San Anselmo vs Tamalpais-Homestead Valley

A side-by-side comparison of San Anselmo and Tamalpais-Homestead Valley: population, income, housing, and more.

San Anselmo and Tamalpais-Homestead Valley are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

San Anselmo has the higher population (12,711 vs 12,153 in Tamalpais-Homestead Valley). Tamalpais-Homestead Valley has the higher median household income ($238,158 vs $170,457 in San Anselmo). Tamalpais-Homestead Valley has the higher median home value ($1,811,100 vs $1,524,300 in San Anselmo).

Population, income & housing

	San Anselmo	Tamalpais-Homestead Valley
Population	12,711	12,153
Median age	45.7 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$170,457	$238,158
Median home value	$1,524,300	$1,811,100
Median gross rent	$2,750	$2,990
Housing units	5,398	4,776
Homeownership rate	67.9%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	70.8%	79.1%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	San Anselmo	Tamalpais-Homestead Valley
Population	12,525 → 12,711 (+1.5%)	11,689 → 12,153 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$128,212 → $170,457 (+32.9%)	$163,071 → $238,158 (+46.0%)
Median home value	$1,066,800 → $1,524,300 (+42.9%)	$1,243,500 → $1,811,100 (+45.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,930 → $2,750 (+42.5%)	$2,808 → $2,990 (+6.5%)

San Anselmo

Population

12,52512,711

Median household income

$128,212$170,457

Median home value

$1,066,800$1,524,300

Median gross rent

$1,930$2,750

Tamalpais-Homestead Valley

Population

11,68912,153

Median household income

$163,071$238,158

Median home value

$1,243,500$1,811,100

Median gross rent

$2,808$2,990

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	San Anselmo	Tamalpais-Homestead Valley
Under 5	5.8%	6.3%
5 to 17	18.5%	19.9%
18 to 24	4.4%	6.4%
25 to 34	7.0%	4.2%
35 to 44	13.8%	14.7%
45 to 54	15.4%	15.7%
55 to 64	14.3%	15.2%
65 to 74	12.9%	10.1%
75 and over	7.8%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	San Anselmo	Tamalpais-Homestead Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	77.1%	79.1%
Black or African American	1.4%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.5%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.4%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	6.6%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	San Anselmo	Tamalpais-Homestead Valley
No high school diploma	2.4%	1.2%
High school graduate	7.2%	6.0%
Some college or associate's	19.6%	13.8%
Bachelor's degree	41.6%	36.0%
Graduate or professional degree	29.2%	43.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	San Anselmo	Tamalpais-Homestead Valley
Drove alone	55.9%	42.7%
Carpooled	2.9%	7.4%
Public transit	4.8%	5.1%
Walked	4.6%	1.8%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.4%
Worked from home	29.2%	40.8%
Other means	0.9%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	San Anselmo	Tamalpais-Homestead Valley
1-unit, detached	75.5%	90.1%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	3.2%
20 or more units	3.9%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	San Anselmo	Tamalpais-Homestead Valley
Poverty rate	5.3%	3.9%
Average household size	2.47	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	29	31
Median year structure built	1954	1963