Lagunitas-Forest Knolls vs Marin City

A side-by-side comparison of Lagunitas-Forest Knolls and Marin City: population, income, housing, and more.

Lagunitas-Forest Knolls and Marin City are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Marin City has the higher population (3,597 vs 1,795 in Lagunitas-Forest Knolls). Lagunitas-Forest Knolls has the higher median household income ($128,656 vs $73,077 in Marin City). Marin City has the higher median home value ($1,185,500 vs $922,400 in Lagunitas-Forest Knolls).

Population, income & housing

	Lagunitas-Forest Knolls	Marin City
Population	1,795	3,597
Median age	49.4 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$128,656	$73,077
Median home value	$922,400	$1,185,500
Median gross rent	$3,200	$1,663
Housing units	894	1,591
Homeownership rate	71.7%	41.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.0%	38.8%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lagunitas-Forest Knolls	Marin City
Population	1,771 → 1,795 (+1.4%)	3,126 → 3,597 (+15.1%)
Median household income	$101,484 → $128,656 (+26.8%)	$45,841 → $73,077 (+59.4%)
Median home value	$849,300 → $922,400 (+8.6%)	$733,700 → $1,185,500 (+61.6%)
Median gross rent	$2,574 → $3,200 (+24.3%)	$1,662 → $1,663 (+0.1%)

Lagunitas-Forest Knolls

Population

1,7711,795

Median household income

$101,484$128,656

Median home value

$849,300$922,400

Median gross rent

$2,574$3,200

Marin City

Population

3,1263,597

Median household income

$45,841$73,077

Median home value

$733,700$1,185,500

Median gross rent

$1,662$1,663

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lagunitas-Forest Knolls	Marin City
Under 5	4.4%	3.6%
5 to 17	11.9%	13.6%
18 to 24	4.3%	8.5%
25 to 34	6.6%	15.4%
35 to 44	17.5%	12.6%
45 to 54	9.8%	18.7%
55 to 64	17.2%	8.6%
65 to 74	17.2%	7.5%
75 and over	11.2%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lagunitas-Forest Knolls	Marin City
White (non-Hispanic)	65.4%	28.3%
Black or African American	3.2%	20.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.0%	25.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	8.4%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	18.1%	17.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lagunitas-Forest Knolls	Marin City
No high school diploma	3.4%	19.5%
High school graduate	9.1%	21.3%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	20.5%
Bachelor's degree	34.1%	17.0%
Graduate or professional degree	25.9%	21.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lagunitas-Forest Knolls	Marin City
Drove alone	64.9%	46.7%
Carpooled	3.8%	14.7%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	3.4%	9.7%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.9%	19.9%
Other means	2.3%	7.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lagunitas-Forest Knolls	Marin City
1-unit, detached	86.5%	15.6%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	23.6%
2 to 4 units	11.7%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	27.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	22.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Lagunitas-Forest Knolls	Marin City
Poverty rate	12.2%	15.3%
Average household size	2.13	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	34	24
Median year structure built	1956	1970