Laytonville vs Mendocino

A side-by-side comparison of Laytonville and Mendocino: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Laytonville has the higher population (713 vs 630 in Mendocino). Mendocino has the higher median household income ($67,115 vs $35,798 in Laytonville). Mendocino has the higher median home value ($540,500 vs $360,200 in Laytonville).

Population, income & housing

	Laytonville	Mendocino
Population	713	630
Median age	49.8 yrs	68.3 yrs
Median household income	$35,798	$67,115
Median home value	$360,200	$540,500
Median gross rent	$924	$1,402
Housing units	373	581
Homeownership rate	66.9%	88.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.9%	60.8%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	10.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Laytonville	Mendocino
Population	1,198 → 713 (-40.5%)	855 → 630 (-26.3%)
Median household income	$37,076 → $35,798 (-3.4%)	$63,750 → $67,115 (+5.3%)
Median home value	$320,600 → $360,200 (+12.4%)	$474,600 → $540,500 (+13.9%)
Median gross rent	$456 → $924 (+102.6%)	$1,150 → $1,402 (+21.9%)

Laytonville

Population

1,198713

Median household income

$37,076$35,798

Median home value

$320,600$360,200

Median gross rent

$456$924

Mendocino

Population

855630

Median household income

$63,750$67,115

Median home value

$474,600$540,500

Median gross rent

$1,150$1,402

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Laytonville	Mendocino
Under 5	3.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.1%	7.6%
18 to 24	4.3%	9.7%
25 to 34	12.5%	7.0%
35 to 44	14.4%	4.3%
45 to 54	7.4%	3.7%
55 to 64	25.0%	8.3%
65 to 74	20.6%	44.8%
75 and over	0.1%	14.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Laytonville	Mendocino
White (non-Hispanic)	59.9%	85.6%
Black or African American	3.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	20.2%	0.0%
Asian	4.1%	4.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	10.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Laytonville	Mendocino
No high school diploma	11.4%	0.6%
High school graduate	31.5%	9.2%
Some college or associate's	52.2%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	0.7%	22.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	38.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Laytonville	Mendocino
Drove alone	66.0%	74.1%
Carpooled	1.6%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.9%	8.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.5%	10.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Laytonville	Mendocino
1-unit, detached	93.0%	86.2%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	13.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Laytonville	Mendocino
Poverty rate	21.9%	0.0%
Average household size	2.11	1.67
Mean commute (minutes)	23	47
Median year structure built	1979	1982