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SheetCA-STINSON-BEACH-CA · Stinson Beach, CA 366 pop · income 86th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Stinson Beach
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Stinson Beach on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Eden · lowest
31,346
Eden · lowest
31,346 median HH income
19.1% of the leader · rank #1
Lake Mary · near
116,944
Lake Mary · near
116,944 median HH income
71.2% of the leader · rank #2
Beach Haven W… · near
116,949
Beach Haven W… · near
116,949 median HH income
71.2% of the leader · rank #3
Hibernia · near
116,971
Hibernia · near
116,971 median HH income
71.2% of the leader · rank #4
Stinson Beach · this city
117,000
Stinson Beach · this city
117,000 median HH income
71.2% of the leader · rank #5
Pen Mar · near
117,010
Pen Mar · near
117,010 median HH income
71.2% of the leader · rank #6
Zayante · highest
164,234
Zayante · highest
164,234 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Stinson Beach on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 366.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Stinson Beach places in the 86th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
86th
percentile, household income
99th
percentile, home value
88th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Stinson Beach, CA
366 people live in Stinson Beach, California - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Households in Stinson Beach report a median income of $117,000 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 0.0%. Home values in Stinson Beach run a median of $1,447,900, and the median resident age is 61.8 years. About 58.9% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 45.9% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
California carries a cost-of-living premium: the state registers 110.7 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Well Above Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $2,053 monthly. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts California's average monthly utility costs around $275 (state average). The average commute for Stinson Beach workers runs 21.0 minutes, with 84.0% driving alone and 16.0% working from home. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 88.7 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Very High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Stinson Beach's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from housing and income to comparison shortlist to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Stinson Beach, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, annual population history, local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Housing and income
How far does income reach against housing in Stinson Beach?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 12.4 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 0.0%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Which cities make useful reference points for Stinson Beach?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
Within California, the closest population matches are Zayante (366 residents, $164,234 income); Friant (367 residents, $51,765 income); Benton (368 residents, $65,035 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Twin, AL (366 residents); Kukuihaele, HI (366 residents); Eden, ID (366 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
What does the journey to work look like in Stinson Beach?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 84.0%. The reported mean trip to work is 21.0 minutes.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Highest-decile cost · BEA RPP 2024, California average
B
City profile score · Stinson Beach, CA
70/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Poverty rate A+
0.0%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share A+
58.9%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income A-
$117,000
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Cost of living F
110.7 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Stinson Beach profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 100/100 (A+) · 0.0%
Bachelor's+ share: 91/100 (A+) · 58.9%
Household income: 84/100 (A-) · $117,000
Cost of living: 6/100 (F) · 110.7 index
How does Stinson Beach compare to other US cities?
Here's how Stinson Beach stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income86% higher than other cities
Home value99% pricier than other cities
Median rent88% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Stinson Beach against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to California only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
California-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Stinson Beach near the bottom of California's cities
Among the 1,458 California cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Stinson Beach ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Stinson Beach only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#353 of 1,338
74th percentile in California
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,458
0th percentile in California
Median Home Value
#115 of 1,343
91st percentile in California
Poverty Rate
#1,194 of 1,450
0th percentile in California
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#185 of 1,458
87th percentile in California
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within California only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
86th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Stinson Beach's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$1,447,9001st percentilemore affordable than 1% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Stinson Beach's home-value-to-income ratio: 12.4×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#15,463 of 15,516
More affordable than 0% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#11,288 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 12.4×, Stinson Beach sits in the pressured band:
national rank #15,463 of 15,516 and #11,288 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median, a comparison flag, not a verdict on any household.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$117,000Stinson Beach, CA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Stinson Beach, CA median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Stinson Beach, CA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)58.9%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)0.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)45.9%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
366
Median Income
$117,000
Median Home Value
$1,447,900
Median Age
61.8
Poverty Rate
0.0%
Labor force participation
45.9%
Bachelor's Degree+
58.9%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
21.0 minutes
Drive Alone
84.0%
Carpool
0.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
16.0%
Based on 163 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
California statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $275
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across California at $275 (electricity about $150 , water and sewer about $70 ).
These are California statewide averages, not a meter reading for Stinson Beach. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
California's BEA cost-of-living index is 110.7 (Well Above Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Stinson Beach is $2,053/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to California statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 88.7 / 100 (Very High).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a California statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Stinson Beach sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Stinson Beach compares to similar-size California cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.