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Strawberry is a big small town of 5,830 people in Marin County, California. It's about 20 miles from Vallejo, CA and 31 miles from San Francisco, CA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 79°F and winter highs 57°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $2.0M and rent runs about $3k a month.
5,830people
$2.0MTypical home
$2,958/moRent
79° / 57°Summer / winter
0"Snow
270Sunny days
84Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Big small town of 5,830
- Part of a metro area
- About 4,383 people per sq mi
- 31 mi to San Francisco, CA
- 20 mi to Vallejo, CA
- 2 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $2.0M (≈$13k/mo)
- Median rent $2,958/mo
- Median household income $158k
- Property tax about 0.5% of value
- 3.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 79°F
- Winter highs around 57°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
- 84 days a year with rain or snow
- 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 44
- 31% of households have kids
- 22% are 65 or older
- 71% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 8% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 33 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 20 mi to OAK airport
- 20 mi to OAK (major hub)
- 12 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 49% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1971
- 98% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 66 ft
- Right on the coast
- 127 mi to a big lake
- 2 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 135 mi to the nearest ski area
- 3 mi to the nearest campground
- 48 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 3,668 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 565 bars within 25 mi
- 1,281 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 58 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 141 museums within 25 mi
- 55 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- Farmers market in town
Everyday
- Schools in the top 7% of California districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 5 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 5 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- 4 mi to the nearest dog park
- 3 congregations per 10k people
- College in town
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