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Strawberry vs Tiburon

Next-door neighbors. The biggest differences: trails (6.5× in Tiburon) and street grid (3.9× in Strawberry).

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Strawberry, CAKnown for its schoolsCalifornia · 5,830 people
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Tiburon, CAHomes around $3.05MCalifornia · 9,012 people
Where each one shines

Two towns, two different strengths

What each town does better than most of its state (not better than each other). Tap one to see the page behind it.

The biggest differences

Where they part ways

The rows below where the towns are furthest apart, beyond the Census margin of error. The full table is further down.

★ What stands out · Monthly cost

A typical home costs $5,940 more a month in Tiburon

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.

Strawberry$11,320/mo
Typical home $2M (Census) · tax rate 0.50%+ · or rent about $2,958/mo · Housing →
Tiburon$17,270/mo
Typical home $3.05M (Zillow) · tax rate 0.50%+ · or rent about $3,501/mo · Housing →

The difference: $5,940 a month, about $71,300 a year, between Tiburon and Strawberry.

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.

Where they are

Strawberry and Tiburon share a border

Straight-line miles between town centers.

StrawberryTiburonStrawberryTiburon
Strawberry ↔ Tiburon2.6 miles apart · They share a border
Report cards

Tiburon places higher on 12 of 19 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.

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
StrawberryTiburon
Snow a year0″0″
January low—44°F
July high—71°F
Growing season (days)—365d
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)79th74th
Outdoors & history
StrawberryTiburon
Trails3 mi17 mi
Conserved land15.2%19.2%
Settled1949—
National Register places—5
Archive photos111
Famous people born here—4
Community
StrawberryTiburon
Library hours a week—49 hrs
Posts this month00
Neighbors joined00

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.

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.

StrawberryTiburon
People
Population 5,830Lowest 9,012Highest
Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +1%Lowest CA: +6.1% +2.1%Highest CA: +6.1%
Median age 43.9±3.4Lowest 16% above CA 51.6±1.6Highest 36% above CA
Kids under 18 22%±4.4Highest CA: 22% 19.6%±3.2Lowest CA: 22%
Strawberry and Tiburon are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+ 21.3%±1.9Lowest CA: 15.7% 27.5%±4.3Highest CA: 15.7%
Tiburon and Strawberry are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 72.1%Lowest CA: 37.1% 80.1%Highest CA: 37.1%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 7.8%±2.2Highest CA: 7.6% 6%±3.6Lowest CA: 7.6%
Strawberry and Tiburon are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Cost of living
Household incomemedian $157,661±$33kLowest 59% above CA $232,969±$37kHighest 135% above CA
Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $2,000,001 172% above CA $2,000,001 172% above CA
Rentmedian gross, monthly $2,958±$413Lowest 45% above CA $3,501Highest 72% 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 57.7%±6Highest CA: 55.3% 38.6%±14.5Lowest CA: 55.3%
Strawberry and Tiburon are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Below poverty line 7%Highest CA: 12% 1.9%Lowest CA: 12%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes 41.5%Lowest CA: 55.9% 74.9%Highest CA: 55.9%
Typical home builtmedian year 1971Highest 5 yrs older than CA 1970Lowest 6 yrs older than CA
Getting to work
Average commuteone way 30 minHighest 4% above CA 29 minLowest about the CA average
Work from home 29.7%±5.8Lowest CA: 17.2% 42.7%±8.1Highest CA: 17.2%
Tiburon and Strawberry are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Work in townworking residents 4.3%Lowest 5.1%Highest
Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 9.8 miHighest 9.3 miLowest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.10Highest 0.57Lowest
Top workplaceoutside town San Francisco (33%)San Francisco (36%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in TiburonFew work in Strawberry
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 15.2%Lowest 19.2%Highest
Trailsmapped miles 2.6 miLowest 17.0 miHighest
Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.4 miHighest 1.3 miLowest
Parks & preservesnamed on the map 6Lowest 9Highest
Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 77.9Highest 20.1Lowest
Schools
Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading —#20 of 574 in CA
School district Mill Valley ElementaryReed Union Elementary
High school in town None in townNone in town
California average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024
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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.

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