Nicasio vs Tomales

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

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

Tomales has the higher population (192 vs 113 in Nicasio). Nicasio has the higher median home value ($2,000,000 vs $852,500 in Tomales). Since 2019, Nicasio's population has grown faster (+59.2% vs +0.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Nicasio	Tomales
Population	113	192
Median age	53.2 yrs	65.5 yrs
Median household income	$236,250	—
Median home value	$2,000,000	$852,500
Housing units	40	113
Homeownership rate	94.7%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	81.9%	38.5%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nicasio	Tomales
Population	71 → 113 (+59.2%)	191 → 192 (+0.5%)
Median household income	$233,750 → $236,250 (+1.1%)	—
Median home value	$2,000,001 → $2,000,000 (-0.0%)	$554,200 → $852,500 (+53.8%)

Nicasio

Population

71113

Median household income

$233,750$236,250

Median home value

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

Tomales

Population

191192

Median home value

$554,200$852,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Nicasio	Tomales
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.8%	0.0%
18 to 24	19.5%	29.7%
25 to 34	3.5%	0.0%
35 to 44	3.5%	0.0%
45 to 54	11.5%	5.7%
55 to 64	27.4%	0.0%
65 to 74	16.8%	59.9%
75 and over	0.9%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nicasio	Tomales
White (non-Hispanic)	94.7%	100.0%
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%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nicasio	Tomales
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	15.3%	16.3%
Some college or associate's	2.8%	45.2%
Bachelor's degree	48.6%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	33.3%	38.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nicasio	Tomales
Drove alone	55.1%	11.8%
Carpooled	17.4%	0.0%
Public transit	4.3%	0.0%
Walked	5.8%	61.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.4%	26.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nicasio	Tomales
1-unit, detached	95.0%	82.3%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	17.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Nicasio	Tomales
Poverty rate	0.0%	58.9%
Average household size	2.97	3.25
Mean commute (minutes)	50	—
Median year structure built	1980	1938