San Miguel vs Tara Hills

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

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

Tara Hills has the higher population (4,912 vs 3,991 in San Miguel). San Miguel has the higher median household income ($224,219 vs $116,415 in Tara Hills). San Miguel has the higher median home value ($1,627,300 vs $612,200 in Tara Hills).

Population, income & housing

	San Miguel	Tara Hills
Population	3,991	4,912
Median age	46.8 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$224,219	$116,415
Median home value	$1,627,300	$612,200
Median gross rent	$2,458	$2,593
Housing units	1,356	1,796
Homeownership rate	91.5%	71.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	67.5%	32.8%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	San Miguel	Tara Hills
Population	3,433 → 3,991 (+16.3%)	5,117 → 4,912 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$172,073 → $224,219 (+30.3%)	$73,857 → $116,415 (+57.6%)
Median home value	$1,179,000 → $1,627,300 (+38.0%)	$441,300 → $612,200 (+38.7%)
Median gross rent	$2,350 → $2,458 (+4.6%)	$1,750 → $2,593 (+48.2%)

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

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)

	San Miguel	Tara Hills
Under 5	3.1%	6.7%
5 to 17	20.9%	17.8%
18 to 24	4.6%	8.7%
25 to 34	6.3%	9.1%
35 to 44	9.4%	14.3%
45 to 54	16.4%	17.1%
55 to 64	13.2%	11.4%
65 to 74	17.3%	8.0%
75 and over	8.9%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	San Miguel	Tara Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	78.9%	27.4%
Black or African American	0.4%	13.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.6%	23.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	7.8%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	28.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	San Miguel	Tara Hills
No high school diploma	1.7%	11.8%
High school graduate	8.0%	27.0%
Some college or associate's	22.9%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	36.2%	24.0%
Graduate or professional degree	31.3%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	San Miguel	Tara Hills
Drove alone	44.1%	70.4%
Carpooled	6.6%	17.1%
Public transit	13.6%	5.3%
Walked	3.2%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	30.8%	6.1%
Other means	1.6%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	San Miguel	Tara Hills
1-unit, detached	96.6%	88.0%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	3.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	San Miguel	Tara Hills
Poverty rate	2.8%	6.2%
Average household size	2.95	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	36	32
Median year structure built	1956	1964