Marin City vs Ross

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

Marin City and Ross 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 2,626 in Ross). Ross has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $73,077 in Marin City). Ross has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $1,185,500 in Marin City).

Population, income & housing

	Marin City	Ross
Population	3,597	2,626
Median age	42.3 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$73,077	$250,001
Median home value	$1,185,500	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$1,663	$3,429
Housing units	1,591	942
Homeownership rate	41.4%	82.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.8%	83.0%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marin City	Ross
Population	3,126 → 3,597 (+15.1%)	2,290 → 2,626 (+14.7%)
Median household income	$45,841 → $73,077 (+59.4%)	$224,500 → $250,001 (+11.4%)
Median home value	$733,700 → $1,185,500 (+61.6%)	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,662 → $1,663 (+0.1%)	$2,672 → $3,429 (+28.3%)

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

Ross

Population

2,2902,626

Median household income

$224,500$250,001

Median home value

$2,000,001$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$2,672$3,429

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Marin City	Ross
Under 5	3.6%	5.6%
5 to 17	13.6%	21.6%
18 to 24	8.5%	8.6%
25 to 34	15.4%	3.4%
35 to 44	12.6%	13.4%
45 to 54	18.7%	12.8%
55 to 64	8.6%	13.0%
65 to 74	7.5%	12.8%
75 and over	11.5%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marin City	Ross
White (non-Hispanic)	28.3%	82.5%
Black or African American	20.6%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	25.5%	5.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	1.0%
Two or more races	7.0%	6.5%
Hispanic or Latino	17.5%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marin City	Ross
No high school diploma	19.5%	1.1%
High school graduate	21.3%	3.4%
Some college or associate's	20.5%	12.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	43.3%
Graduate or professional degree	21.7%	39.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marin City	Ross
Drove alone	46.7%	42.6%
Carpooled	14.7%	6.3%
Public transit	1.2%	7.6%
Walked	9.7%	9.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	19.9%	34.2%
Other means	7.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marin City	Ross
1-unit, detached	15.6%	95.9%
1-unit, attached	23.6%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	27.5%	1.3%
20 or more units	22.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Marin City	Ross
Poverty rate	15.3%	4.1%
Average household size	2.39	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	24	28
Median year structure built	1970	1938