Muir Beach vs Point Reyes Station

A side-by-side comparison of Muir Beach and Point Reyes Station: population, income, housing, and more.

Muir Beach and Point Reyes Station are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Point Reyes Station has the higher population (465 vs 399 in Muir Beach). Muir Beach has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $1,717,100 in Point Reyes Station). Since 2019, Point Reyes Station's population has grown faster (+61.5% vs +18.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Muir Beach	Point Reyes Station
Population	399	465
Median age	61.2 yrs	75.4 yrs
Median household income	$157,500	—
Median home value	$2,000,001	$1,717,100
Median gross rent	$2,188	$1,992
Housing units	203	446
Homeownership rate	89.2%	55.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	74.3%	41.2%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Muir Beach	Point Reyes Station
Population	336 → 399 (+18.8%)	288 → 465 (+61.5%)
Median household income	$156,250 → $157,500 (+0.8%)	—
Median home value	$1,450,000 → $2,000,001 (+37.9%)	$1,807,700 → $1,717,100 (-5.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,655 → $2,188 (+32.2%)	$1,610 → $1,992 (+23.7%)

Muir Beach

Population

336399

Median household income

$156,250$157,500

Median home value

$1,450,000$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$1,655$2,188

Point Reyes Station

Population

288465

Median home value

$1,807,700$1,717,100

Median gross rent

$1,610$1,992

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Muir Beach	Point Reyes Station
Under 5	6.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	6.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	6.0%	10.3%
25 to 34	6.8%	3.9%
35 to 44	6.3%	0.0%
45 to 54	7.8%	0.0%
55 to 64	25.6%	28.4%
65 to 74	20.1%	5.4%
75 and over	15.5%	52.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Muir Beach	Point Reyes Station
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	90.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.8%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Muir Beach	Point Reyes Station
No high school diploma	0.0%	7.4%
High school graduate	3.4%	0.5%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	50.8%
Bachelor's degree	31.8%	29.7%
Graduate or professional degree	42.5%	11.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Muir Beach	Point Reyes Station
Drove alone	50.8%	72.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	46.6%	15.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Muir Beach	Point Reyes Station
1-unit, detached	96.6%	75.8%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	17.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Muir Beach	Point Reyes Station
Poverty rate	10.0%	11.2%
Average household size	2.15	1.67
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	1960	1983