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Place dossier plate
SheetCA-STRAWBERRY-CDP-MARIN-COUNTY-CA · Strawberry CDP (Marin County), CA 5,496 pop · income 93rd 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 Strawberry CDP (Marin County)
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Strawberry CDP (Marin County) on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Marlin · lowest
38,000
Marlin · lowest
38,000 median HH income
20.3% of the leader · rank #1
Refton · near
144,045
Refton · near
144,045 median HH income
77.1% of the leader · rank #2
Cavalero · near
144,076
Cavalero · near
144,076 median HH income
77.1% of the leader · rank #3
Strawberry CD… · this city
144,130
Strawberry CD… · this city
144,130 median HH income
77.1% of the leader · rank #4
Honeygo · near
144,156
Honeygo · near
144,156 median HH income
77.2% of the leader · rank #5
Port Barringt… · near
144,167
Port Barringt… · near
144,167 median HH income
77.2% of the leader · rank #6
La Habra Heig… · highest
186,837
La Habra Heig… · highest
186,837 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 Strawberry CDP (Marin County) 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: 5,496.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Strawberry CDP (Marin County) lands in the 93rd percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
93rd
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: Strawberry CDP (Marin County), CA
5,496 people live in Strawberry CDP (Marin County), California - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Median household income here is $144,130 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 8.1%. ACS top-codes median home value at $2,000,000 or more, so Strawberry CDP (Marin County) is published at that ceiling ($2,000,000+) rather than as an exact figure, and the median resident age is 42.7 years. About 74.5% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 63.7% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
California carries a cost-of-living premium: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts California at 110.7 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Well Above Average). 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). 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 Strawberry CDP (Marin County)'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 work and mobility to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Strawberry CDP (Marin County), city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for local building permits, matched public-school count, annual population history, within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates; 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 Strawberry CDP (Marin County)?
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 13.9 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 8.1%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
What does the journey to work look like in Strawberry CDP (Marin County)?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 56.8%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
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.
Which cities make useful reference points for Strawberry CDP (Marin County)?
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 La Habra Heights (5,546 residents, $186,837 income); Palermo (5,440 residents, $47,893 income); McSwain (5,556 residents, $140,173 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Kodiak, AK (5,497 residents); Osceola, IA (5,495 residents); Albion, NY (5,495 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.
Top-decile income · poverty 8.1% (Above-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
110.7 (US=100)
Highest-decile cost · BEA RPP 2024, California average
Note: Census ACS censors the tails of median household income ($250,000+ / under $2,500) and median home value ($2,000,000+ / under $10,000).
Home value is shown as $2,000,000+ for the same reason.
C+
City profile score · Strawberry CDP (Marin County), CA
61/100
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.
Bachelor's+ share A+
74.5%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income A+
$144,130
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate D
8.1%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
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).
How does Strawberry CDP (Marin County) compare to other US cities?
Here's how Strawberry CDP (Marin County) stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income93% 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 Strawberry CDP (Marin County) 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 Strawberry CDP (Marin County) near the bottom of California's cities
Among the 1,458 California cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Strawberry CDP (Marin County) ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Strawberry CDP (Marin County) only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#196 of 1,338
85th percentile in California
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,458
0th percentile in California
Median Home Value
#1 of 1,343
95th percentile in California
Poverty Rate
#603 of 1,450
58th percentile in California
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#65 of 1,458
95th 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
93rd percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Strawberry CDP (Marin County)'s home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$2,000,000+1st 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
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#15,482 of 15,516
More affordable than 0% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#11,298 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 13.9×, Strawberry CDP (Marin County) sits in the pressured band:
national rank #15,482 of 15,516 and #11,298 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
$144,130Strawberry CDP (Marin County), CA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Strawberry CDP (Marin County), 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 Strawberry CDP (Marin County), CA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)74.5%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)8.1%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)63.7%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
5,496
Median Income
$144,130
Median Home Value
$2,000,000+
Median Age
42.7
Poverty Rate
8.1%
Labor force participation
63.7%
Bachelor's Degree+
74.5%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
56.8%
Carpool
6.2%
Public Transit
3.7%
Walk
3.0%
Work from Home
29.4%
Other
0.9%
Based on 2,798 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 Strawberry CDP (Marin County). 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 Strawberry CDP (Marin County) 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 Strawberry CDP (Marin County) sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Strawberry CDP (Marin County) 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.