Photo: Rich Shelton · Public domainFew U.S. towns have household incomes as high as Tiburon’s
Tiburon grades A− for jobs and income and A+ for walkability. Measured by household income, Tiburon is among the highest-earning towns in the country. 1.9% of residents are in poverty, against 12.0% across California.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Tiburon in brief
A lot of Tiburon works from home
43% of Tiburon workers work from home, against 17% across California. Time on the road ↓
36% of Tiburon works in San Francisco
1,065 working residents, 36%, have their main job in San Francisco, 8.1 miles away across the town line. That’s 7 times as many as work in Tiburon itself. The commute map ↓
Three in four Tiburon workers earn over $40,000 a year
79% of Tiburon’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Jobs & income in Tiburon: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Tiburon is better than 78% of U.S. towns, #191 of 847 in California. Household income holds Tiburon’s grade up ($232,969, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (10.5%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Tiburon could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
Tiburon’s commute takes about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tiburon workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,165 commuters (the 43% 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.
36% of working residents work in San Francisco
Where Tiburon clocks in
5% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Tiburon
1,680 jobs are based in Tiburon.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tiburon, 2013 → 2023: 1,669 → 1,680. 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 Tiburon’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who leaves Tiburon for work, and who comes in
On a workday 2,779 residents head out to work, 149 work right here, and 1,531 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,600 people are in Tiburon on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
0.57 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Tiburon’s commute, mile by mile
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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Tiburon
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Tiburon is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns, #82 of 847 in California. Both inputs place Tiburon near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,778 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 70% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 18% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 4.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 81% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.1% of Tiburon households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 7% of Tiburon’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 6,200 to 12,000, Tiburon ranks 871st of 2,907 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 3 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 23 | Piedmont CA | 10,642 | $250K | 4.3% | 1.5% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 64 | Gold River CA | 7,924 | $175K | 2.9% | 2.4% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 96 | Sierra Madre CA | 10,620 | $144K | 4.6% | 2.6% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 869 | Middlebury Township IN | 9,003 | $89K | 7.7% | 2.1% | 27% | A− |
| 870 | Spring Arbor Township MI | 8,526 | $87K | 6.5% | 2.1% | 7% | A− |
| 871 | Tiburon CA | 8,881 | $233K | 1.9% | 10.5% | 5% | A− |
| 872 | Brighton MI | 7,904 | $81K | 8.1% | 2.9% | 10% | A− |
| 873 | East Windsor CT | 11,342 | $96K | 7.2% | 4.0% | 8% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,907 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Tiburon, the top three, the last and three more from California.
Tiburon and its neighbors: 38% work next door
The biggest share goes to San Francisco (36%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Tiburon workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tiburon | – | A− | A+ | 29 min | $232,969 |
| Belvedere | under 2% | A | A+ | 31 min | $250,000+ |
| Strawberry | under 2% | A | A | 30 min | $157,661 |
| Corte Madera | 2% | A | A+ | 31 min | $232,763 |
| San Francisco | 36% | B+ | A+ | 30 min | $140,970 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Tiburon’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Tiburon: questions
What is the median household income in Tiburon?
$232,969 (±$36,536) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tiburon?
1.9%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tiburon?
29 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 43% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tiburon work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are San Francisco (36%, 8 mi), San Rafael (5%, 7 mi), Oakland (3%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Tiburon walkable?
Tiburon is more walkable than 96% of U.S. towns (Walkability A+): an EPA walkability index of 11.1 out of 20, and 16% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Tiburon without a car?
7% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 18% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tiburon, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tiburon
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.