Larkspur vs Tiburon

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

Larkspur and Tiburon 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 9,035 in Tiburon). Tiburon has the higher median household income ($212,794 vs $134,744 in Larkspur). Tiburon has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $1,805,100 in Larkspur).

Population, income & housing

	Larkspur	Tiburon
Population	12,856	9,035
Median age	49.9 yrs	50.5 yrs
Median household income	$134,744	$212,794
Median home value	$1,805,100	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$2,867	$3,501
Housing units	6,475	3,876
Homeownership rate	48.2%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	69.4%	78.7%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	10.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Larkspur	Tiburon
Population	12,319 → 12,856 (+4.4%)	9,144 → 9,035 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$109,426 → $134,744 (+23.1%)	$154,915 → $212,794 (+37.4%)
Median home value	$1,309,200 → $1,805,100 (+37.9%)	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,080 → $2,867 (+37.8%)	$2,440 → $3,501 (+43.5%)

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

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)

	Larkspur	Tiburon
Under 5	4.6%	2.8%
5 to 17	12.8%	18.2%
18 to 24	8.5%	6.0%
25 to 34	6.8%	4.3%
35 to 44	9.2%	10.3%
45 to 54	15.7%	18.6%
55 to 64	18.4%	15.2%
65 to 74	11.5%	13.9%
75 and over	12.5%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Larkspur	Tiburon
White (non-Hispanic)	73.1%	79.1%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	6.2%	9.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.2%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	10.8%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Larkspur	Tiburon
No high school diploma	3.4%	1.3%
High school graduate	7.5%	2.9%
Some college or associate's	19.7%	17.1%
Bachelor's degree	36.0%	37.6%
Graduate or professional degree	33.4%	41.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Larkspur	Tiburon
Drove alone	55.3%	41.6%
Carpooled	6.8%	8.9%
Public transit	3.8%	7.0%
Walked	3.6%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.9%	1.7%
Worked from home	28.9%	37.9%
Other means	0.7%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Larkspur	Tiburon
1-unit, detached	37.6%	65.3%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	12.3%
5 to 19 units	28.5%	10.4%
20 or more units	18.2%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Larkspur	Tiburon
Poverty rate	7.1%	1.3%
Average household size	2.06	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	30	28
Median year structure built	1971	1969