Anchor Bay vs Potter Valley

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

Anchor Bay and Potter Valley 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 611 in Potter Valley). Anchor Bay has the higher median household income ($82,448 vs $79,844 in Potter Valley). Since 2019, Anchor Bay's population has grown faster (+118.8% vs +22.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Anchor Bay	Potter Valley
Population	770	611
Median age	39.4 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$82,448	$79,844
Median home value	—	$474,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,652
Housing units	365	222
Homeownership rate	32.0%	60.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.2%	23.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Anchor Bay	Potter Valley
Population	352 → 770 (+118.8%)	498 → 611 (+22.7%)
Median household income	$69,851 → $82,448 (+18.0%)	$74,236 → $79,844 (+7.6%)
Median home value	$636,600 → $845,200 (+32.8%)	$442,000 → $474,300 (+7.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,494 → $1,652 (+10.6%)

Anchor Bay

Population

352770

Median household income

$69,851$82,448

Median home value

$636,600$845,200

Potter Valley

Population

498611

Median household income

$74,236$79,844

Median home value

$442,000$474,300

Median gross rent

$1,494$1,652

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Anchor Bay	Potter Valley
Under 5	12.2%	4.6%
5 to 17	29.2%	23.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.3%
25 to 34	0.9%	17.7%
35 to 44	20.6%	13.4%
45 to 54	1.7%	10.6%
55 to 64	18.1%	9.0%
65 to 74	17.3%	12.3%
75 and over	0.0%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Anchor Bay	Potter Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	36.9%	52.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	11.0%
Hispanic or Latino	62.2%	36.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Anchor Bay	Potter Valley
No high school diploma	15.7%	4.8%
High school graduate	15.1%	24.5%
Some college or associate's	51.0%	47.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Anchor Bay	Potter Valley
Drove alone	90.0%	80.3%
Carpooled	3.6%	13.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.4%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Anchor Bay	Potter Valley
1-unit, detached	95.6%	67.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	18.9%

Poverty & households

	Anchor Bay	Potter Valley
Poverty rate	6.5%	4.4%
Average household size	2.80	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	—	32
Median year structure built	1979	1982