Stinson BeachCA
Population 255: a town settled in 1916.
Is Stinson Beach a good place to live?
68% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Stinson Beach, above both the California town median (29%) and the median of U.S. towns (29%). Among 848 California towns, just 2 have a higher age of the median resident than Stinson Beach. 39% of the land in Stinson Beach is conserved, where California’s towns sit at 4.3% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. Stinson Beach (GGNRA), at 139 acres with 1.5 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Stinson Beach has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
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The data
Ordered by what stands out in Stinson Beach.
A larger share of households live in a home they own in Stinson Beach than in most of California or the rest of the country
Homes in Stinson Beach are typically worth about $3,577,000, up 12.7% in a year, 5 times the California typical home.
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Stinson Beach has a very high natural-hazard risk, chiefly from earthquakes
On expected storm and flood damage, Stinson Beach sits above 96% of U.S. communities. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Stinson Beach once, in 2005. FEMA puts 57% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to earthquakes, and 21% to inland flooding.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Protected land: nearly a third of Stinson Beach
Walkers can cover 2.5 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves. The trail network density in Stinson Beach is 2.8 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Stinson Beach (GGNRA) | 1.5 mi | 139 |
| 2. Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary | — | 31 |
| 3. Bolinas Lagoon Preserve | — | 18 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Mild winters and pleasant summers in Stinson Beach
July afternoons reach 71°, January nights drop to 44° and snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Stinson Beach has 1.4 jobs for every working resident, and 165 people commute in
Between 2013 and 2023, jobs in Stinson Beach rose by 56, to 179. Most people who work leave Stinson Beach to do it: just 11% work in town. 15% of residents live below the poverty line here. The median commute is under 18 miles.
| Stinson Beach | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 15% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 11% | 6.6% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Fewer of Stinson Beach’s adults feel lonely than in the typical California or U.S. town
CDC measures, 32 in all: Stinson Beach beats California on 19 and trails on 5. Among adults locally, 13% report frequent mental distress. In Stinson Beach, just over a fifth of adults have obesity, and 28% sleep under 7 hours.
| Stinson Beach | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 36% | 33% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 29% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 35% | 36% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 17% | 17% |
| What stands out | Stinson Beach | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 3.5% | 10.6% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 6.3% | 17.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 13.6% | 6.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Stinson Beach
Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary and 180 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Stinson Beach. Close and well known come first.
Big draw13 mi MuseumAlcatraz Federal Penitentiary
3 mi National MonumentMuir Woods National Monument757K visitors a year
Big draw17 mi Stadium & arenaChase Center
Big draw12 mi GardenPresidio of San Francisco
Big draw14 mi LandmarkLombard Street
Big draw17 mi Stadium & arenaOracle ParkPhoto credits
Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary: druchoy, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Muir Woods National Monument: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chase Center: Gregory Varnum, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Presidio of San Francisco: Robert Campbell, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lombard Street: The original uploader was Y6y6y6 at English Wikipedia., Public domain · Oracle Park: User Coasttocoast on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Moving to Stinson Beach: who provides what
Stinson Beach 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.
Colleges nearby
5 within 15 miles of the center of Stinson Beach
About 0 of every 100 Stinson Beach residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across California.
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