Mill Valley vs Tiburon

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

Mill Valley and Tiburon 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 9,035 in Tiburon). Tiburon has the higher median household income ($212,794 vs $208,466 in Mill Valley). Both have a median home value of $2,000,001.

Population, income & housing

	Mill Valley	Tiburon
Population	14,064	9,035
Median age	47.2 yrs	50.5 yrs
Median household income	$208,466	$212,794
Median home value	$2,000,001	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$3,313	$3,501
Housing units	6,353	3,876
Homeownership rate	66.1%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	77.1%	78.7%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	10.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mill Valley	Tiburon
Population	14,330 → 14,064 (-1.9%)	9,144 → 9,035 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$163,614 → $208,466 (+27.4%)	$154,915 → $212,794 (+37.4%)
Median home value	$1,598,700 → $2,000,001 (+25.1%)	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,270 → $3,313 (+45.9%)	$2,440 → $3,501 (+43.5%)

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

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)

	Mill Valley	Tiburon
Under 5	2.9%	2.8%
5 to 17	17.4%	18.2%
18 to 24	6.4%	6.0%
25 to 34	8.0%	4.3%
35 to 44	11.1%	10.3%
45 to 54	18.0%	18.6%
55 to 64	14.3%	15.2%
65 to 74	11.9%	13.9%
75 and over	10.0%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mill Valley	Tiburon
White (non-Hispanic)	82.1%	79.1%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	7.2%	9.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mill Valley	Tiburon
No high school diploma	1.1%	1.3%
High school graduate	6.0%	2.9%
Some college or associate's	15.8%	17.1%
Bachelor's degree	39.7%	37.6%
Graduate or professional degree	37.4%	41.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mill Valley	Tiburon
Drove alone	49.4%	41.6%
Carpooled	4.7%	8.9%
Public transit	2.6%	7.0%
Walked	5.3%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.4%	1.7%
Worked from home	37.2%	37.9%
Other means	0.3%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mill Valley	Tiburon
1-unit, detached	71.4%	65.3%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	12.3%
5 to 19 units	8.6%	10.4%
20 or more units	4.8%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Mill Valley	Tiburon
Poverty rate	5.0%	1.3%
Average household size	2.54	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	1958	1969