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Tamalpais-Homestead Valley is a big small town of 12,085 people in Marin County, California. It's about 22 miles from Vallejo, CA and 29 miles from San Francisco, CA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 80°F and winter highs 57°F, with almost no snow. The typical home is valued around $1.9M and rent runs about $4k a month.
12,085people
$1.9MTypical home
$3,501/moRent
80° / 57°Summer / winter
0"Snow
270Sunny days
91Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Big small town of 12,085
- Part of a metro area
- About 2,580 people per sq mi
- 29 mi to San Francisco, CA
- 22 mi to Vallejo, CA
- Has its own stores and services
Money
- Typical home $1.9M (≈$12k/mo)
- Median rent $3,501/mo
- Median household income $243k
- Property tax about 0.5% of value
- 6.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 80°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
- 91 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 45
- 40% of households have kids
- 19% are 65 or older
- 79% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 33 min
- 4% walk or take transit to work
- 20 mi to SFO airport
- 20 mi to SFO (major hub)
- 13 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 94% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1966
- 99% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 118 ft
- Right on the coast
- 129 mi to a big lake
- Trailhead in town
- 136 mi to the nearest ski area
- Campground in town
- 42 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 3,522 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 549 bars within 25 mi
- 1,228 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 57 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 136 museums within 25 mi
- 53 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
- 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