Mount Tamalpais Mountain Theater · Photo: Bento00 · Public domainMaking a living in Stinson Beach
About one in ten stay in Stinson Beach for work; outside it, San Francisco is the main destination (18%, 15 miles). Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers, where California as a whole has 17%. Employers in Stinson Beach report 179 jobs for 125 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Stinson Beach, and who commutes in
On a workday 111 residents head out to work, 14 work right here, and 165 people come in from elsewhere.
About 310 people are in Stinson Beach on a workday afternoon, 21% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.43 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Out of Stinson Beach to work: where people go
Where Stinson Beach clocks in
7% of workers
3% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
70% of the jobs in Stinson Beach pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stinson Beach, 2013 → 2023: 123 → 179. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Stinson Beach’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Stinson Beach
of Stinson Beach workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 85 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Where in the region Stinson Beach works
About 20% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Stinson Beach: questions
What is the median household income in Stinson Beach?
$132,857 (±$122,466) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stinson Beach?
14.5%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Stinson Beach work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Francisco (18%, 15 mi), Bolinas (7%, 3 mi), San Rafael (3%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Stinson Beach without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 13% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Stinson Beach, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stinson Beach
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.