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Lucas Valley-Marinwood is a big small town of 6,473 people in Marin County, California. It's about 18 miles from Vallejo, CA and 33 miles from San Francisco, CA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 79°F and winter highs 55°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $1.4M and rent runs about $4k a month.
6,473people
$1.4MTypical home
$3,501/moRent
79° / 55°Summer / winter
0"Snow
299Sunny days
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Size & setting
- Big small town of 6,473
- Part of a metro area
- About 1,129 people per sq mi
- 33 mi to San Francisco, CA
- 18 mi to Vallejo, CA
- 3 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $1.4M (≈$9,116/mo)
- Median rent $3,501/mo
- Median household income $201k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 3.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 79°F
- Winter highs around 55°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 50
- 28% of households have kids
- 27% are 65 or older
- 69% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 7% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 27 min
- 4% walk or take transit to work
- 28 mi to CCR airport
- 29 mi to OAK (major hub)
- 19 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 94% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1964
- 97% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 709 ft
- 4 mi to the ocean
- 120 mi to a big lake
- 9 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 134 mi to the nearest ski area
- 3 mi to the nearest campground
- 36 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 3,150 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 539 bars within 25 mi
- 1,067 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 60 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 135 museums within 25 mi
- 53 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 11 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 22% of California districts (reading)
- 2 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 2 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 2 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 4 mi to the nearest vet
- 3 mi to the nearest dog park
- 3 congregations per 10k people
- 5 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