Kensington vs Tara Hills

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

Kensington and Tara Hills 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 4,912 in Tara Hills). Kensington has the higher median household income ($209,137 vs $116,415 in Tara Hills). Kensington has the higher median home value ($1,412,500 vs $612,200 in Tara Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Kensington	Tara Hills
Population	5,292	4,912
Median age	46.0 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$209,137	$116,415
Median home value	$1,412,500	$612,200
Median gross rent	$3,501	$2,593
Housing units	2,258	1,796
Homeownership rate	85.3%	71.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	81.4%	32.8%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kensington	Tara Hills
Population	5,329 → 5,292 (-0.7%)	5,117 → 4,912 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$146,563 → $209,137 (+42.7%)	$73,857 → $116,415 (+57.6%)
Median home value	$944,000 → $1,412,500 (+49.6%)	$441,300 → $612,200 (+38.7%)
Median gross rent	$2,763 → $3,501 (+26.7%)	$1,750 → $2,593 (+48.2%)

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

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)

	Kensington	Tara Hills
Under 5	5.5%	6.7%
5 to 17	15.1%	17.8%
18 to 24	3.9%	8.7%
25 to 34	9.2%	9.1%
35 to 44	15.4%	14.3%
45 to 54	12.7%	17.1%
55 to 64	14.8%	11.4%
65 to 74	14.3%	8.0%
75 and over	9.1%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kensington	Tara Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	68.7%	27.4%
Black or African American	2.7%	13.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	11.1%	23.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	10.4%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	28.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kensington	Tara Hills
No high school diploma	0.8%	11.8%
High school graduate	3.6%	27.0%
Some college or associate's	14.1%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	32.4%	24.0%
Graduate or professional degree	49.0%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kensington	Tara Hills
Drove alone	29.7%	70.4%
Carpooled	5.5%	17.1%
Public transit	9.0%	5.3%
Walked	2.4%	0.5%
Bicycle	2.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	49.1%	6.1%
Other means	2.1%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kensington	Tara Hills
1-unit, detached	94.2%	88.0%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.8%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Kensington	Tara Hills
Poverty rate	4.6%	6.2%
Average household size	2.48	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	37	32
Median year structure built	1946	1964