Nicasio vs Stinson Beach

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

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

Stinson Beach has the higher population (366 vs 113 in Nicasio). Nicasio has the higher median household income ($236,250 vs $117,000 in Stinson Beach). Nicasio has the higher median home value ($2,000,000 vs $1,447,900 in Stinson Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Nicasio	Stinson Beach
Population	113	366
Median age	53.2 yrs	61.8 yrs
Median household income	$236,250	$117,000
Median home value	$2,000,000	$1,447,900
Median gross rent	—	$2,291
Housing units	40	715
Homeownership rate	94.7%	76.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	81.9%	58.9%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nicasio	Stinson Beach
Population	71 → 113 (+59.2%)	600 → 366 (-39.0%)
Median household income	$233,750 → $236,250 (+1.1%)	$122,721 → $117,000 (-4.7%)
Median home value	$2,000,001 → $2,000,000 (-0.0%)	$1,701,500 → $1,447,900 (-14.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,841 → $2,291 (+24.4%)

Nicasio

Population

71113

Median household income

$233,750$236,250

Median home value

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

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)

	Nicasio	Stinson Beach
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.8%	3.0%
18 to 24	19.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	3.5%	0.0%
35 to 44	3.5%	0.0%
45 to 54	11.5%	25.1%
55 to 64	27.4%	22.4%
65 to 74	16.8%	16.4%
75 and over	0.9%	33.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nicasio	Stinson Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	94.7%	95.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nicasio	Stinson Beach
No high school diploma	0.0%	2.5%
High school graduate	15.3%	28.2%
Some college or associate's	2.8%	10.4%
Bachelor's degree	48.6%	32.4%
Graduate or professional degree	33.3%	26.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nicasio	Stinson Beach
Drove alone	55.1%	84.0%
Carpooled	17.4%	0.0%
Public transit	4.3%	0.0%
Walked	5.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.4%	16.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nicasio	Stinson Beach
1-unit, detached	95.0%	94.3%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	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

	Nicasio	Stinson Beach
Poverty rate	0.0%	10.4%
Average household size	2.97	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	50	25
Median year structure built	1980	1959