Bolinas vs Lagunitas-Forest Knolls

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

Bolinas 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.

Lagunitas-Forest Knolls has the higher population (1,795 vs 1,176 in Bolinas). Lagunitas-Forest Knolls has the higher median household income ($128,656 vs $95,192 in Bolinas). Bolinas has the higher median home value ($1,909,100 vs $922,400 in Lagunitas-Forest Knolls).

Population, income & housing

	Bolinas	Lagunitas-Forest Knolls
Population	1,176	1,795
Median age	62.7 yrs	49.4 yrs
Median household income	$95,192	$128,656
Median home value	$1,909,100	$922,400
Median gross rent	$1,750	$3,200
Housing units	1,016	894
Homeownership rate	75.1%	71.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.9%	60.0%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bolinas	Lagunitas-Forest Knolls
Population	1,074 → 1,176 (+9.5%)	1,771 → 1,795 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$61,667 → $95,192 (+54.4%)	$101,484 → $128,656 (+26.8%)
Median home value	$1,094,400 → $1,909,100 (+74.4%)	$849,300 → $922,400 (+8.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,694 → $1,750 (+3.3%)	$2,574 → $3,200 (+24.3%)

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

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)

	Bolinas	Lagunitas-Forest Knolls
Under 5	2.3%	4.4%
5 to 17	7.5%	11.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.3%
25 to 34	9.1%	6.6%
35 to 44	13.7%	17.5%
45 to 54	11.5%	9.8%
55 to 64	8.7%	17.2%
65 to 74	26.6%	17.2%
75 and over	20.7%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bolinas	Lagunitas-Forest Knolls
White (non-Hispanic)	81.2%	65.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	5.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	8.4%
Hispanic or Latino	14.1%	18.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bolinas	Lagunitas-Forest Knolls
No high school diploma	1.1%	3.4%
High school graduate	20.4%	9.1%
Some college or associate's	20.6%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	30.3%	34.1%
Graduate or professional degree	27.6%	25.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bolinas	Lagunitas-Forest Knolls
Drove alone	50.9%	64.9%
Carpooled	0.7%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.2%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	36.3%	24.9%
Other means	2.8%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bolinas	Lagunitas-Forest Knolls
1-unit, detached	90.7%	86.5%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	11.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bolinas	Lagunitas-Forest Knolls
Poverty rate	12.8%	12.2%
Average household size	2.11	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	26	34
Median year structure built	1964	1956