Kentfield, CA

Census Place

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2024 Population
6,900
US Senator
Alex Padilla
Democratic Party
US Senator
Adam Schiff
Democratic Party
2024 Median Age
48.8
4.05% 1-year increase
2024 Poverty Rate
3.9%
4.88% 1-year increase
2024 Median Household Income
$249,896
7.77% 1-year growth
2024 Median Property Value
$2M
2024 Employed Population
3,017
6.45% 1-year decline

About

None of the households in Kentfield, CA reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

92.7% of the residents in Kentfield, CA are U.S. citizens.

The largest universities in Kentfield, CA are College of Marin (417 degrees awarded in 2023).

In 2024, the median property value in Kentfield, CA was $2M, and the homeownership rate was 80.9%.

Most people in Kentfield, CA worked at home, and the average commute time was 25.3 minutes. The average car ownership in Kentfield, CA was 2 cars per household.

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Population & Diversity

Kentfield, CA is home to a population of 6.9k people, from which 92.7% are citizens. As of 2024, 12.8% of Kentfield, CA residents were born outside of the country (883 people).

In 2024, there were 15.5 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (5.5k people) in Kentfield, CA than any other race or ethnicity. There were 356 Asian (Non-Hispanic) and 248 White (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

92.7%
2024 Citizenship
93.5%
2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 92.7% of Kentfield, CA residents were US citizens, which is lower than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Kentfield, CA was 93.5%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been decreasing.

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Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Kentfield, CA
  1. White (Non-Hispanic)
    5.5k ± 545
  2. Asian (Non-Hispanic)
    356 ± 180
  3. White (Hispanic)
    248 ± 221
8.07%
Hispanic Population
557 people

In 2024, there were 15.5 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (5.5k people) in Kentfield, CA than any other race or ethnicity. There were 356 Asian (Non-Hispanic) and 248 White (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

8.07% of the people in Kentfield, CA are hispanic (557 people).

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in Kentfield, CA as a share of the total population.

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Global Diversity

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Most Common Origin
  1. Mexico
    3,862,617 ± 45,816 people
  2. Philippines
    824,246 ± 22,054 people
  3. China
    687,951 ± 20,184 people

In 2023, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of California was Mexico, the natal country of 3,862,617 California residents, followed by Philippines with 824,246 and China with 687,951.

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Foreign-Born Population

12.8%
2024 Foreign-Born Population
883 people
13.1%
2023 Foreign-Born Population
932 people

As of 2024, 12.8% of Kentfield, CA residents (883 people) were born outside of the United States, which is approximately the same as the national average of 14%. In 2023, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Kentfield, CA was 13.1%, meaning that the rate has been decreasing.

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Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Vietnam
    118 ± 63
  2. Gulf War (2001-)
    12 ± 34
  3. Korea
    11 ± 25

Kentfield, CA has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 9.83 times greater than any other conflict.

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Economy

The economy of Kentfield, CA employs 3.02k people. In 2024, the largest industries in Kentfield, CA were Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services (810 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (455 people), and Finance & Insurance (440 people), and the highest paying industries were Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($250,001), Finance & Insurance ($250,001), and Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services ($225,726).

Employment

Occupations

3.02k
2024 Value
± 359
−6.45%
1 Year decline
± 17.9%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Kentfield, CA declined at a rate of −6.45%, from 3.23k employees to 3.02k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Kentfield, CA, are Management Occupations (707 people), Business & Financial Operations Occupations (430 people), and Sales & Related Occupations (337 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Kentfield, CA.

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Unemployment Insurance Claims

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Industries

Employment by Industries

3.02k
2024 Value
± 359
−6.45%
1 Year decline
± 17.9%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Kentfield, CA declined at a rate of −6.45%, from 3.23k employees to 3.02k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Kentfield, CA, are Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services (810 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (455 people), and Finance & Insurance (440 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Kentfield, CA, though some of these residents may live in Kentfield, CA and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

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Median Earnings by Industry

$211,875
Median earning men ± $68,988
$76,563
Median earning women ± $24,286

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($250,001), Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($250,001), and Information ($218,750).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Information ($214,432), Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($175,000), and Manufacturing ($144,432).

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Employment by Industry Sector

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Y-Axis
2.57%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 17.9M people employed in California. This represents a 2.57% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 14%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in California.

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Civics

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in California went to Kamala Harris with 58.5% of the vote. The runner-up was Donald J. Trump (38.3%), followed by Robert Kennedy (1.25%).

Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff are the senators currently representing the state of California. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

California is currently represented by 52 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

Presidential Elections

Voting results are not available for Kentfield, CA. Showing the available data for California.
2024 Election Results
  1. Kamala Harris (58.5%)
    Democratic Party
  2. Donald J. Trump (38.3%)
    Republican Party
  3. Robert Kennedy (1.25%)
    Independent Party

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in California went to Kamala Harris with 58.5% of the vote. The runner-up was Donald J. Trump (38.3%), followed by Robert Kennedy (1.25%).

The following chart shows the popular vote results in California for each registered party from 1976 to 2024.

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Senator Elections

US Senators from California

Senatorial voting results are only available at the state level. Showing data for California.
Alex Padilla
Senator from California3
Assumed office on January 20, 2021
Appointed to the seat following the resignation of Kamala Harris, who had become Vice President of the United States.
Adam Schiff
Senator from California1
Assumed office on December 8, 2024
Elected to the seat to succeed Laphonza Butler, who had been appointed to the seat following the death of Dianne Feinstein.

Alex Padilla and Adam Schiff are the senators currently representing California.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in California over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

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Education

In 2023, universities in Kentfield, CA awarded 417 degrees. The student population of Kentfield, CA in 2023 is skewed towards women, with 2,033 male students and 2,640 female students.

Most students graduating from Universities in Kentfield, CA are White (161 and 39.6%), Hispanic or Latino (159 and 39.1%), Asian (39 and 9.58%), and Two or More Races (29 and 7.13%).

The largest universities in Kentfield, CA by number of degrees awarded are College of Marin (417 and 100%).

The most popular majors in Kentfield, CA are Biological & Physical Sciences (51 and 12.2%), Liberal Arts & Sciences (47 and 11.3%), and Registered Nursing (42 and 10.1%).

Admissions & Enrollments

Enrollments by Gender and Races

In 2023 there were 4,673 students enrolled in Kentfield, CA, 43.5% men and 56.5% women.

By race, the largest number of students enrolled was concentrated in White with 2,122 records, of which 53.7% were women and 46.3% men.

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Completions

Concentrations

Most Common
  1. Liberal Arts & Sciences
    47 degrees awarded
  2. Registered Nursing
    42 degrees awarded
  3. Biological & Physical Sciences
    51 degrees awarded

In 2023, the most common concentation for Associates Degree recipients in Kentfield, CA was Liberal Arts & Sciences with 47 degrees awarded.

This visualization illustrates the percentage of students graduating with a Associates Degree from schools in Kentfield, CA according to their major.

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Universities

Gender
Race
College of Marin
Largest Universities by degrees awarded
417 degrees awarded

In 2023, the institution with the largest number of graduating students was College of Marin with 417 degrees awarded.

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Student Diversity

In 2023, 159 men were awarded degrees from institutions in Kentfield, CA, which is 0.616 times less than the 258 female students who received degrees in the same year.

In 2023, the most common race/ethnicity group awarded degrees at institutions was White students. These 161 degrees mean that there were 1.01 times more degrees awarded to White students then the next closest race/ethnicity group, Hispanic or Latino, with 159 degrees awarded.

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Awarded Degrees over Time

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Tuition

Average Net Price by Sector

Public, 2-year ($1,380) is the sector with the highest median state tuition in 2023.

Public, 2-year ($114) is the sector with the highest median state fee in 2023.

Public, 2-year ($2,958) is the sector with the highest average net price of books and supplies.

The graph shows the average net price by sector and year.

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Housing & Living

People in Kentfield, CA have an average commute time of 25.3 minutes, and they worked at home. Car ownership in Kentfield, CA is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$2,187
Median Property Taxes
±$274

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Kentfield, CA the largest share of households pay taxes in the $3k+ range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Kentfield, CA compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

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Rent vs Own

80.9%
Homeownership
2024
62.6%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2024

In 2024, 80.9% of the housing units in Kentfield, CA were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 78%.

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Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.
$249,896
Median Household Income
± $24,802
2.7k
Number of Households
± 309

In 2024, the median household income of the 2.7k households in Kentfield, CA grew to $249,896 from the previous year's value of $231,875.

The following chart displays the households in Kentfield, CA distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $200k+ range.

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Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Kentfield, CA is from California.
0.495
2023 Wage GINI in California
0.498
2022 Wage GINI in California

In 2023, the income inequality in California was 0.495 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.573% decline from 2022 to 2023, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for California was higher than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly in California in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in California across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

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Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024
  1. Worked At Home (46.5%)
  2. Drove Alone (43.6%)
  3. Public Transit (4.83%)

In 2024, 46.5% of workers in Kentfield, CA worked at home, followed by those who drove alone to work (43.6%) and those who used public transit to get to work (4.83%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

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Commute Time

25.3 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Kentfield, CA have a shorter commute time (25.3 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 0% of the workforce in Kentfield, CA have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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Car Ownership

2 cars
Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Kentfield, CA distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Kentfield, CA have 2 cars.

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Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

3.9% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Kentfield, CA (269 out of 6.89k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 25 - 34, followed by Females 75+ and then Females 45 - 54.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Kentfield, CA is White, followed by Two Or More and Hispanic.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

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Health

99.1% of the population of Kentfield, CA has health coverage, with 56.9% on employee plans, 3.81% on Medicaid, 18.3% on Medicare, 19.8% on non-group plans, and 0.29% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in California see 1,233 patients per year on average, which represents a 0% change from the previous year (1,233 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1076 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 213 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 48.1% were men and 51.9% were women.

Coverage

Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 25.2% under 18 years, 10.1% between 18 and 34 years, 39.1% between 35 and 64 years, and 25.6% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 48.1% were men and 51.9% were women.

The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.

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Uninsured People

0.856%
Uninsured
56.9%
Employer Coverage
3.81%
Medicaid
18.3%
Medicare
19.8%
Non-Group
0.29%
Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in Kentfield, CA grew by 6.95% from 0.8% to 0.856%.

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