Tamalpais-Homestead Valley vs Tiburon

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

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

Tamalpais-Homestead Valley has the higher population (12,153 vs 9,035 in Tiburon). Tamalpais-Homestead Valley has the higher median household income ($238,158 vs $212,794 in Tiburon). Tiburon has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $1,811,100 in Tamalpais-Homestead Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Tamalpais-Homestead Valley	Tiburon
Population	12,153	9,035
Median age	44.3 yrs	50.5 yrs
Median household income	$238,158	$212,794
Median home value	$1,811,100	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$2,990	$3,501
Housing units	4,776	3,876
Homeownership rate	82.5%	72.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	79.1%	78.7%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	10.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Tamalpais-Homestead Valley	Tiburon
Population	11,689 → 12,153 (+4.0%)	9,144 → 9,035 (-1.2%)
Median household income	$163,071 → $238,158 (+46.0%)	$154,915 → $212,794 (+37.4%)
Median home value	$1,243,500 → $1,811,100 (+45.6%)	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,808 → $2,990 (+6.5%)	$2,440 → $3,501 (+43.5%)

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

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)

	Tamalpais-Homestead Valley	Tiburon
Under 5	6.3%	2.8%
5 to 17	19.9%	18.2%
18 to 24	6.4%	6.0%
25 to 34	4.2%	4.3%
35 to 44	14.7%	10.3%
45 to 54	15.7%	18.6%
55 to 64	15.2%	15.2%
65 to 74	10.1%	13.9%
75 and over	7.6%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Tamalpais-Homestead Valley	Tiburon
White (non-Hispanic)	79.1%	79.1%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	4.3%	9.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.9%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.8%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Tamalpais-Homestead Valley	Tiburon
No high school diploma	1.2%	1.3%
High school graduate	6.0%	2.9%
Some college or associate's	13.8%	17.1%
Bachelor's degree	36.0%	37.6%
Graduate or professional degree	43.1%	41.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Tamalpais-Homestead Valley	Tiburon
Drove alone	42.7%	41.6%
Carpooled	7.4%	8.9%
Public transit	5.1%	7.0%
Walked	1.8%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.4%	1.7%
Worked from home	40.8%	37.9%
Other means	1.9%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Tamalpais-Homestead Valley	Tiburon
1-unit, detached	90.1%	65.3%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	12.3%
5 to 19 units	3.2%	10.4%
20 or more units	0.2%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Tamalpais-Homestead Valley	Tiburon
Poverty rate	3.9%	1.3%
Average household size	2.73	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	31	28
Median year structure built	1963	1969