Point Reyes Station vs Tomales

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

Point Reyes Station and Tomales 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 192 in Tomales). Point Reyes Station has the higher median home value ($1,717,100 vs $852,500 in Tomales). Since 2019, Point Reyes Station's population has grown faster (+61.5% vs +0.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Point Reyes Station	Tomales
Population	465	192
Median age	75.4 yrs	65.5 yrs
Median home value	$1,717,100	$852,500
Median gross rent	$1,992	—
Housing units	446	113
Homeownership rate	55.4%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.2%	38.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Point Reyes Station	Tomales
Population	288 → 465 (+61.5%)	191 → 192 (+0.5%)
Median home value	$1,807,700 → $1,717,100 (-5.0%)	$554,200 → $852,500 (+53.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,610 → $1,992 (+23.7%)	—

Point Reyes Station

Population

288465

Median home value

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

Median gross rent

$1,610$1,992

Tomales

Population

191192

Median home value

$554,200$852,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Point Reyes Station	Tomales
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	10.3%	29.7%
25 to 34	3.9%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	5.7%
55 to 64	28.4%	0.0%
65 to 74	5.4%	59.9%
75 and over	52.0%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Point Reyes Station	Tomales
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.2%	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	1.7%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Point Reyes Station	Tomales
No high school diploma	7.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	0.5%	16.3%
Some college or associate's	50.8%	45.2%
Bachelor's degree	29.7%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.5%	38.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Point Reyes Station	Tomales
Drove alone	72.3%	11.8%
Carpooled	8.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	61.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.9%	26.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Point Reyes Station	Tomales
1-unit, detached	75.8%	82.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.3%	17.7%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Point Reyes Station	Tomales
Poverty rate	11.2%	58.9%
Average household size	1.67	3.25
Mean commute (minutes)	30	—
Median year structure built	1983	1938