Kensington vs San Miguel

A side-by-side comparison of Kensington and San Miguel: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kensington has the higher population (5,292 vs 3,991 in San Miguel). San Miguel has the higher median household income ($224,219 vs $209,137 in Kensington). San Miguel has the higher median home value ($1,627,300 vs $1,412,500 in Kensington).

Population, income & housing

	Kensington	San Miguel
Population	5,292	3,991
Median age	46.0 yrs	46.8 yrs
Median household income	$209,137	$224,219
Median home value	$1,412,500	$1,627,300
Median gross rent	$3,501	$2,458
Housing units	2,258	1,356
Homeownership rate	85.3%	91.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	81.4%	67.5%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kensington	San Miguel
Population	5,329 → 5,292 (-0.7%)	3,433 → 3,991 (+16.3%)
Median household income	$146,563 → $209,137 (+42.7%)	$172,073 → $224,219 (+30.3%)
Median home value	$944,000 → $1,412,500 (+49.6%)	$1,179,000 → $1,627,300 (+38.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,763 → $3,501 (+26.7%)	$2,350 → $2,458 (+4.6%)

Kensington

Population

5,3295,292

Median household income

$146,563$209,137

Median home value

$944,000$1,412,500

Median gross rent

$2,763$3,501

San Miguel

Population

3,4333,991

Median household income

$172,073$224,219

Median home value

$1,179,000$1,627,300

Median gross rent

$2,350$2,458

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kensington	San Miguel
Under 5	5.5%	3.1%
5 to 17	15.1%	20.9%
18 to 24	3.9%	4.6%
25 to 34	9.2%	6.3%
35 to 44	15.4%	9.4%
45 to 54	12.7%	16.4%
55 to 64	14.8%	13.2%
65 to 74	14.3%	17.3%
75 and over	9.1%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kensington	San Miguel
White (non-Hispanic)	68.7%	78.9%
Black or African American	2.7%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	11.1%	6.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.4%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kensington	San Miguel
No high school diploma	0.8%	1.7%
High school graduate	3.6%	8.0%
Some college or associate's	14.1%	22.9%
Bachelor's degree	32.4%	36.2%
Graduate or professional degree	49.0%	31.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kensington	San Miguel
Drove alone	29.7%	44.1%
Carpooled	5.5%	6.6%
Public transit	9.0%	13.6%
Walked	2.4%	3.2%
Bicycle	2.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	49.1%	30.8%
Other means	2.1%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kensington	San Miguel
1-unit, detached	94.2%	96.6%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kensington	San Miguel
Poverty rate	4.6%	2.8%
Average household size	2.48	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	37	36
Median year structure built	1946	1956