Living in Belvedere, CA
Belvedere is a small town of 2,345 people in Marin County, California. It's about 20 miles from Vallejo, CA and 32 miles from San Francisco, CA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 73°F and winter highs 58°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $2.0M and rent runs about $4k a month.
2,345people
$2.0MTypical home
$3,501/moRent
73° / 58°Summer / winter
0"Snow
270Sunny days
76Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 2,345
- Part of a metro area
- About 4,518 people per sq mi
- 32 mi to San Francisco, CA
- 20 mi to Vallejo, CA
- 4 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $2.0M (≈$13k/mo)
- Median rent $3,501/mo
- Median household income $250k
- Property tax about 0.5% of value
- 3.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 73°F
- Winter highs around 58°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 52°F)
- 270 sunny days a year (95 totally clear)
- 95 cloudy days a year
- 34 of 90 winter days are gray
- 76 days a year with rain or snow
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- 1 day a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (82 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (719 per 100k)
People
- Median age 49
- 34% of households have kids
- 25% are 65 or older
- 83% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 35 min
- 8% walk or take transit to work
- 17 mi to OAK airport
- 17 mi to OAK (major hub)
- 9 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 87% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1959
- 98% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation -10 ft
- Right on the coast
- 127 mi to a big lake
- Trailhead in town
- 133 mi to the nearest ski area
- 2 mi to the nearest campground
- 53 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 3,829 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 577 bars within 25 mi
- 1,325 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 58 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 142 museums within 25 mi
- 54 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 3 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 8% of California districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 6 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 6 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- 5 mi to the nearest dog park
- 3 congregations per 10k people
- 2 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Marin County: D+64 in 2024
- California: D+20 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- Moderate wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Moderate flood risk
- Moderate drought risk
- Very low winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk