Neighborhood Profile

Sycamore/Tamalpais Park

Mill Valley, CA | Marin County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
65.2
National rank: #2,441 of 14,967
Stability and Strength
65.2
Score
Value Opportunity
41.4
Score
Momentum
98.6
Score
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
ContextValue
LocationMill Valley, CA
CountyMarin County
National rank#2,441 of 14,967
State rank#200 of 1,814
City rank#5 of 15
County rank#9 of 47
National percentile83.7
National bandTOP_25_PERCENT
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Housing and local fundamentals

Housing and market metricsValue
Current Zillow home value$3,035,149
Year-over-year home value change12.1%
Month-over-month home value change1.39%
Home value to income ratio19.89
Median household income$152,619
Bachelor's degree or higher73.1%
Civilian unemployment rate5.6%
Homeownership rate50.4%
Housing vacancy rate18.3%
Rent burden 30% or higher22.7%

How to read this profile

  • Ranks are always shown with denominators.
  • Momentum reflects both year-over-year and month-over-month housing change.
  • Stability and Strength and Value Opportunity are governed composite scores.
  • Identity composition is descriptive intelligence and is not a scoring component.
Questions and Answers

Questions About Living in Sycamore/Tamalpais Park

What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Sycamore/Tamalpais Park?

Sycamore/Tamalpais Park is ranked #5 of 15 eligible neighborhoods in Mill Valley; #200 of 1,814 eligible neighborhoods in CA; and #2,441 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.

Is Sycamore/Tamalpais Park one of the best neighborhoods in Mill Valley?

Sycamore/Tamalpais Park has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 65.2 and a city ranking of #5 of 15 eligible neighborhoods in Mill Valley.

How much are homes worth in Sycamore/Tamalpais Park?

The current Zillow Home Value Index for Sycamore/Tamalpais Park is approximately $3,035,149.

Are home values rising or falling in Sycamore/Tamalpais Park?

Zillow neighborhood values changed 12.1% year over year and 1.39% month over month.

What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Sycamore/Tamalpais Park?

Sycamore/Tamalpais Park has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 98.6. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.

What is the median household income in Sycamore/Tamalpais Park?

The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $152,619.

How affordable is Sycamore/Tamalpais Park relative to household income?

The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 19.89. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.

Is Sycamore/Tamalpais Park primarily homeowners or renters?

The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 50.4%.

What is the unemployment rate in Sycamore/Tamalpais Park?

The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 5.6%.

How educated are residents of Sycamore/Tamalpais Park?

Approximately 73.1% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.

What share of renters in Sycamore/Tamalpais Park face high rent burden?

Approximately 22.7% of the applicable renter-household universe is estimated to spend 30% or more of household income on gross rent.

How does Best Neighborhoods USA score Sycamore/Tamalpais Park?

The overall index combines 40% Stability and Strength, 35% Value Opportunity, and 25% Momentum. Race, ethnicity, and identity composition are not scoring components.

Governed ranking context

How this neighborhood ranks

HMDA Mortgage Intelligence

Neighborhood Mortgage Market

FULL_OR_NEAR_FULL

Modeled neighborhood-level mortgage activity allocated from governed HMDA tract data using Zillow neighborhood geometry. These neighborhood values are nonadditive and do not enter the Best Neighborhoods USA Index.

Activity year2024
Estimated applications12
Estimated originations7
Home-purchase applications3
Origination rate56.4%
Home-purchase share28.2%
Average application loan$1,074,564
Total application loan amount$13,255,232
National application rank#12,018 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications 2.0% YoY; originations -11.1% YoY
Mortgage methodology

HMDA is natively reported at tract and other lender-reporting geographies, not Zillow neighborhood or ZIP geography. This module uses the certified NDS HMDA-to-Zillow tract-vintage crosswalk and area-weighted allocation. Rankings require governed geometry coverage. Applicant demographics are excluded. Neighborhood values may overlap and must not be summed to reconstruct ZIP or national totals.