Corte Madera vs Tiburon

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

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

Corte Madera has the higher population (10,101 vs 9,035 in Tiburon). Corte Madera has the higher median household income ($220,771 vs $212,794 in Tiburon). Tiburon has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $1,702,000 in Corte Madera).

Population, income & housing

	Corte Madera	Tiburon
Population	10,101	9,035
Median age	44.2 yrs	50.5 yrs
Median household income	$220,771	$212,794
Median home value	$1,702,000	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$3,468	$3,501
Housing units	4,147	3,876
Homeownership rate	69.4%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	76.8%	78.7%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	10.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Corte Madera	Tiburon
Population	9,838 → 10,101 (+2.7%)	9,144 → 9,035 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$149,439 → $220,771 (+47.7%)	$154,915 → $212,794 (+37.4%)
Median home value	$1,200,300 → $1,702,000 (+41.8%)	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,642 → $3,468 (+31.3%)	$2,440 → $3,501 (+43.5%)

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

Tiburon

Population

9,1449,035

Median household income

$154,915$212,794

Median home value

$2,000,001$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$2,440$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Corte Madera	Tiburon
Under 5	7.5%	2.8%
5 to 17	18.4%	18.2%
18 to 24	4.4%	6.0%
25 to 34	8.4%	4.3%
35 to 44	12.1%	10.3%
45 to 54	17.3%	18.6%
55 to 64	13.5%	15.2%
65 to 74	10.1%	13.9%
75 and over	8.2%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Corte Madera	Tiburon
White (non-Hispanic)	71.9%	79.1%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	6.2%	9.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.1%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	12.2%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Corte Madera	Tiburon
No high school diploma	1.3%	1.3%
High school graduate	7.4%	2.9%
Some college or associate's	14.5%	17.1%
Bachelor's degree	40.3%	37.6%
Graduate or professional degree	36.5%	41.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Corte Madera	Tiburon
Drove alone	40.6%	41.6%
Carpooled	8.0%	8.9%
Public transit	5.2%	7.0%
Walked	1.9%	1.3%
Bicycle	1.7%	1.7%
Worked from home	42.0%	37.9%
Other means	0.6%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Corte Madera	Tiburon
1-unit, detached	71.2%	65.3%
1-unit, attached	8.3%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	12.3%
5 to 19 units	11.8%	10.4%
20 or more units	4.1%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Corte Madera	Tiburon
Poverty rate	5.0%	1.3%
Average household size	2.50	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	34	28
Median year structure built	1960	1969