkwood	Markleeville
Under 5	21.7%	9.0%
5 to 17	7.6%	9.0%
18 to 24	4.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	9.1%	0.0%
35 to 44	18.0%	17.4%
45 to 54	11.6%	0.0%
55 to 64	13.3%	27.5%
65 to 74	14.3%	32.6%
75 and over	0.0%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kirkwood	Markleeville
White (non-Hispanic)	72.9%	68.5%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	26.6%	31.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kirkwood	Markleeville
No high school diploma	3.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	13.8%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	21.6%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	61.7%	24.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kirkwood	Markleeville
Drove alone	23.5%	74.4%
Carpooled	26.0%	0.0%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	49.0%	25.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kirkwood	Markleeville
1-unit, detached	44.8%	95.0%
1-unit, attached	10.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	20.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	18.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Kirkwood	Markleeville
Poverty rate	17.7%	4.5%
Average household size	2.86	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	—	30
Median year structure built	1990	1973