Kentfield vs Tiburon

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

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

Tiburon has the higher population (9,035 vs 7,128 in Kentfield). Kentfield has the higher median household income ($231,875 vs $212,794 in Tiburon). Both have a median home value of $2,000,001.

Population, income & housing

	Kentfield	Tiburon
Population	7,128	9,035
Median age	46.9 yrs	50.5 yrs
Median household income	$231,875	$212,794
Median home value	$2,000,001	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$2,482	$3,501
Housing units	2,958	3,876
Homeownership rate	78.0%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	77.2%	78.7%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	10.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kentfield	Tiburon
Population	7,020 → 7,128 (+1.5%)	9,144 → 9,035 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$214,081 → $231,875 (+8.3%)	$154,915 → $212,794 (+37.4%)
Median home value	$1,997,100 → $2,000,001 (+0.1%)	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,187 → $2,482 (+13.5%)	$2,440 → $3,501 (+43.5%)

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

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)

	Kentfield	Tiburon
Under 5	5.8%	2.8%
5 to 17	17.9%	18.2%
18 to 24	6.3%	6.0%
25 to 34	6.6%	4.3%
35 to 44	9.8%	10.3%
45 to 54	18.1%	18.6%
55 to 64	12.1%	15.2%
65 to 74	11.3%	13.9%
75 and over	12.1%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kentfield	Tiburon
White (non-Hispanic)	78.8%	79.1%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.4%
Asian	5.4%	9.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	9.4%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kentfield	Tiburon
No high school diploma	1.0%	1.3%
High school graduate	5.3%	2.9%
Some college or associate's	16.5%	17.1%
Bachelor's degree	38.7%	37.6%
Graduate or professional degree	38.5%	41.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kentfield	Tiburon
Drove alone	42.3%	41.6%
Carpooled	4.1%	8.9%
Public transit	9.6%	7.0%
Walked	1.2%	1.3%
Bicycle	1.2%	1.7%
Worked from home	41.0%	37.9%
Other means	0.5%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kentfield	Tiburon
1-unit, detached	85.7%	65.3%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	12.3%
5 to 19 units	4.8%	10.4%
20 or more units	5.9%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kentfield	Tiburon
Poverty rate	3.7%	1.3%
Average household size	2.59	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1955	1969