Bolinas vs Inverness

A side-by-side comparison of Bolinas and Inverness: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Inverness has the higher population (1,396 vs 1,176 in Bolinas). Bolinas has the higher median household income ($95,192 vs $78,199 in Inverness). Bolinas has the higher median home value ($1,909,100 vs $1,694,400 in Inverness).

Population, income & housing

	Bolinas	Inverness
Population	1,176	1,396
Median age	62.7 yrs	66.8 yrs
Median household income	$95,192	$78,199
Median home value	$1,909,100	$1,694,400
Median gross rent	$1,750	$1,984
Housing units	1,016	1,259
Homeownership rate	75.1%	79.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.9%	66.8%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	12.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bolinas	Inverness
Population	1,074 → 1,176 (+9.5%)	1,097 → 1,396 (+27.3%)
Median household income	$61,667 → $95,192 (+54.4%)	$97,059 → $78,199 (-19.4%)
Median home value	$1,094,400 → $1,909,100 (+74.4%)	$946,000 → $1,694,400 (+79.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,694 → $1,750 (+3.3%)	$2,303 → $1,984 (-13.9%)

Bolinas

Population

1,0741,176

Median household income

$61,667$95,192

Median home value

$1,094,400$1,909,100

Median gross rent

$1,694$1,750

Inverness

Population

1,0971,396

Median household income

$97,059$78,199

Median home value

$946,000$1,694,400

Median gross rent

$2,303$1,984

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bolinas	Inverness
Under 5	2.3%	1.3%
5 to 17	7.5%	1.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.2%
25 to 34	9.1%	7.5%
35 to 44	13.7%	4.1%
45 to 54	11.5%	15.0%
55 to 64	8.7%	15.1%
65 to 74	26.6%	27.6%
75 and over	20.7%	23.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bolinas	Inverness
White (non-Hispanic)	81.2%	90.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.5%
Two or more races	3.7%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	14.1%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bolinas	Inverness
No high school diploma	1.1%	1.2%
High school graduate	20.4%	5.8%
Some college or associate's	20.6%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	30.3%	37.6%
Graduate or professional degree	27.6%	29.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bolinas	Inverness
Drove alone	50.9%	59.3%
Carpooled	0.7%	2.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	36.3%	38.1%
Other means	2.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bolinas	Inverness
1-unit, detached	90.7%	90.7%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Bolinas	Inverness
Poverty rate	12.8%	7.2%
Average household size	2.11	1.58
Mean commute (minutes)	26	33
Median year structure built	1964	1966