Sausalito is home to 7,141 people in California. The median age is 55.6, about 17 years above the US median. This is an unusually credentialed place: 76% of adults have a four-year degree. The typical home is worth $1,894,600, having roughly tripled since 2000. Households here earn about 84% more than in California as a whole. Median rent is $3,500+ a month.
At a glance
Wealthier
median household income $182,357, above the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 55.6
US median: 38.9
More educated
76% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 57%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Sausalito
What changed most since 1990
Median age42.2 → 55.6(+13.4 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
Homes owned by their occupants48.6% → 59.6%(+11.0 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
White share92.0% → 81.2%(−10.8 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Sausalito's population equals 2.8% of Marin County's. Its number of people who work from home equals 4.8% of the county's. Its number of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher equals 4.2% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)11.9%(32)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)7.4%(20)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era69.5%(187)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War9.3%(25)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 269 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Sausalito, decade by decade
Sausalito population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
7,152
$145,135
$1,172,434
61.7%
19.0
2000
7,330
$159,338
$1,203,203
69.9%
24.6
2010
7,061
$146,605
$1,438,572+
72.1%
28.9
2020
7,269
$146,560
$1,759,638
70.2%
40.5
2024
7,141
$182,357
$1,894,600
76.5%
41.1
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
