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SheetCA-TAMALPAIS-HOMESTEAD-VALLEY-CA · Tamalpais-Homestead Valley, CA 12,153 pop · income 99th 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 Tamalpais-Homestead Valley
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Tamalpais-Homestead Valley on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Washington · lowest
50,000
Washington · lowest
50,000 median HH income
21.0% of the leader · rank #1
Golf · near
238,098
Golf · near
238,098 median HH income
99.8% of the leader · rank #2
Hawthorn Woods · near
238,114
Hawthorn Woods · near
238,114 median HH income
99.8% of the leader · rank #3
Tamalpais-Hom… · this city
238,158
Tamalpais-Hom… · this city
238,158 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #4
East Lynn · near
238,281
East Lynn · near
238,281 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #5
Clarkson Vall… · near
238,333
Clarkson Vall… · near
238,333 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #6
Bull Run CDP… · highest
238,500
Bull Run CDP… · highest
238,500 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 Tamalpais-Homestead Valley 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: 12,153.
Nationally, Tamalpais-Homestead Valley sits in the 99th percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.
99th
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: Tamalpais-Homestead Valley, CA
Tamalpais-Homestead Valley is a small town in California, home to 12,153 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Tamalpais-Homestead Valley households earn a median of $238,158 annually, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 2.3%. Home values in Tamalpais-Homestead Valley run a median of $1,811,100, and the median resident age is 44.3 years. About 79.1% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 61.4% 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). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $2,053 per month. Monthly utility costs average around $275 across California, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. The average commute for Tamalpais-Homestead Valley workers runs 18.6 minutes, with 42.7% driving alone and 40.8% working from home. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 88.7 out of 100 (Very High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Tamalpais-Homestead Valley'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 comparison shortlist to housing and income to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Tamalpais-Homestead Valley, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for local building permits, within-city Census tract profiles, annual population history, FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Which cities make useful reference points for Tamalpais-Homestead Valley?
Within California, the closest population matches are Scotts Valley (12,138 residents, $140,887 income); Commerce (12,072 residents, $71,768 income); San Marino (12,279 residents, $187,633 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Macedonia, OH (12,142 residents); Gardere, LA (12,130 residents); Babylon, NY (12,182 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.
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.
How far does income reach against housing in Tamalpais-Homestead Valley?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 7.6 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 2.3%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
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.
What does the journey to work look like in Tamalpais-Homestead Valley?
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.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 42.7%. The reported mean trip to work is 18.6 minutes.
Highest-decile cost · BEA RPP 2024, California average
B
City profile score · Tamalpais-Homestead Valley, CA
73/100
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.
Household income A+
$238,158
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share A+
79.1%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate A-
2.3%
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).
Tamalpais-Homestead Valley profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 100/100 (A+) · $238,158
Bachelor's+ share: 100/100 (A+) · 79.1%
Poverty rate: 84/100 (A-) · 2.3%
Cost of living: 6/100 (F) · 110.7 index
How does Tamalpais-Homestead Valley compare to other US cities?
Where Tamalpais-Homestead Valley sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income99% 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 Tamalpais-Homestead Valley 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 Tamalpais-Homestead Valley near the bottom of California's cities
Among the 1,458 California cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Tamalpais-Homestead Valley ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Tamalpais-Homestead Valley only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#37 of 1,338
97th percentile in California
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,458
0th percentile in California
Median Home Value
#75 of 1,343
94th percentile in California
Poverty Rate
#1,091 of 1,450
24th percentile in California
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#38 of 1,458
97th 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
99th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Tamalpais-Homestead Valley's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$1,811,1001st 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
#14,908 of 15,516
More affordable than 4% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#3,171 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 7.6×, Tamalpais-Homestead Valley sits in the pressured band:
national rank #14,908 of 15,516 and #3,171 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
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
$238,158Tamalpais-Homestead Valley, CA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Tamalpais-Homestead Valley, 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 Tamalpais-Homestead Valley, CA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)79.1%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)2.3%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)61.4%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
12,153
Median Income
$238,158
Median Home Value
$1,811,100
Median Age
44.3
Poverty Rate
2.3%
Labor force participation
61.4%
Bachelor's Degree+
79.1%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
18.6 minutes
Drive Alone
42.7%
Carpool
7.4%
Public Transit
5.1%
Walk
1.8%
Work from Home
40.8%
Other
2.2%
Based on 5,630 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 Tamalpais-Homestead Valley. 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 Tamalpais-Homestead Valley 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 Tamalpais-Homestead Valley sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Tamalpais-Homestead Valley 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.