Garberville vs Hydesville

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

Garberville and Hydesville 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 1,144 in Hydesville). Hydesville has the higher median household income ($85,179 vs $37,760 in Garberville). Hydesville has the higher median home value ($489,100 vs $418,000 in Garberville).

Population, income & housing

	Garberville	Hydesville
Population	1,568	1,144
Median age	37.9 yrs	52.1 yrs
Median household income	$37,760	$85,179
Median home value	$418,000	$489,100
Median gross rent	$1,185	$850
Housing units	730	516
Homeownership rate	52.1%	89.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	22.4%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garberville	Hydesville
Population	913 → 1,568 (+71.7%)	1,063 → 1,144 (+7.6%)
Median household income	$25,705 → $37,760 (+46.9%)	$58,500 → $85,179 (+45.6%)
Median home value	$404,500 → $418,000 (+3.3%)	$485,400 → $489,100 (+0.8%)
Median gross rent	$929 → $1,185 (+27.6%)	$994 → $850 (-14.5%)

Garberville

Population

9131,568

Median household income

$25,705$37,760

Median home value

$404,500$418,000

Median gross rent

$929$1,185

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)

	Garberville	Hydesville
Under 5	11.7%	1.7%
5 to 17	10.1%	17.6%
18 to 24	8.2%	4.5%
25 to 34	13.5%	6.4%
35 to 44	11.5%	6.1%
45 to 54	23.5%	19.6%
55 to 64	6.9%	20.4%
65 to 74	6.2%	15.9%
75 and over	8.4%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garberville	Hydesville
White (non-Hispanic)	76.4%	80.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.9%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	15.8%	15.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garberville	Hydesville
No high school diploma	20.1%	2.8%
High school graduate	35.2%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	45.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garberville	Hydesville
Drove alone	47.2%	70.6%
Carpooled	31.1%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	20.7%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	1.0%	19.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garberville	Hydesville
1-unit, detached	46.0%	88.6%
1-unit, attached	14.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.3%	11.4%

Poverty & households

	Garberville	Hydesville
Poverty rate	38.7%	17.4%
Average household size	2.30	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	14	28
Median year structure built	1974	1982