Anchor Bay vs Point Arena

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

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

Point Arena has the higher population (831 vs 770 in Anchor Bay). Point Arena has the higher median household income ($105,726 vs $82,448 in Anchor Bay). Since 2019, Anchor Bay's population has grown faster (+118.8% vs +97.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Anchor Bay	Point Arena
Population	770	831
Median age	39.4 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$82,448	$105,726
Median home value	—	$431,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,201
Housing units	365	303
Homeownership rate	32.0%	54.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	34.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Anchor Bay	Point Arena
Population	352 → 770 (+118.8%)	421 → 831 (+97.4%)
Median household income	$69,851 → $82,448 (+18.0%)	$31,719 → $105,726 (+233.3%)
Median home value	$636,600 → $845,200 (+32.8%)	$388,900 → $431,300 (+10.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$864 → $1,201 (+39.0%)

Anchor Bay

Population

352770

Median household income

$69,851$82,448

Median home value

$636,600$845,200

Point Arena

Population

421831

Median household income

$31,719$105,726

Median home value

$388,900$431,300

Median gross rent

$864$1,201

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Anchor Bay	Point Arena
Under 5	12.2%	5.9%
5 to 17	29.2%	19.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.8%
25 to 34	0.9%	4.3%
35 to 44	20.6%	20.0%
45 to 54	1.7%	12.9%
55 to 64	18.1%	18.4%
65 to 74	17.3%	9.4%
75 and over	0.0%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Anchor Bay	Point Arena
White (non-Hispanic)	36.9%	43.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	9.4%
Two or more races	0.9%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	62.2%	46.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Anchor Bay	Point Arena
No high school diploma	15.7%	15.6%
High school graduate	15.1%	22.1%
Some college or associate's	51.0%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	18.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	17.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Anchor Bay	Point Arena
Drove alone	90.0%	44.9%
Carpooled	3.6%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.4%	34.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	13.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Anchor Bay	Point Arena
1-unit, detached	95.6%	55.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	22.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	14.2%
20 or more units	4.4%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Anchor Bay	Point Arena
Poverty rate	6.5%	15.9%
Average household size	2.80	3.12
Mean commute (minutes)	—	16
Median year structure built	1979	1978