ZIP 94925 vs ZIP 94939

This side-by-side compares ZIP 94925 (Corte Madera, CA) and ZIP 94939 (Larkspur, CA) using the same Census ACS 5-Year table fields for both — no averages swapped in, no national proxies. ZIP 94925 has a population of 9,253 at 1,129 people per square mile, while ZIP 94939 has 6,859 at 1,238 per square mile. That difference in population size and density alone reshapes how every other metric should be interpreted — a higher-income ZIP with 1,200 residents behaves very differently from one with 45,000.

On income and education, ZIP 94925 reports a median household income of $232,763 against $203,988 in ZIP 94939, with per-capita income of $126,428 vs $114,426. The share of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher is 79.3% in 94925 and 70.7% in 94939. Poverty rate reads 4.6% vs 6.8%, and unemployment 4.2% vs 4.4% — these four fields alone drive most of the difference in the scorecard grades you will see for each ZIP.

Housing separates these two ZIPs further: median home value sits at $1,755,200 in 94925 versus $2,000,001 in 94939, with median rent of $3,501 and $3,278 per month respectively. Homeownership rate is 68.8% vs 49.8%. When reading the comparison table below, focus on paired metrics rather than single winners — a ZIP with lower home values and lower income is not strictly "worse" if rent-to-income ratios and commute times land in the same zone. Every value is pulled from the exact same ACS table so the two columns are genuinely comparable.