Living in Tamalpais Valley
Tamalpais Valley had an unemployment rate of 5.86% at the end of 2024. At the end of 2024, annual PM2.5 reached 5 µg/m³.
Higher unemployment than 69% of American cities that publish it and cleaner air than 91% of American cities that publish it.
Which United States-wide rules apply when you move to Tamalpais Valley?
National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.
Housing and cost
No city-level rent figure is published for Tamalpais Valley. The available city-level cost figures remain below.
Is Tamalpais Valley a good place to live?
There is no universal answer. The profile scores below show who the available published evidence may suit; they are a decision aid, not a personal recommendation.
Work and income
Tamalpais Valley 5.9%
Unemployment rate (%)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unemployment rate | 5.86 % | 31 Dec 2024 | Census Reporter (underlying U.S. Census ACS)4Official · parent municipality |
Public employment service
No exact public employment office is currently linked to Tamalpais Valley. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.
American Job Centers — Public employment service
Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Tamalpais Valley. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.
Healthcare
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Physicians per 100,000 residents | 622.9 per 100,000 | 31 Dec 2023 | Area Health Resources Files (AHRF), County 2024-2025 release3Official · county |
Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Tamalpais Valley when the national insurance or residence conditions are met.
Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.
Open the official coverage guideMobility and administration
Tamalpais Valley's nearest airport was SFO, 33 km away and offered 104 direct destinations.
Language courses and integration
No exact city-level course record is currently published for Tamalpais Valley. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.
Adult Education and English Language Acquisition (AEFLA) — State Language Course
U.S. Department of Education
For adult learners, adult English-language learners.
USCIS English and citizenship class finder — Civic Orientation
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
For immigrants, future citizens.
Climate and air quality
Tamalpais Valley's monthly mean temperatures were 9.6°C in January and 19.9°C in July. Tamalpais Valley's monthly precipitation totalled 168.1 mm in January and 0.8 mm in July. For Tamalpais Valley, average peak PM2.5 was 27.8 µg/m³ at the end of 2024.
Night-time low to daytime high
mm
Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³
City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.
Tamalpais Valley 5.0
Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)
| Metric | Value | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 — annual mean | 5.04 µg/m³ | 31 Dec 2024 | US EPA Air Quality System (AQS)11Official · nearest-station reading |
| Average daytime high by month | Jan 13.67 · Feb 16.17 · Mar 18.39 · Apr 20.39 · May 23.06 · Jun 26.44 · Jul 28.06 · Aug 28.33 · Sep 27.83 · Oct 24.33 · Nov 17.56 · Dec 13.56 °C | 31 Dec 1991 | NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information6Official · parent municipality |
| Average night-time low by month | Jan 5.5 · Feb 6.22 · Mar 6.89 · Apr 7.94 · May 9.72 · Jun 11.11 · Jul 11.78 · Aug 12 · Sep 11.5 · Oct 10 · Nov 7.44 · Dec 5.39 °C | 31 Dec 1991 | NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information6Official · parent municipality |
| Average temperature by month | Jan 9.56 · Feb 11.22 · Mar 12.67 · Apr 14.17 · May 16.39 · Jun 18.78 · Jul 19.94 · Aug 20.17 · Sep 19.67 · Oct 17.17 · Nov 12.5 · Dec 9.5 °C | 31 Dec 1991 | NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information6Official · parent municipality |
| Average precipitation by month | Jan 168.1 · Feb 173.7 · Mar 116.3 · Apr 57.66 · May 34.8 · Jun 12.19 · Jul 0.762 · Aug 2.79 · Sep 4.83 · Oct 42.93 · Nov 106.7 · Dec 199.6 mm | 31 Dec 1991 | NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information7Official · parent municipality |
| PM2.5, highest monitored reading | 27.8 µg/m³ | 31 Dec 2024 | US EPA Air Quality System (AQS)11Official · nearest-station reading |
| PM2.5, annual mean | 5.04 µg/m³ | 31 Dec 2024 | US EPA Air Quality System (AQS)11Official · nearest-station reading |
Similar climate. In United States: Ventura ±2.8 °C. Elsewhere: Saanich (Canada) ±4.2 °C, Reims (France) ±4.4 °C, Werl (Germany) ±4.9 °C, Cork (Ireland) ±5.1 °C, Vila Franca de Xira (Portugal) ±1.4 °C. Twenty closest, compared month by month
Monthly highs and lows against the 1991–2020 station normals of the nearest station; ± is the average monthly difference.
Alternatives for people set on Tamalpais Valley
Nothing here reaches an argued comparison yet: no other published city shares enough metrics with Tamalpais Valley from the same source, period and grain. What is collected is below.
Cities near Tamalpais Valley
Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.
- Rent
- 3,235 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2020-12-31
- Salary
- 11,205 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31
- Rent
- 2,733 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2020-12-31
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- 5,619 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31
- Rent
- 2,532 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2020-12-31
- Salary
- 8,530 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31
How does Tamalpais Valley compare?
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Common questions
Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.
What is the unemployment rate in Tamalpais Valley?
The unemployment rate is 5.86 %. Source: Census Reporter (underlying U.S. Census ACS).
Is the air quality good in Tamalpais Valley?
The annual PM2.5 mean is 5.04 µg/m³. The WHO 2021 guideline is 5 µg/m³ and the EU limit value is 25 µg/m³, so this reading is above the WHO guideline but within the EU limit. Source: US EPA Air Quality System (AQS).
Is Tamalpais Valley a good place to live?
Tamalpais Valley may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.
Which cities are near Tamalpais Valley?
Tamalpais-Homestead Valley, Mill Valley, Strawberry, Corte Madera, Sausalito are near Tamalpais Valley. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.
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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Tamalpais Valley, United States: cost of living, jobs [ImmigrationDB compilation; version 86d8b68d3414e5f8a89b6723b98d5e4c]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/us/tamalpais-valley/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/BibTeX citation
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- 2024 American Community Survey 5-year detailed tables api.census.gov · checked 2026-10-04
- ACS 2020-2024 5-year table-based Summary File, table B25064 (Median Gross Rent), place records www2.census.gov · checked 2026-09-18
- Area Health Resources Files (AHRF), County 2024-2025 release data.hrsa.gov · checked 2026-10-04
- Census Reporter (underlying U.S. Census ACS) api.censusreporter.org · checked 2026-08-03
- download.geonames.org recorded crime data download.geonames.org · checked 2026-08-28
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.noaa.gov · checked 2026-08-05
- NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information ncei.noaa.gov · checked 2026-08-05
- OpenFlights raw.githubusercontent.com · checked 2026-08-03
- OurAirports davidmegginson.github.io · checked 2026-08-03
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