Bolinas vs San Geronimo

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

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

Bolinas has the higher population (1,176 vs 562 in San Geronimo). San Geronimo has the higher median household income ($206,375 vs $95,192 in Bolinas). Bolinas has the higher median home value ($1,909,100 vs $1,220,800 in San Geronimo).

Population, income & housing

	Bolinas	San Geronimo
Population	1,176	562
Median age	62.7 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$95,192	$206,375
Median home value	$1,909,100	$1,220,800
Median gross rent	$1,750	—
Housing units	1,016	195
Homeownership rate	75.1%	88.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.9%	87.8%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bolinas	San Geronimo
Population	1,074 → 1,176 (+9.5%)	399 → 562 (+40.9%)
Median household income	$61,667 → $95,192 (+54.4%)	$112,277 → $206,375 (+83.8%)
Median home value	$1,094,400 → $1,909,100 (+74.4%)	$877,200 → $1,220,800 (+39.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,694 → $1,750 (+3.3%)	—

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

San Geronimo

Population

399562

Median household income

$112,277$206,375

Median home value

$877,200$1,220,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bolinas	San Geronimo
Under 5	2.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	7.5%	18.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	21.5%
25 to 34	9.1%	3.9%
35 to 44	13.7%	0.0%
45 to 54	11.5%	23.8%
55 to 64	8.7%	12.1%
65 to 74	26.6%	5.3%
75 and over	20.7%	14.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bolinas	San Geronimo
White (non-Hispanic)	81.2%	96.1%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	14.1%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bolinas	San Geronimo
No high school diploma	1.1%	0.0%
High school graduate	20.4%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	20.6%	12.2%
Bachelor's degree	30.3%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	27.6%	77.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bolinas	San Geronimo
Drove alone	50.9%	76.4%
Carpooled	0.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.2%	4.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	36.3%	18.9%
Other means	2.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bolinas	San Geronimo
1-unit, detached	90.7%	82.6%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	17.4%
2 to 4 units	4.8%	0.0%
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	San Geronimo
Poverty rate	12.8%	0.0%
Average household size	2.11	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	26	18
Median year structure built	1964	1977