Mill Valley vs Tamalpais-Homestead Valley

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

Mill Valley 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.

Mill Valley has the higher population (14,064 vs 12,153 in Tamalpais-Homestead Valley). Tamalpais-Homestead Valley has the higher median household income ($238,158 vs $208,466 in Mill Valley). Mill Valley has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $1,811,100 in Tamalpais-Homestead Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Mill Valley	Tamalpais-Homestead Valley
Population	14,064	12,153
Median age	47.2 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$208,466	$238,158
Median home value	$2,000,001	$1,811,100
Median gross rent	$3,313	$2,990
Housing units	6,353	4,776
Homeownership rate	66.1%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	77.1%	79.1%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mill Valley	Tamalpais-Homestead Valley
Population	14,330 → 14,064 (-1.9%)	11,689 → 12,153 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$163,614 → $208,466 (+27.4%)	$163,071 → $238,158 (+46.0%)
Median home value	$1,598,700 → $2,000,001 (+25.1%)	$1,243,500 → $1,811,100 (+45.6%)
Median gross rent	$2,270 → $3,313 (+45.9%)	$2,808 → $2,990 (+6.5%)

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

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)

	Mill Valley	Tamalpais-Homestead Valley
Under 5	2.9%	6.3%
5 to 17	17.4%	19.9%
18 to 24	6.4%	6.4%
25 to 34	8.0%	4.2%
35 to 44	11.1%	14.7%
45 to 54	18.0%	15.7%
55 to 64	14.3%	15.2%
65 to 74	11.9%	10.1%
75 and over	10.0%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mill Valley	Tamalpais-Homestead Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	82.1%	79.1%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.2%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	1.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.6%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mill Valley	Tamalpais-Homestead Valley
No high school diploma	1.1%	1.2%
High school graduate	6.0%	6.0%
Some college or associate's	15.8%	13.8%
Bachelor's degree	39.7%	36.0%
Graduate or professional degree	37.4%	43.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mill Valley	Tamalpais-Homestead Valley
Drove alone	49.4%	42.7%
Carpooled	4.7%	7.4%
Public transit	2.6%	5.1%
Walked	5.3%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.4%
Worked from home	37.2%	40.8%
Other means	0.3%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mill Valley	Tamalpais-Homestead Valley
1-unit, detached	71.4%	90.1%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	3.2%
20 or more units	4.8%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mill Valley	Tamalpais-Homestead Valley
Poverty rate	5.0%	3.9%
Average household size	2.54	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	25	31
Median year structure built	1958	1963