Anchor Bay vs Mendocino

A side-by-side comparison of Anchor Bay and Mendocino: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Anchor Bay has the higher population (770 vs 630 in Mendocino). Anchor Bay has the higher median household income ($82,448 vs $67,115 in Mendocino). Since 2019, Anchor Bay's population has grown faster (+118.8% vs -26.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Anchor Bay	Mendocino
Population	770	630
Median age	39.4 yrs	68.3 yrs
Median household income	$82,448	$67,115
Median home value	—	$540,500
Median gross rent	—	$1,402
Housing units	365	581
Homeownership rate	32.0%	88.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	60.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	10.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Anchor Bay	Mendocino
Population	352 → 770 (+118.8%)	855 → 630 (-26.3%)
Median household income	$69,851 → $82,448 (+18.0%)	$63,750 → $67,115 (+5.3%)
Median home value	$636,600 → $845,200 (+32.8%)	$474,600 → $540,500 (+13.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,150 → $1,402 (+21.9%)

Anchor Bay

Population

352770

Median household income

$69,851$82,448

Median home value

$636,600$845,200

Mendocino

Population

855630

Median household income

$63,750$67,115

Median home value

$474,600$540,500

Median gross rent

$1,150$1,402

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Anchor Bay	Mendocino
Under 5	12.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	29.2%	7.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.7%
25 to 34	0.9%	7.0%
35 to 44	20.6%	4.3%
45 to 54	1.7%	3.7%
55 to 64	18.1%	8.3%
65 to 74	17.3%	44.8%
75 and over	0.0%	14.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Anchor Bay	Mendocino
White (non-Hispanic)	36.9%	85.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	4.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	62.2%	10.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Anchor Bay	Mendocino
No high school diploma	15.7%	0.6%
High school graduate	15.1%	9.2%
Some college or associate's	51.0%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	22.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	38.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Anchor Bay	Mendocino
Drove alone	90.0%	74.1%
Carpooled	3.6%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.4%	8.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	10.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Anchor Bay	Mendocino
1-unit, detached	95.6%	86.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	13.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Anchor Bay	Mendocino
Poverty rate	6.5%	0.0%
Average household size	2.80	1.67
Mean commute (minutes)	—	47
Median year structure built	1979	1982