Lagunitas-Forest KnollsCA
A town of 1,626.
Is Lagunitas-Forest Knolls a good place to live?
The best of Lagunitas-Forest Knolls’ subject grades are an A for health, schools, and walkability; the weakest is a D− for hazard risk. Lagunitas-Forest Knolls’ July high is 75°F, where California’s towns sit at 89°F and U.S. towns at 85°F. On hazard risk, just 105 of California’s 1,064 towns do worse. The typical home is worth about $940K, 6.9 years of the San Francisco metro’s $136K median household income. 42% of the land in Lagunitas-Forest Knolls is conserved, above both the California town median (4.3%) and the median of U.S. towns (4.3%). Only 3 of California’s 1,063 towns score higher on history. Gary Giacomini Open Space Preserve, at 426 acres with 6.7 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Lagunitas-Forest Knolls has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Lagunitas-Forest Knolls stand out
Where Lagunitas-Forest Knolls beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
20 miles of trails in Lagunitas-Forest Knolls
42.4% of the town is conserved land, across 7 parks and preserves.
How Lagunitas-Forest Knolls grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far Lagunitas-Forest Knolls is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary and 178 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Lagunitas-Forest Knolls. Close and well known come first.
Big draw20 mi MuseumAlcatraz Federal Penitentiary
Big draw20 mi GardenPresidio of San Francisco
10 mi National MonumentMuir Woods National Monument757K visitors a year
Big draw21 mi LandmarkLombard Street
Big draw24 mi Stadium & arenaChase Center
Big draw23 mi Stadium & arenaOracle ParkPhoto credits
Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary: druchoy, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Presidio of San Francisco: Robert Campbell, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Muir Woods National Monument: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lombard Street: The original uploader was Y6y6y6 at English Wikipedia., Public domain · Chase Center: Gregory Varnum, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Oracle Park: User Coasttocoast on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Moving to Lagunitas-Forest Knolls: who provides what
Lagunitas-Forest Knolls 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 Lagunitas-Forest Knolls.
Very high risk in Lagunitas-Forest Knolls, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 99% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Public schools in Lagunitas-Forest Knolls beat 90% of California districts
Its public schools are run by the Lagunitas Elementary school district. Its two schools are below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Geronimo Valley ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–6 | Grades K–6 | 93 | B |
| Lagunitas ElementaryTop results in townGrades K–8 | Grades K–8 | 68 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CA on state tests and graduation
Compared with most of California and the rest of the country, fewer of Lagunitas-Forest Knolls’ adults feel lonely
28% of Lagunitas-Forest Knolls adults feel lonely. Lagunitas-Forest Knolls beats the California average on 17 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 14% of Lagunitas-Forest Knolls adults report frequent mental distress.
| Lagunitas-Forest Knolls | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 36% | 33% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 29% | 35% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 24% | 25% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 35% | 36% |
| What stands out | Lagunitas-Forest Knolls | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 3.9% | 10.6% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7.2% | 17.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11.3% | 6.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Trail density in Lagunitas-Forest Knolls is higher than in the typical California or U.S. town
Lagunitas-Forest Knolls’ trail density is 4.9 miles per square mile. 20 miles of trail in 7 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Gary Giacomini Open Space Preserve | 6.7 mi | 426 |
| 2. Larsen Meadow | 2.9 mi | 74 |
| 3. French Ranch Open Space Preserve | 2.6 mi | 393 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Lagunitas-Forest Knolls’ workers commute out
Most working residents leave Lagunitas-Forest Knolls for work: only 2% work in town. The average trip to work in Lagunitas-Forest Knolls is 32 minutes. The top destinations are San Francisco (15%), San Rafael (10%) and Oakland (4%).
| Lagunitas-Forest Knolls | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $131,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 32 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 4.4% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.1% | 6.6% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Mild winters and pleasant summers in Lagunitas-Forest Knolls
Lagunitas-Forest Knolls has warm winters and cool summers. July afternoons reach 75°, January nights drop to 42° and snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A home in Lagunitas-Forest Knolls sells for about $1.6M at the median
76% of households own their home in Lagunitas-Forest Knolls.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Lagunitas-Forest Knolls
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Lagunitas-Forest Knolls
About 4 of every 100 Lagunitas-Forest Knolls residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across California.
98% of working residents leave Lagunitas-Forest Knolls for work
Where Lagunitas-Forest Knolls’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Lagunitas-Forest Knolls’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Lagunitas-Forest Knolls.
| Town | CA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lagunitas-Forest Knolls | — | — | D | — | A | A |
| San Geronimo | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Lagunitas-Forest Knolls has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Lagunitas-Forest Knolls reports no FBI crime data of its own. San Geronimo isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Lagunitas-Forest Knolls with a neighbor →
Questions about Lagunitas-Forest Knolls
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Lagunitas-Forest Knolls, CA expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $940,000, 23% 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.