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Lagunitas-Forest Knolls is a small town of 1,626 people in Marin County, California. It's about 24 miles from Vallejo, CA and 27 miles from San Francisco, CA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 80°F and winter highs 56°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $940k and rent runs about $3k a month.
1,626people
$940kTypical home
$2,528/moRent
80° / 56°Summer / winter
0"Snow
299Sunny days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,626
- Part of a metro area
- About 383 people per sq mi
- 27 mi to San Francisco, CA
- 24 mi to Vallejo, CA
- 7 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $940k (≈$5,924/mo)
- Median rent $2,528/mo
- Median household income $131k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 3.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 80°F
- Winter highs around 56°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 52°F)
- 299 sunny days a year (191 totally clear)
- 66 cloudy days a year
- 33 of 90 winter days are gray
- Basically no snow
- Snow days are rare
- 2 days a year over 100°F
- Rarely drops below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (166 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,012 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 54
- 24% of households have kids
- 33% are 65 or older
- 61% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 35 min
- 4% walk or take transit to work
- 32 mi to SFO airport
- 32 mi to SFO (major hub)
- 24 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 84% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1959
- 95% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 456 ft
- 6 mi to the ocean
- 125 mi to a big lake
- 4 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 141 mi to the nearest ski area
- 2 mi to the nearest campground
- 23 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 2,380 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 436 bars within 25 mi
- 779 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 45 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 102 museums within 25 mi
- 27 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 13 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 25% of California districts (reading)
- 6 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 7 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 7 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- 7 mi to the nearest dog park
- 3 congregations per 10k people
- 10 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
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.