Ferndale vs Hydesville

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

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

Ferndale has the higher population (1,525 vs 1,144 in Hydesville). Hydesville has the higher median household income ($85,179 vs $62,090 in Ferndale). Ferndale has the higher median home value ($496,000 vs $489,100 in Hydesville).

Population, income & housing

	Ferndale	Hydesville
Population	1,525	1,144
Median age	58.8 yrs	52.1 yrs
Median household income	$62,090	$85,179
Median home value	$496,000	$489,100
Median gross rent	$1,150	$850
Housing units	812	516
Homeownership rate	61.0%	89.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.4%	22.4%
Unemployment rate	11.0%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ferndale	Hydesville
Population	1,377 → 1,525 (+10.7%)	1,063 → 1,144 (+7.6%)
Median household income	$50,897 → $62,090 (+22.0%)	$58,500 → $85,179 (+45.6%)
Median home value	$410,800 → $496,000 (+20.7%)	$485,400 → $489,100 (+0.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,130 → $1,150 (+1.8%)	$994 → $850 (-14.5%)

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

Hydesville

Population

1,0631,144

Median household income

$58,500$85,179

Median home value

$485,400$489,100

Median gross rent

$994$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ferndale	Hydesville
Under 5	3.0%	1.7%
5 to 17	9.0%	17.6%
18 to 24	14.2%	4.5%
25 to 34	8.7%	6.4%
35 to 44	7.1%	6.1%
45 to 54	5.6%	19.6%
55 to 64	17.7%	20.4%
65 to 74	15.3%	15.9%
75 and over	19.4%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ferndale	Hydesville
White (non-Hispanic)	71.8%	80.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	3.1%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	8.9%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	16.1%	15.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ferndale	Hydesville
No high school diploma	6.7%	2.8%
High school graduate	22.6%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	44.4%	45.4%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ferndale	Hydesville
Drove alone	80.9%	70.6%
Carpooled	1.9%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	14.0%	19.7%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ferndale	Hydesville
1-unit, detached	77.3%	88.6%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	11.4%

Poverty & households

	Ferndale	Hydesville
Poverty rate	13.2%	17.4%
Average household size	2.24	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	20	28
Median year structure built	1952	1982