Ferndale vs Garberville

A side-by-side comparison of Ferndale and Garberville: population, income, housing, and more.

Ferndale and Garberville are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Garberville has the higher population (1,568 vs 1,525 in Ferndale). Ferndale has the higher median household income ($62,090 vs $37,760 in Garberville). Ferndale has the higher median home value ($496,000 vs $418,000 in Garberville).

Population, income & housing

	Ferndale	Garberville
Population	1,525	1,568
Median age	58.8 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$62,090	$37,760
Median home value	$496,000	$418,000
Median gross rent	$1,150	$1,185
Housing units	812	730
Homeownership rate	61.0%	52.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.4%	15.4%
Unemployment rate	11.0%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ferndale	Garberville
Population	1,377 → 1,525 (+10.7%)	913 → 1,568 (+71.7%)
Median household income	$50,897 → $62,090 (+22.0%)	$25,705 → $37,760 (+46.9%)
Median home value	$410,800 → $496,000 (+20.7%)	$404,500 → $418,000 (+3.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,130 → $1,150 (+1.8%)	$929 → $1,185 (+27.6%)

Ferndale

Population

1,3771,525

Median household income

$50,897$62,090

Median home value

$410,800$496,000

Median gross rent

$1,130$1,150

Garberville

Population

9131,568

Median household income

$25,705$37,760

Median home value

$404,500$418,000

Median gross rent

$929$1,185

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ferndale	Garberville
Under 5	3.0%	11.7%
5 to 17	9.0%	10.1%
18 to 24	14.2%	8.2%
25 to 34	8.7%	13.5%
35 to 44	7.1%	11.5%
45 to 54	5.6%	23.5%
55 to 64	17.7%	6.9%
65 to 74	15.3%	6.2%
75 and over	19.4%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ferndale	Garberville
White (non-Hispanic)	71.8%	76.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	4.4%
Asian	3.1%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.9%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	16.1%	15.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ferndale	Garberville
No high school diploma	6.7%	20.1%
High school graduate	22.6%	35.2%
Some college or associate's	44.4%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ferndale	Garberville
Drove alone	80.9%	47.2%
Carpooled	1.9%	31.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	20.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.0%	1.0%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ferndale	Garberville
1-unit, detached	77.3%	46.0%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	14.8%
2 to 4 units	17.6%	12.7%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	8.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	16.3%

Poverty & households

	Ferndale	Garberville
Poverty rate	13.2%	38.7%
Average household size	2.24	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	20	14
Median year structure built	1952	1974