San Anselmo vs Tiburon

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

San Anselmo and Tiburon 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 9,035 in Tiburon). Tiburon has the higher median household income ($212,794 vs $170,457 in San Anselmo). Tiburon has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $1,524,300 in San Anselmo).

Population, income & housing

	San Anselmo	Tiburon
Population	12,711	9,035
Median age	45.7 yrs	50.5 yrs
Median household income	$170,457	$212,794
Median home value	$1,524,300	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$2,750	$3,501
Housing units	5,398	3,876
Homeownership rate	67.9%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	70.8%	78.7%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	10.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	San Anselmo	Tiburon
Population	12,525 → 12,711 (+1.5%)	9,144 → 9,035 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$128,212 → $170,457 (+32.9%)	$154,915 → $212,794 (+37.4%)
Median home value	$1,066,800 → $1,524,300 (+42.9%)	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,930 → $2,750 (+42.5%)	$2,440 → $3,501 (+43.5%)

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

Tiburon

Population

9,1449,035

Median household income

$154,915$212,794

Median home value

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

Median gross rent

$2,440$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	San Anselmo	Tiburon
Under 5	5.8%	2.8%
5 to 17	18.5%	18.2%
18 to 24	4.4%	6.0%
25 to 34	7.0%	4.3%
35 to 44	13.8%	10.3%
45 to 54	15.4%	18.6%
55 to 64	14.3%	15.2%
65 to 74	12.9%	13.9%
75 and over	7.8%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	San Anselmo	Tiburon
White (non-Hispanic)	77.1%	79.1%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	5.5%	9.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.6%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	San Anselmo	Tiburon
No high school diploma	2.4%	1.3%
High school graduate	7.2%	2.9%
Some college or associate's	19.6%	17.1%
Bachelor's degree	41.6%	37.6%
Graduate or professional degree	29.2%	41.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	San Anselmo	Tiburon
Drove alone	55.9%	41.6%
Carpooled	2.9%	8.9%
Public transit	4.8%	7.0%
Walked	4.6%	1.3%
Bicycle	1.7%	1.7%
Worked from home	29.2%	37.9%
Other means	0.9%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	San Anselmo	Tiburon
1-unit, detached	75.5%	65.3%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	12.3%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	10.4%
20 or more units	3.9%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	San Anselmo	Tiburon
Poverty rate	5.3%	1.3%
Average household size	2.47	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	29	28
Median year structure built	1954	1969