Larkspur vs Tamalpais-Homestead Valley

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

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

Larkspur has the higher population (12,856 vs 12,153 in Tamalpais-Homestead Valley). Tamalpais-Homestead Valley has the higher median household income ($238,158 vs $134,744 in Larkspur). Tamalpais-Homestead Valley has the higher median home value ($1,811,100 vs $1,805,100 in Larkspur).

Population, income & housing

	Larkspur	Tamalpais-Homestead Valley
Population	12,856	12,153
Median age	49.9 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$134,744	$238,158
Median home value	$1,805,100	$1,811,100
Median gross rent	$2,867	$2,990
Housing units	6,475	4,776
Homeownership rate	48.2%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	69.4%	79.1%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Larkspur	Tamalpais-Homestead Valley
Population	12,319 → 12,856 (+4.4%)	11,689 → 12,153 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$109,426 → $134,744 (+23.1%)	$163,071 → $238,158 (+46.0%)
Median home value	$1,309,200 → $1,805,100 (+37.9%)	$1,243,500 → $1,811,100 (+45.6%)
Median gross rent	$2,080 → $2,867 (+37.8%)	$2,808 → $2,990 (+6.5%)

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

Tamalpais-Homestead Valley

Population

11,68912,153

Median household income

$163,071$238,158

Median home value

$1,243,500$1,811,100

Median gross rent

$2,808$2,990

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Larkspur	Tamalpais-Homestead Valley
Under 5	4.6%	6.3%
5 to 17	12.8%	19.9%
18 to 24	8.5%	6.4%
25 to 34	6.8%	4.2%
35 to 44	9.2%	14.7%
45 to 54	15.7%	15.7%
55 to 64	18.4%	15.2%
65 to 74	11.5%	10.1%
75 and over	12.5%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Larkspur	Tamalpais-Homestead Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	73.1%	79.1%
Black or African American	0.3%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.2%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.4%
Some other race	1.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	8.2%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	10.8%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Larkspur	Tamalpais-Homestead Valley
No high school diploma	3.4%	1.2%
High school graduate	7.5%	6.0%
Some college or associate's	19.7%	13.8%
Bachelor's degree	36.0%	36.0%
Graduate or professional degree	33.4%	43.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Larkspur	Tamalpais-Homestead Valley
Drove alone	55.3%	42.7%
Carpooled	6.8%	7.4%
Public transit	3.8%	5.1%
Walked	3.6%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.4%
Worked from home	28.9%	40.8%
Other means	0.7%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Larkspur	Tamalpais-Homestead Valley
1-unit, detached	37.6%	90.1%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	28.5%	3.2%
20 or more units	18.2%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Larkspur	Tamalpais-Homestead Valley
Poverty rate	7.1%	3.9%
Average household size	2.06	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	30	31
Median year structure built	1971	1963