Boonville vs Fort Bragg

A side-by-side comparison of Boonville and Fort Bragg: population, income, housing, and more.

Boonville and Fort Bragg are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fort Bragg has the higher population (7,001 vs 985 in Boonville). Fort Bragg has the higher median household income ($53,580 vs $53,510 in Boonville). Boonville has the higher median home value ($625,000 vs $481,200 in Fort Bragg).

Population, income & housing

	Boonville	Fort Bragg
Population	985	7,001
Median age	48.0 yrs	50.4 yrs
Median household income	$53,510	$53,580
Median home value	$625,000	$481,200
Median gross rent	$1,380	$1,264
Housing units	452	3,503
Homeownership rate	64.0%	40.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.3%	25.7%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boonville	Fort Bragg
Population	947 → 985 (+4.0%)	7,302 → 7,001 (-4.1%)
Median household income	$51,346 → $53,510 (+4.2%)	$44,276 → $53,580 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$514,900 → $625,000 (+21.4%)	$342,200 → $481,200 (+40.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,179 → $1,380 (+17.0%)	$1,082 → $1,264 (+16.8%)

Boonville

Population

947985

Median household income

$51,346$53,510

Median home value

$514,900$625,000

Median gross rent

$1,179$1,380

Fort Bragg

Population

7,3027,001

Median household income

$44,276$53,580

Median home value

$342,200$481,200

Median gross rent

$1,082$1,264

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boonville	Fort Bragg
Under 5	1.5%	7.6%
5 to 17	25.1%	17.0%
18 to 24	5.8%	3.1%
25 to 34	8.0%	8.6%
35 to 44	8.4%	9.4%
45 to 54	8.5%	9.5%
55 to 64	13.0%	19.1%
65 to 74	13.7%	15.8%
75 and over	15.9%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boonville	Fort Bragg
White (non-Hispanic)	36.2%	57.0%
Black or African American	15.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.0%
Asian	14.4%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.4%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	32.0%	33.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boonville	Fort Bragg
No high school diploma	21.8%	19.2%
High school graduate	9.9%	21.5%
Some college or associate's	38.0%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boonville	Fort Bragg
Drove alone	72.9%	71.5%
Carpooled	13.9%	12.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	8.1%	7.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.3%
Worked from home	5.1%	6.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boonville	Fort Bragg
1-unit, detached	90.0%	66.9%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	14.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.5%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Boonville	Fort Bragg
Poverty rate	6.0%	15.0%
Average household size	3.16	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	15	12
Median year structure built	1965	1963