Sausalito vs Tiburon

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

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

Tiburon has the higher population (9,035 vs 7,171 in Sausalito). Tiburon has the higher median household income ($212,794 vs $173,030 in Sausalito). Tiburon has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $1,858,900 in Sausalito).

Population, income & housing

	Sausalito	Tiburon
Population	7,171	9,035
Median age	55.8 yrs	50.5 yrs
Median household income	$173,030	$212,794
Median home value	$1,858,900	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$3,408	$3,501
Housing units	4,536	3,876
Homeownership rate	57.9%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	74.5%	78.7%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	10.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sausalito	Tiburon
Population	7,116 → 7,171 (+0.8%)	9,144 → 9,035 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$111,906 → $173,030 (+54.6%)	$154,915 → $212,794 (+37.4%)
Median home value	$1,346,000 → $1,858,900 (+38.1%)	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,583 → $3,408 (+31.9%)	$2,440 → $3,501 (+43.5%)

Sausalito

Population

7,1167,171

Median household income

$111,906$173,030

Median home value

$1,346,000$1,858,900

Median gross rent

$2,583$3,408

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)

	Sausalito	Tiburon
Under 5	2.7%	2.8%
5 to 17	3.6%	18.2%
18 to 24	4.3%	6.0%
25 to 34	14.3%	4.3%
35 to 44	12.1%	10.3%
45 to 54	10.5%	18.6%
55 to 64	19.8%	15.2%
65 to 74	20.2%	13.9%
75 and over	12.5%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sausalito	Tiburon
White (non-Hispanic)	81.0%	79.1%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	7.3%	9.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sausalito	Tiburon
No high school diploma	2.8%	1.3%
High school graduate	5.5%	2.9%
Some college or associate's	17.2%	17.1%
Bachelor's degree	37.9%	37.6%
Graduate or professional degree	36.6%	41.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sausalito	Tiburon
Drove alone	47.3%	41.6%
Carpooled	3.0%	8.9%
Public transit	6.6%	7.0%
Walked	1.8%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	1.7%
Worked from home	40.4%	37.9%
Other means	0.8%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sausalito	Tiburon
1-unit, detached	40.3%	65.3%
1-unit, attached	17.5%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	26.3%	12.3%
5 to 19 units	9.7%	10.4%
20 or more units	5.6%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Sausalito	Tiburon
Poverty rate	7.6%	1.3%
Average household size	1.74	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	30	28
Median year structure built	1964	1969