Muir Beach vs Stinson Beach

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

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

Muir Beach has the higher population (399 vs 366 in Stinson Beach). Muir Beach has the higher median household income ($157,500 vs $117,000 in Stinson Beach). Muir Beach has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $1,447,900 in Stinson Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Muir Beach	Stinson Beach
Population	399	366
Median age	61.2 yrs	61.8 yrs
Median household income	$157,500	$117,000
Median home value	$2,000,001	$1,447,900
Median gross rent	$2,188	$2,291
Housing units	203	715
Homeownership rate	89.2%	76.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	74.3%	58.9%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Muir Beach	Stinson Beach
Population	336 → 399 (+18.8%)	600 → 366 (-39.0%)
Median household income	$156,250 → $157,500 (+0.8%)	$122,721 → $117,000 (-4.7%)
Median home value	$1,450,000 → $2,000,001 (+37.9%)	$1,701,500 → $1,447,900 (-14.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,655 → $2,188 (+32.2%)	$1,841 → $2,291 (+24.4%)

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

Stinson Beach

Population

600366

Median household income

$122,721$117,000

Median home value

$1,701,500$1,447,900

Median gross rent

$1,841$2,291

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Muir Beach	Stinson Beach
Under 5	6.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	6.0%	3.0%
18 to 24	6.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	6.8%	0.0%
35 to 44	6.3%	0.0%
45 to 54	7.8%	25.1%
55 to 64	25.6%	22.4%
65 to 74	20.1%	16.4%
75 and over	15.5%	33.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Muir Beach	Stinson Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	95.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Muir Beach	Stinson Beach
No high school diploma	0.0%	2.5%
High school graduate	3.4%	28.2%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	10.4%
Bachelor's degree	31.8%	32.4%
Graduate or professional degree	42.5%	26.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Muir Beach	Stinson Beach
Drove alone	50.8%	84.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	46.6%	16.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Muir Beach	Stinson Beach
1-unit, detached	96.6%	94.3%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Muir Beach	Stinson Beach
Poverty rate	10.0%	10.4%
Average household size	2.15	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1960	1959