Belvedere vs Lagunitas-Forest Knolls

A side-by-side comparison of Belvedere and Lagunitas-Forest Knolls: population, income, housing, and more.

Belvedere and Lagunitas-Forest Knolls are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Belvedere has the higher population (2,415 vs 1,795 in Lagunitas-Forest Knolls). Belvedere has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $128,656 in Lagunitas-Forest Knolls). Belvedere has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $922,400 in Lagunitas-Forest Knolls).

Population, income & housing

	Belvedere	Lagunitas-Forest Knolls
Population	2,415	1,795
Median age	49.2 yrs	49.4 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$128,656
Median home value	$2,000,001	$922,400
Median gross rent	$3,501	$3,200
Housing units	1,095	894
Homeownership rate	71.6%	71.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	85.6%	60.0%
Unemployment rate	0.4%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belvedere	Lagunitas-Forest Knolls
Population	2,134 → 2,415 (+13.2%)	1,771 → 1,795 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$245,208 → $250,001 (+2.0%)	$101,484 → $128,656 (+26.8%)
Median home value	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)	$849,300 → $922,400 (+8.6%)
Median gross rent	$2,690 → $3,501 (+30.1%)	$2,574 → $3,200 (+24.3%)

Belvedere

Population

2,1342,415

Median household income

$245,208$250,001

Median home value

$2,000,001$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$2,690$3,501

Lagunitas-Forest Knolls

Population

1,7711,795

Median household income

$101,484$128,656

Median home value

$849,300$922,400

Median gross rent

$2,574$3,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belvedere	Lagunitas-Forest Knolls
Under 5	4.6%	4.4%
5 to 17	20.2%	11.9%
18 to 24	5.5%	4.3%
25 to 34	5.1%	6.6%
35 to 44	10.4%	17.5%
45 to 54	15.4%	9.8%
55 to 64	13.9%	17.2%
65 to 74	12.6%	17.2%
75 and over	12.3%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belvedere	Lagunitas-Forest Knolls
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	65.4%
Black or African American	0.6%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	5.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	8.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	18.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belvedere	Lagunitas-Forest Knolls
No high school diploma	0.9%	3.4%
High school graduate	3.7%	9.1%
Some college or associate's	9.9%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	40.7%	34.1%
Graduate or professional degree	44.9%	25.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belvedere	Lagunitas-Forest Knolls
Drove alone	39.4%	64.9%
Carpooled	0.9%	3.8%
Public transit	6.2%	0.0%
Walked	4.9%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.7%
Worked from home	46.8%	24.9%
Other means	0.9%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belvedere	Lagunitas-Forest Knolls
1-unit, detached	86.4%	86.5%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	11.7%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Belvedere	Lagunitas-Forest Knolls
Poverty rate	6.6%	12.2%
Average household size	2.65	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	33	34
Median year structure built	1959	1956