Corte Madera vs Mill Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Corte Madera and Mill Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

Corte Madera and Mill Valley are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mill Valley has the higher population (14,064 vs 10,101 in Corte Madera). Corte Madera has the higher median household income ($220,771 vs $208,466 in Mill Valley). Mill Valley has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $1,702,000 in Corte Madera).

Population, income & housing

	Corte Madera	Mill Valley
Population	10,101	14,064
Median age	44.2 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$220,771	$208,466
Median home value	$1,702,000	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$3,468	$3,313
Housing units	4,147	6,353
Homeownership rate	69.4%	66.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	76.8%	77.1%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	8.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Corte Madera	Mill Valley
Population	9,838 → 10,101 (+2.7%)	14,330 → 14,064 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$149,439 → $220,771 (+47.7%)	$163,614 → $208,466 (+27.4%)
Median home value	$1,200,300 → $1,702,000 (+41.8%)	$1,598,700 → $2,000,001 (+25.1%)
Median gross rent	$2,642 → $3,468 (+31.3%)	$2,270 → $3,313 (+45.9%)

Corte Madera

Population

9,83810,101

Median household income

$149,439$220,771

Median home value

$1,200,300$1,702,000

Median gross rent

$2,642$3,468

Mill Valley

Population

14,33014,064

Median household income

$163,614$208,466

Median home value

$1,598,700$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$2,270$3,313

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Corte Madera	Mill Valley
Under 5	7.5%	2.9%
5 to 17	18.4%	17.4%
18 to 24	4.4%	6.4%
25 to 34	8.4%	8.0%
35 to 44	12.1%	11.1%
45 to 54	17.3%	18.0%
55 to 64	13.5%	14.3%
65 to 74	10.1%	11.9%
75 and over	8.2%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Corte Madera	Mill Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	71.9%	82.1%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.2%	7.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.2%	1.5%
Two or more races	6.1%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	12.2%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Corte Madera	Mill Valley
No high school diploma	1.3%	1.1%
High school graduate	7.4%	6.0%
Some college or associate's	14.5%	15.8%
Bachelor's degree	40.3%	39.7%
Graduate or professional degree	36.5%	37.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Corte Madera	Mill Valley
Drove alone	40.6%	49.4%
Carpooled	8.0%	4.7%
Public transit	5.2%	2.6%
Walked	1.9%	5.3%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.4%
Worked from home	42.0%	37.2%
Other means	0.6%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Corte Madera	Mill Valley
1-unit, detached	71.2%	71.4%
1-unit, attached	8.3%	7.3%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	11.8%	8.6%
20 or more units	4.1%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Corte Madera	Mill Valley
Poverty rate	5.0%	5.0%
Average household size	2.50	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	34	25
Median year structure built	1960	1958