Tamalpais-Homestead Valley is a

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(CDP) in Marin County,

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, United States. The population was 11,492 at the 2020 census.

Geography

Tamalpais-Homestead Valley is located at . It is bordered by Mill Valley to the north and Sausalito to the southeast. It is about 10 minutes north of

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and the

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by car. California State Route 1 (also known as Shoreline Highway and the Pacific Coast Highway) runs through the Valley and is the road most often used to access western Marin County. Nearby landmarks include the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, Mount Tamalpais State Park, Muir Woods National Monument,

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and Muir Beach. According to the

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, the CDP has a total area of , of which , or 1.31%, are water.

Demographics

2020

The 2020 United States census reported that Tamalpais-Homestead Valley had a population of 11,492. The population density was . The racial makeup of Tamalpais-Homestead Valley was 80.9%

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, 0.6%

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, 0.3% Native American, 5.2% Asian, 0.1%

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, 1.9% from other races, and 11.1% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 7.3% of the population. The census reported that 99.8% of the population lived in households, 0.2% lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and no one was institutionalized. There were 4,460 households, out of which 35.2% included children under the age of 18, 59.0% were married-couple households, 5.4% were cohabiting couple households, 22.4% had a female householder with no partner present, and 13.2% had a male householder with no partner present. 22.5% of households were one person, and 11.8% were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.57. There were 3,148 families (70.6% of all households). The age distribution was 23.8% under the age of 18, 5.5% aged 18 to 24, 17.9% aged 25 to 44, 32.6% aged 45 to 64, and 20.2% who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 46.9years. For every 100 females, there were 94.3 males. There were 4,678 housing units at an average density of , of which 4,460 (95.3%) were occupied. Of these, 78.1% were owner-occupied, and 21.9% were occupied by renters.

2023 estimates

In 2023, the US Census Bureau estimated that 12.3% of the population were foreign-born. Of all people aged 5 or older, 90.5% spoke only English at home, 5.0% spoke Spanish, 2.8% spoke other

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, and 1.6% spoke Asian or Pacific Islander languages. Of those aged 25 or older, 98.8% were high school graduates and 79.1% had a bachelor's degree. The median household income was $238,158, and the

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was $114,931. About 2.3% of families and 3.9% of the population were below the poverty line.

Education

Most of the CDP is in the Mill Valley Elementary School District. Some of it is in the Sausalito Marin City School District. All of it is in the Tamalpais Union High School District.
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References

External links

Tamalpais Community Services District

Tamalpais Valley Improvement Club
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