Fort Bragg vs Ukiah

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

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

Ukiah has the higher population (16,419 vs 7,001 in Fort Bragg). Ukiah has the higher median household income ($67,122 vs $53,580 in Fort Bragg). Fort Bragg has the higher median home value ($481,200 vs $448,100 in Ukiah).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Bragg	Ukiah
Population	7,001	16,419
Median age	50.4 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$53,580	$67,122
Median home value	$481,200	$448,100
Median gross rent	$1,264	$1,330
Housing units	3,503	6,600
Homeownership rate	40.9%	45.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.7%	22.9%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	8.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Bragg	Ukiah
Population	7,302 → 7,001 (-4.1%)	15,943 → 16,419 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$44,276 → $53,580 (+21.0%)	$49,889 → $67,122 (+34.5%)
Median home value	$342,200 → $481,200 (+40.6%)	$349,600 → $448,100 (+28.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,082 → $1,264 (+16.8%)	$1,205 → $1,330 (+10.4%)

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

Ukiah

Population

15,94316,419

Median household income

$49,889$67,122

Median home value

$349,600$448,100

Median gross rent

$1,205$1,330

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Bragg	Ukiah
Under 5	7.6%	4.2%
5 to 17	17.0%	18.3%
18 to 24	3.1%	7.5%
25 to 34	8.6%	12.7%
35 to 44	9.4%	15.1%
45 to 54	9.5%	11.5%
55 to 64	19.1%	11.0%
65 to 74	15.8%	11.9%
75 and over	10.0%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Bragg	Ukiah
White (non-Hispanic)	57.0%	58.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.9%
Asian	2.5%	3.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.4%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	33.6%	31.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Bragg	Ukiah
No high school diploma	19.2%	15.6%
High school graduate	21.5%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	37.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Bragg	Ukiah
Drove alone	71.5%	69.6%
Carpooled	12.9%	9.7%
Public transit	0.4%	1.2%
Walked	7.0%	8.7%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.3%
Worked from home	6.0%	9.0%
Other means	0.9%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Bragg	Ukiah
1-unit, detached	66.9%	53.0%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	5.1%
2 to 4 units	14.2%	12.3%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	13.2%
20 or more units	6.5%	9.9%
Mobile home & other	5.5%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Fort Bragg	Ukiah
Poverty rate	15.0%	16.3%
Average household size	2.30	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	12	18
Median year structure built	1963	1972