Kentfield vs Sausalito

A side-by-side comparison of Kentfield and Sausalito: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sausalito has the higher population (7,171 vs 7,128 in Kentfield). Kentfield has the higher median household income ($231,875 vs $173,030 in Sausalito). Kentfield has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $1,858,900 in Sausalito).

Population, income & housing

	Kentfield	Sausalito
Population	7,128	7,171
Median age	46.9 yrs	55.8 yrs
Median household income	$231,875	$173,030
Median home value	$2,000,001	$1,858,900
Median gross rent	$2,482	$3,408
Housing units	2,958	4,536
Homeownership rate	78.0%	57.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	77.2%	74.5%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kentfield	Sausalito
Population	7,020 → 7,128 (+1.5%)	7,116 → 7,171 (+0.8%)
Median household income	$214,081 → $231,875 (+8.3%)	$111,906 → $173,030 (+54.6%)
Median home value	$1,997,100 → $2,000,001 (+0.1%)	$1,346,000 → $1,858,900 (+38.1%)
Median gross rent	$2,187 → $2,482 (+13.5%)	$2,583 → $3,408 (+31.9%)

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

Sausalito

Population

7,1167,171

Median household income

$111,906$173,030

Median home value

$1,346,000$1,858,900

Median gross rent

$2,583$3,408

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kentfield	Sausalito
Under 5	5.8%	2.7%
5 to 17	17.9%	3.6%
18 to 24	6.3%	4.3%
25 to 34	6.6%	14.3%
35 to 44	9.8%	12.1%
45 to 54	18.1%	10.5%
55 to 64	12.1%	19.8%
65 to 74	11.3%	20.2%
75 and over	12.1%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kentfield	Sausalito
White (non-Hispanic)	78.8%	81.0%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	5.4%	7.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	1.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.6%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kentfield	Sausalito
No high school diploma	1.0%	2.8%
High school graduate	5.3%	5.5%
Some college or associate's	16.5%	17.2%
Bachelor's degree	38.7%	37.9%
Graduate or professional degree	38.5%	36.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kentfield	Sausalito
Drove alone	42.3%	47.3%
Carpooled	4.1%	3.0%
Public transit	9.6%	6.6%
Walked	1.2%	1.8%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	41.0%	40.4%
Other means	0.5%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kentfield	Sausalito
1-unit, detached	85.7%	40.3%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	17.5%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	26.3%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	9.7%
20 or more units	5.9%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Kentfield	Sausalito
Poverty rate	3.7%	7.6%
Average household size	2.59	1.74
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	1955	1964