Garberville vs Westhaven-Moonstone

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

Garberville and Westhaven-Moonstone 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 1,374 in Westhaven-Moonstone). Westhaven-Moonstone has the higher median household income ($63,843 vs $37,760 in Garberville). Westhaven-Moonstone has the higher median home value ($497,400 vs $418,000 in Garberville).

Population, income & housing

	Garberville	Westhaven-Moonstone
Population	1,568	1,374
Median age	37.9 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$37,760	$63,843
Median home value	$418,000	$497,400
Median gross rent	$1,185	$1,926
Housing units	730	679
Homeownership rate	52.1%	64.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	57.5%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	16.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garberville	Westhaven-Moonstone
Population	913 → 1,568 (+71.7%)	1,110 → 1,374 (+23.8%)
Median household income	$25,705 → $37,760 (+46.9%)	$64,333 → $63,843 (-0.8%)
Median home value	$404,500 → $418,000 (+3.3%)	$387,800 → $497,400 (+28.3%)
Median gross rent	$929 → $1,185 (+27.6%)	$1,077 → $1,926 (+78.8%)

Garberville

Population

9131,568

Median household income

$25,705$37,760

Median home value

$404,500$418,000

Median gross rent

$929$1,185

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)

	Garberville	Westhaven-Moonstone
Under 5	11.7%	1.5%
5 to 17	10.1%	25.8%
18 to 24	8.2%	4.4%
25 to 34	13.5%	7.6%
35 to 44	11.5%	12.4%
45 to 54	23.5%	21.8%
55 to 64	6.9%	10.3%
65 to 74	6.2%	12.7%
75 and over	8.4%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garberville	Westhaven-Moonstone
White (non-Hispanic)	76.4%	80.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.4%	0.9%
Asian	0.6%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	13.4%
Hispanic or Latino	15.8%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garberville	Westhaven-Moonstone
No high school diploma	20.1%	1.1%
High school graduate	35.2%	3.7%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	37.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	40.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	16.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garberville	Westhaven-Moonstone
Drove alone	47.2%	80.1%
Carpooled	31.1%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	20.7%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.0%	12.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garberville	Westhaven-Moonstone
1-unit, detached	46.0%	95.7%
1-unit, attached	14.8%	1.6%
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%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Garberville	Westhaven-Moonstone
Poverty rate	38.7%	14.0%
Average household size	2.30	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	14	27
Median year structure built	1974	1980