Cost of living in Marin City, California
Marin City, California has about 3,195 people. Typical rent is $1,335 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $68,846 a year. Both figures are Census 2020–2024 medians, not a listing or your pay. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.
Simple answer
Typical rent is $1,335 a month.
Marin City is a Census community, not a separate city government in California. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $68,846 a year.
- People
- 3,195
- Census average, 2020–2024
- Typical rent
- $1,335
- Median gross rent, includes utilities
- Typical pay
- $68,846
- Median household income, yearly
- Typical home
- $1,142,700
- Median home value
- 2-bedroom fair rent
- $3,697
- San Francisco, CA HUD Metro FMR Area
Marin City, California has about 3,195 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.
A typical home is worth about $1,142,700.
HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Marin County is $3,697 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Marin City. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.
In the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA metro area, prices sit at 115.6 when the U.S. average is 100. That is a 2024 BEA index.
California taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 9.0% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Marin City's exact store tax.
In July 2026, a typical California home paid 33.61¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Marin City's bill.
In 2025, all-grades gas in California averaged $4.53 a gallon. EIA prints this yearly price for only some states.
Among 982 places we list in California with a rent figure, 782 have higher typical rent than Marin City.
Nearby places
- Strawberry
Typical rent $2,958
Compare with Marin City - Tamalpais-Homestead Valley
Typical rent $3,501
Compare with Marin City - Sausalito
Typical rent $3,501
Compare with Marin City - Belvedere
Typical rent $3,501
Compare with Marin City - Tiburon
Typical rent $3,501
Compare with Marin City - Mill Valley
Typical rent $3,278
Compare with Marin City - Corte Madera
Typical rent $3,501
- Larkspur
Typical rent $3,001
EBT nearby
USDA has a live map of stores that take SNAP. We did not copy that store list here. The downloadable file is a history file for 2005 through 2025, so the live map is the one to use.
Locator page updated 2026-09-11. Last checked 2026-10-16.
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Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.