Corte Madera vs Tamalpais-Homestead Valley

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

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

Tamalpais-Homestead Valley has the higher population (12,153 vs 10,101 in Corte Madera). Tamalpais-Homestead Valley has the higher median household income ($238,158 vs $220,771 in Corte Madera). Tamalpais-Homestead Valley has the higher median home value ($1,811,100 vs $1,702,000 in Corte Madera).

Population, income & housing

	Corte Madera	Tamalpais-Homestead Valley
Population	10,101	12,153
Median age	44.2 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$220,771	$238,158
Median home value	$1,702,000	$1,811,100
Median gross rent	$3,468	$2,990
Housing units	4,147	4,776
Homeownership rate	69.4%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	76.8%	79.1%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Corte Madera	Tamalpais-Homestead Valley
Population	9,838 → 10,101 (+2.7%)	11,689 → 12,153 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$149,439 → $220,771 (+47.7%)	$163,071 → $238,158 (+46.0%)
Median home value	$1,200,300 → $1,702,000 (+41.8%)	$1,243,500 → $1,811,100 (+45.6%)
Median gross rent	$2,642 → $3,468 (+31.3%)	$2,808 → $2,990 (+6.5%)

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

Tamalpais-Homestead Valley

Population

11,68912,153

Median household income

$163,071$238,158

Median home value

$1,243,500$1,811,100

Median gross rent

$2,808$2,990

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Corte Madera	Tamalpais-Homestead Valley
Under 5	7.5%	6.3%
5 to 17	18.4%	19.9%
18 to 24	4.4%	6.4%
25 to 34	8.4%	4.2%
35 to 44	12.1%	14.7%
45 to 54	17.3%	15.7%
55 to 64	13.5%	15.2%
65 to 74	10.1%	10.1%
75 and over	8.2%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Corte Madera	Tamalpais-Homestead Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	71.9%	79.1%
Black or African American	1.5%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.2%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	2.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	6.1%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	12.2%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Corte Madera	Tamalpais-Homestead Valley
No high school diploma	1.3%	1.2%
High school graduate	7.4%	6.0%
Some college or associate's	14.5%	13.8%
Bachelor's degree	40.3%	36.0%
Graduate or professional degree	36.5%	43.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Corte Madera	Tamalpais-Homestead Valley
Drove alone	40.6%	42.7%
Carpooled	8.0%	7.4%
Public transit	5.2%	5.1%
Walked	1.9%	1.8%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.4%
Worked from home	42.0%	40.8%
Other means	0.6%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Corte Madera	Tamalpais-Homestead Valley
1-unit, detached	71.2%	90.1%
1-unit, attached	8.3%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	11.8%	3.2%
20 or more units	4.1%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Corte Madera	Tamalpais-Homestead Valley
Poverty rate	5.0%	3.9%
Average household size	2.50	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	34	31
Median year structure built	1960	1963