Ferndale vs Westhaven-Moonstone

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

Ferndale and Westhaven-Moonstone 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 1,374 in Westhaven-Moonstone). Westhaven-Moonstone has the higher median household income ($63,843 vs $62,090 in Ferndale). Westhaven-Moonstone has the higher median home value ($497,400 vs $496,000 in Ferndale).

Population, income & housing

	Ferndale	Westhaven-Moonstone
Population	1,525	1,374
Median age	58.8 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$62,090	$63,843
Median home value	$496,000	$497,400
Median gross rent	$1,150	$1,926
Housing units	812	679
Homeownership rate	61.0%	64.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.4%	57.5%
Unemployment rate	11.0%	16.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ferndale	Westhaven-Moonstone
Population	1,377 → 1,525 (+10.7%)	1,110 → 1,374 (+23.8%)
Median household income	$50,897 → $62,090 (+22.0%)	$64,333 → $63,843 (-0.8%)
Median home value	$410,800 → $496,000 (+20.7%)	$387,800 → $497,400 (+28.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,130 → $1,150 (+1.8%)	$1,077 → $1,926 (+78.8%)

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

Westhaven-Moonstone

Population

1,1101,374

Median household income

$64,333$63,843

Median home value

$387,800$497,400

Median gross rent

$1,077$1,926

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ferndale	Westhaven-Moonstone
Under 5	3.0%	1.5%
5 to 17	9.0%	25.8%
18 to 24	14.2%	4.4%
25 to 34	8.7%	7.6%
35 to 44	7.1%	12.4%
45 to 54	5.6%	21.8%
55 to 64	17.7%	10.3%
65 to 74	15.3%	12.7%
75 and over	19.4%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ferndale	Westhaven-Moonstone
White (non-Hispanic)	71.8%	80.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.9%
Asian	3.1%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.9%	13.4%
Hispanic or Latino	16.1%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ferndale	Westhaven-Moonstone
No high school diploma	6.7%	1.1%
High school graduate	22.6%	3.7%
Some college or associate's	44.4%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	40.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	16.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ferndale	Westhaven-Moonstone
Drove alone	80.9%	80.1%
Carpooled	1.9%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	2.5%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.0%	12.8%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ferndale	Westhaven-Moonstone
1-unit, detached	77.3%	95.7%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	1.6%
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%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Ferndale	Westhaven-Moonstone
Poverty rate	13.2%	14.0%
Average household size	2.24	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	20	27
Median year structure built	1952	1980