The Need for Housing

Marin County is one of the least affordable counties in California. Both renters and homeowners face challenges.

Each day, workers who provide essential services in Marin – our teachers, nurses, office workers, police officers, daycare providers, retail salespeople and restaurant workers – drive long distances from surrounding counties just to get to work. When local employees can’t live close to where they live, everyone loses.

  • Traffic increases.
  • Families lose time together.
  • Employers have a harder time finding quality employees and keeping them.
  • Local businesses lose revenue when workers spend dollars earned in Marin outside the county.
  • Essential service jobs go unfilled.

Although the median home price has fallen, many workers are still priced out of the homeownership market. As of January, 2010, the median single-family home in Marin was still $640,000 and the median priced condo was $360,000.

  Studio
Studio		 1 Bedroom
1 BR		 2 Bedrooms
2 BR		 3 Bedrooms
3 BR		 4 Bedrooms
4 BR
Monthly Rent $1035 $1272 $1592 $2125 $2246
Annual Income $41,400 $50,880 $63,680 $85,000 $89,840

* (Source: NPH Affordable Housing Facts and Figures)