Contra Costa Centre vs Tara Hills

A side-by-side comparison of Contra Costa Centre and Tara Hills: population, income, housing, and more.

Contra Costa Centre and Tara Hills are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Contra Costa Centre has the higher population (7,127 vs 4,912 in Tara Hills). Contra Costa Centre has the higher median household income ($127,910 vs $116,415 in Tara Hills). Contra Costa Centre has the higher median home value ($724,500 vs $612,200 in Tara Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Contra Costa Centre	Tara Hills
Population	7,127	4,912
Median age	33.3 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$127,910	$116,415
Median home value	$724,500	$612,200
Median gross rent	$2,621	$2,593
Housing units	3,744	1,796
Homeownership rate	16.7%	71.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	71.5%	32.8%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Contra Costa Centre	Tara Hills
Population	6,558 → 7,127 (+8.7%)	5,117 → 4,912 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$97,684 → $127,910 (+30.9%)	$73,857 → $116,415 (+57.6%)
Median home value	$666,100 → $724,500 (+8.8%)	$441,300 → $612,200 (+38.7%)
Median gross rent	$2,223 → $2,621 (+17.9%)	$1,750 → $2,593 (+48.2%)

Contra Costa Centre

Population

6,5587,127

Median household income

$97,684$127,910

Median home value

$666,100$724,500

Median gross rent

$2,223$2,621

Tara Hills

Population

5,1174,912

Median household income

$73,857$116,415

Median home value

$441,300$612,200

Median gross rent

$1,750$2,593

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Contra Costa Centre	Tara Hills
Under 5	3.6%	6.7%
5 to 17	8.7%	17.8%
18 to 24	10.6%	8.7%
25 to 34	32.6%	9.1%
35 to 44	16.9%	14.3%
45 to 54	8.9%	17.1%
55 to 64	11.7%	11.4%
65 to 74	4.7%	8.0%
75 and over	2.2%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Contra Costa Centre	Tara Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	43.9%	27.4%
Black or African American	6.0%	13.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	26.0%	23.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.7%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	18.3%	28.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Contra Costa Centre	Tara Hills
No high school diploma	3.9%	11.8%
High school graduate	6.2%	27.0%
Some college or associate's	18.4%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	43.8%	24.0%
Graduate or professional degree	27.7%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Contra Costa Centre	Tara Hills
Drove alone	43.1%	70.4%
Carpooled	6.1%	17.1%
Public transit	21.5%	5.3%
Walked	2.6%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.0%	6.1%
Other means	3.3%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Contra Costa Centre	Tara Hills
1-unit, detached	7.3%	88.0%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	18.3%	3.0%
20 or more units	65.5%	6.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Contra Costa Centre	Tara Hills
Poverty rate	9.8%	6.2%
Average household size	1.97	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	36	32
Median year structure built	1991	1964