Larkspur vs Mill Valley

A side-by-side comparison of Larkspur and Mill Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mill Valley has the higher population (14,064 vs 12,856 in Larkspur). Mill Valley has the higher median household income ($208,466 vs $134,744 in Larkspur). Mill Valley has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $1,805,100 in Larkspur).

Population, income & housing

	Larkspur	Mill Valley
Population	12,856	14,064
Median age	49.9 yrs	47.2 yrs
Median household income	$134,744	$208,466
Median home value	$1,805,100	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$2,867	$3,313
Housing units	6,475	6,353
Homeownership rate	48.2%	66.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	69.4%	77.1%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	8.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Larkspur	Mill Valley
Population	12,319 → 12,856 (+4.4%)	14,330 → 14,064 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$109,426 → $134,744 (+23.1%)	$163,614 → $208,466 (+27.4%)
Median home value	$1,309,200 → $1,805,100 (+37.9%)	$1,598,700 → $2,000,001 (+25.1%)
Median gross rent	$2,080 → $2,867 (+37.8%)	$2,270 → $3,313 (+45.9%)

Larkspur

Population

12,31912,856

Median household income

$109,426$134,744

Median home value

$1,309,200$1,805,100

Median gross rent

$2,080$2,867

Mill Valley

Population

14,33014,064

Median household income

$163,614$208,466

Median home value

$1,598,700$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$2,270$3,313

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Larkspur	Mill Valley
Under 5	4.6%	2.9%
5 to 17	12.8%	17.4%
18 to 24	8.5%	6.4%
25 to 34	6.8%	8.0%
35 to 44	9.2%	11.1%
45 to 54	15.7%	18.0%
55 to 64	18.4%	14.3%
65 to 74	11.5%	11.9%
75 and over	12.5%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Larkspur	Mill Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	73.1%	82.1%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.2%	7.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	1.5%
Two or more races	8.2%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	10.8%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Larkspur	Mill Valley
No high school diploma	3.4%	1.1%
High school graduate	7.5%	6.0%
Some college or associate's	19.7%	15.8%
Bachelor's degree	36.0%	39.7%
Graduate or professional degree	33.4%	37.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Larkspur	Mill Valley
Drove alone	55.3%	49.4%
Carpooled	6.8%	4.7%
Public transit	3.8%	2.6%
Walked	3.6%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.4%
Worked from home	28.9%	37.2%
Other means	0.7%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Larkspur	Mill Valley
1-unit, detached	37.6%	71.4%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	7.3%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	28.5%	8.6%
20 or more units	18.2%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Larkspur	Mill Valley
Poverty rate	7.1%	5.0%
Average household size	2.06	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	30	25
Median year structure built	1971	1958