A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Sausalito$8,720/mo

Typical home $1.53M (Zillow) · tax rate 0.53%+ · or rent about $3,501/mo · Housing →

Strawberry$11,320/mo

Typical home $2M (Census) · tax rate 0.50%+ · or rent about $2,958/mo · Housing →

The difference: $2,600 a month, about $31,200 a year, between Strawberry and Sausalito.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value; “+” means the Census top-codes that town’s bill at $10,000, so its real rate is higher.

Report cards

Sausalito places higher on 11 of 20 CA lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every California ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

B−SausalitoSafer than 47% of U.S. towns –StrawberryNot graded

Schools

ASausalitoBetter than 90% of districts in the state AStrawberryBetter than 92% of districts in the state

Health

A+SausalitoHealthier than 98% of U.S. towns A+StrawberryHealthier than 98% of U.S. towns

11Sausalito

4Strawberry

Lists won, of 20 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Rent easiest to affordCost of living · 422 towns #37#260 Most trailsOutdoors · 677 towns #142#276 Lowest depressionHealth · 844 towns #288#184 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 844 towns #332#236 Fastest growingGrowth · 816 towns #503#595 Most remote workersWork · 801 towns #6#84 Cheapest rentCost of living · 830 towns #815#742 Most walkableOutdoors · 841 towns #335#377

Left end = #1 in California. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Sausalito’s rankings →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

SausalitoStrawberry

Snow a year0″0″

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)84th 79th

Outdoors & history

SausalitoStrawberry

Trails5 mi 3 mi

Conserved land18.1%15.2%

Settled—1949

National Register places5 —

Archive photos12 1

Community

SausalitoStrawberry

Library hours a week49 hrs —

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

2 miles apart

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

SausalitoStrawberry

Sausalito ↔ Strawberry2.5 miles apart

Who commutes between them

36 Strawberry residents work in Sausalito (1.9% of its workers)

Work & commute in Strawberry →

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs California average

SausalitoStrawberry

People

Population 7,141Highest 5,830Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +2.9%Highest CA: +6.1% +1%Lowest CA: +6.1%

Median age 55.6±2.8Highest 47% above CA 43.9±3.4Lowest 16% above CA

Kids under 18 6.6%±1.8Lowest CA: 22% 22%±4.4Highest CA: 22%

Age 65+ 33.7%±4.9Highest CA: 15.7% 21.3%±1.9Lowest CA: 15.7%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 76.5%Highest CA: 37.1% 72.1%Lowest CA: 37.1%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 7.2%±3.4Lowest CA: 7.6% 7.8%±2.2Highest CA: 7.6%

Strawberry and Sausalito are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $182,357±$14kHighest 84% above CA $157,661±$33kLowest 59% above CA

Sausalito and Strawberry are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $1,894,600±$418kLowest 158% above CA $2,000,001Highest 172% above CA

Rentmedian gross, monthly $3,501Highest 72% above CA $2,958±$413Lowest 45% above CA

Property taxmedian, yearly $10,000+ at least 95% above CA $10,000+ at least 95% above CA

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 44.5%±10.4Lowest CA: 55.3% 57.7%±6Highest CA: 55.3%

Strawberry and Sausalito are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 8%Highest CA: 12% 7%Lowest CA: 12%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 59.6%Highest CA: 55.9% 41.5%Lowest CA: 55.9%

Typical home builtmedian year 1964Lowest 12 yrs older than CA 1971Highest 5 yrs older than CA

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 30 minHighest 5% above CA 30 minLowest 4% above CA

Work from home 45.5%±6.5Highest CA: 17.2% 29.7%±5.8Lowest CA: 17.2%

Work in townworking residents 10.1%Highest 4.3%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 7.8 miLowest 9.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.56Highest 1.10Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town San Francisco (38%)San Francisco (33%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Strawberry2% work in Sausalito

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 18.1%Highest 15.2%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 4.9 miHighest 2.6 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 2.2 miHighest 1.4 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 6 6

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 84.2Highest 77.9Lowest

Schools

School district —Mill Valley Elementary

High school in town —None in town

California average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Sausalito vs Strawberry

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $2,600 more a month in Strawberry

Sausalito places higher on 11 of 20 CA lists

What daily life feels like in each

2 miles apart

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