Black Point-Green PointCA
With 1,655 residents, it is a town in California.
Is Black Point-Green Point a good place to live?
The best of Black Point-Green Point’s subject grades are an A for health and an A− for incomes and the outdoors; the weakest is a D− for cost of living. Black Point-Green Point’s median rent is $3,131 a month, against $1,896 a month in California’s towns and $1,185 a month across U.S. towns. On cost of living, just 67 of California’s 1,058 towns do worse. FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 89% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. 27% of the land in Black Point-Green Point is conserved, above both the California town median (4.3%) and the median of U.S. towns (4.3%). The biggest park or preserve is Petaluma River Marsh Wildlife Area, at 137 acres. Black Point-Green Point has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Black Point-Green Point stand out
Where Black Point-Green Point beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
| Widest gap | Black Point-Green Point | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 6.6% | 17.9% |
Black Point-Green Point lives by the ocean
Coastal flooding makes up 9% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
- Deer Island Preserve
- Petaluma River Marsh Wildlife Area
- Black Point Boat Launch Directions ↗
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
How Black Point-Green Point grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far Black Point-Green Point is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary and 185 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Black Point-Green Point. Close and well known come first.
Big draw20 mi MuseumAlcatraz Federal Penitentiary
Big draw22 mi LandmarkLombard Street
Big draw22 mi GardenPresidio of San Francisco
Big draw25 mi Stadium & arenaChase Center
Big draw26 mi MuseumUSS Hornet
Big draw24 mi Stadium & arenaOracle ParkPhoto credits
Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary: druchoy, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Lombard Street: The original uploader was Y6y6y6 at English Wikipedia., Public domain · Presidio of San Francisco: Robert Campbell, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chase Center: Gregory Varnum, CC BY-SA 4.0 · USS Hornet: kitmasterbloke, CC BY 2.0 · Oracle Park: User Coasttocoast on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Moving to Black Point-Green Point: who provides what
Black Point-Green Point is unincorporated, so Marin County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Black Point-Green Point.
Black Point-Green Point stands out in California and nationally, with fewer of its adults who feel lonely
Black Point-Green Point does better than the California average on 20 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 2. 13% of Black Point-Green Point adults report frequent mental distress.
| Black Point-Green Point | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 29% | 35% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 36% | 33% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 17% | 17% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 35% | 36% |
| What stands out | Black Point-Green Point | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 6.6% | 17.9% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 4.1% | 10.6% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11.8% | 6.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Top of a very high hazard risk in Black Point-Green Point: inland flooding
FEMA puts 49% of Black Point-Green Point’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 37% to earthquakes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
nearly a quarter of the land in Black Point-Green Point is protected from building
0.1 miles of trail in 5 parks and preserves. Parks and preserves in Black Point-Green Point: 5, covering 167 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Petaluma River Marsh Wildlife Area | — | 137 |
| 2. Deer Island Preserve | 0.1 mi | 22 |
| 3. Bahia Wetlands | — | 5 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Most of Black Point-Green Point’s workers commute out: the town has 0.3 jobs for each of them
The top destinations are San Francisco (19%), San Rafael (13%) and Novato (11%). Between 2013 and 2023, jobs in Black Point-Green Point rose by 28, to 170. Only 10 of the 848 California towns we compare have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Black Point-Green Point. The median commute is under 22 miles.
| Black Point-Green Point | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 0.5% | 6.6% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Black Point-Green Point: mild winters and pleasant summers
The town’s typical July afternoon high is 72°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A home in Black Point-Green Point sells for about $1.82M at the median
Among households in Black Point-Green Point, 85% live in a home they own.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Black Point-Green Point
Colleges nearby
5 within 15 miles of the center of Black Point-Green Point
About 6 of every 100 Black Point-Green Point residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across California.
100% of working residents leave Black Point-Green Point for work
Where Black Point-Green Point’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Black Point-Green Point
Place in California, United States
Black Point-Green Point is a census-designated place (CDP) in Marin County, California, United States. It is unincorporated, sitting between the city of Novato to the southwest and the Petaluma River and San Pablo Bay to the northeast. The population was 1,431 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 2.9 sq mi
- Elevation
- 46 ft
- Area code
- 415/628
Black Point-Green Point’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Black Point-Green Point.
| Town | CA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Point-Green Point | — | — | D− | — | B+ | A |
| Novato | #236 | B− | D− | C+ | B+ | A− |
Black Point-Green Point has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Black Point-Green Point reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Black Point-Green Point with a neighbor →
Questions about Black Point-Green Point
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Black Point-Green Point, CA expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $1,701,000, 123% above the California typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D−.