Boonville vs Point Arena

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

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

Boonville has the higher population (985 vs 831 in Point Arena). Point Arena has the higher median household income ($105,726 vs $53,510 in Boonville). Boonville has the higher median home value ($625,000 vs $431,300 in Point Arena).

Population, income & housing

	Boonville	Point Arena
Population	985	831
Median age	48.0 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$53,510	$105,726
Median home value	$625,000	$431,300
Median gross rent	$1,380	$1,201
Housing units	452	303
Homeownership rate	64.0%	54.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.3%	34.9%
Unemployment rate	9.9%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boonville	Point Arena
Population	947 → 985 (+4.0%)	421 → 831 (+97.4%)
Median household income	$51,346 → $53,510 (+4.2%)	$31,719 → $105,726 (+233.3%)
Median home value	$514,900 → $625,000 (+21.4%)	$388,900 → $431,300 (+10.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,179 → $1,380 (+17.0%)	$864 → $1,201 (+39.0%)

Boonville

Population

947985

Median household income

$51,346$53,510

Median home value

$514,900$625,000

Median gross rent

$1,179$1,380

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)

	Boonville	Point Arena
Under 5	1.5%	5.9%
5 to 17	25.1%	19.0%
18 to 24	5.8%	4.8%
25 to 34	8.0%	4.3%
35 to 44	8.4%	20.0%
45 to 54	8.5%	12.9%
55 to 64	13.0%	18.4%
65 to 74	13.7%	9.4%
75 and over	15.9%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boonville	Point Arena
White (non-Hispanic)	36.2%	43.7%
Black or African American	15.9%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	14.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	9.4%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	32.0%	46.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boonville	Point Arena
No high school diploma	21.8%	15.6%
High school graduate	9.9%	22.1%
Some college or associate's	38.0%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	18.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	17.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boonville	Point Arena
Drove alone	72.9%	44.9%
Carpooled	13.9%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.1%	34.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	13.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boonville	Point Arena
1-unit, detached	90.0%	55.1%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	22.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	14.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Boonville	Point Arena
Poverty rate	6.0%	15.9%
Average household size	3.16	3.12
Mean commute (minutes)	15	16
Median year structure built	1965	1978