Kentfield vs Lucas Valley-Marinwood

A side-by-side comparison of Kentfield and Lucas Valley-Marinwood: population, income, housing, and more.

Kentfield and Lucas Valley-Marinwood are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Kentfield has the higher population (7,128 vs 6,331 in Lucas Valley-Marinwood). Kentfield has the higher median household income ($231,875 vs $200,938 in Lucas Valley-Marinwood). Kentfield has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $1,360,000 in Lucas Valley-Marinwood).

Population, income & housing

	Kentfield	Lucas Valley-Marinwood
Population	7,128	6,331
Median age	46.9 yrs	49.5 yrs
Median household income	$231,875	$200,938
Median home value	$2,000,001	$1,360,000
Median gross rent	$2,482	$3,501
Housing units	2,958	2,535
Homeownership rate	78.0%	87.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	77.2%	69.4%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kentfield	Lucas Valley-Marinwood
Population	7,020 → 7,128 (+1.5%)	6,686 → 6,331 (-5.3%)
Median household income	$214,081 → $231,875 (+8.3%)	$137,931 → $200,938 (+45.7%)
Median home value	$1,997,100 → $2,000,001 (+0.1%)	$976,900 → $1,360,000 (+39.2%)
Median gross rent	$2,187 → $2,482 (+13.5%)	$2,615 → $3,501 (+33.9%)

Kentfield

Population

7,0207,128

Median household income

$214,081$231,875

Median home value

$1,997,100$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$2,187$2,482

Lucas Valley-Marinwood

Population

6,6866,331

Median household income

$137,931$200,938

Median home value

$976,900$1,360,000

Median gross rent

$2,615$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kentfield	Lucas Valley-Marinwood
Under 5	5.8%	0.8%
5 to 17	17.9%	17.8%
18 to 24	6.3%	5.2%
25 to 34	6.6%	8.6%
35 to 44	9.8%	7.4%
45 to 54	18.1%	20.4%
55 to 64	12.1%	12.5%
65 to 74	11.3%	14.8%
75 and over	12.1%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kentfield	Lucas Valley-Marinwood
White (non-Hispanic)	78.8%	80.9%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	5.4%	6.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kentfield	Lucas Valley-Marinwood
No high school diploma	1.0%	2.7%
High school graduate	5.3%	7.0%
Some college or associate's	16.5%	21.0%
Bachelor's degree	38.7%	45.4%
Graduate or professional degree	38.5%	24.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kentfield	Lucas Valley-Marinwood
Drove alone	42.3%	56.1%
Carpooled	4.1%	7.5%
Public transit	9.6%	3.3%
Walked	1.2%	2.2%
Bicycle	1.2%	1.7%
Worked from home	41.0%	28.8%
Other means	0.5%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kentfield	Lucas Valley-Marinwood
1-unit, detached	85.7%	92.4%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	0.5%
20 or more units	5.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kentfield	Lucas Valley-Marinwood
Poverty rate	3.7%	4.3%
Average household size	2.59	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1955	1963