Laytonville vs Point Arena

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

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

Point Arena has the higher population (831 vs 713 in Laytonville). Point Arena has the higher median household income ($105,726 vs $35,798 in Laytonville). Point Arena has the higher median home value ($431,300 vs $360,200 in Laytonville).

Population, income & housing

	Laytonville	Point Arena
Population	713	831
Median age	49.8 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$35,798	$105,726
Median home value	$360,200	$431,300
Median gross rent	$924	$1,201
Housing units	373	303
Homeownership rate	66.9%	54.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.9%	34.9%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Laytonville	Point Arena
Population	1,198 → 713 (-40.5%)	421 → 831 (+97.4%)
Median household income	$37,076 → $35,798 (-3.4%)	$31,719 → $105,726 (+233.3%)
Median home value	$320,600 → $360,200 (+12.4%)	$388,900 → $431,300 (+10.9%)
Median gross rent	$456 → $924 (+102.6%)	$864 → $1,201 (+39.0%)

Laytonville

Population

1,198713

Median household income

$37,076$35,798

Median home value

$320,600$360,200

Median gross rent

$456$924

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)

	Laytonville	Point Arena
Under 5	3.5%	5.9%
5 to 17	12.1%	19.0%
18 to 24	4.3%	4.8%
25 to 34	12.5%	4.3%
35 to 44	14.4%	20.0%
45 to 54	7.4%	12.9%
55 to 64	25.0%	18.4%
65 to 74	20.6%	9.4%
75 and over	0.1%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Laytonville	Point Arena
White (non-Hispanic)	59.9%	43.7%
Black or African American	3.2%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	20.2%	0.0%
Asian	4.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	9.4%
Two or more races	6.6%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	46.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Laytonville	Point Arena
No high school diploma	11.4%	15.6%
High school graduate	31.5%	22.1%
Some college or associate's	52.2%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	0.7%	18.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	17.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Laytonville	Point Arena
Drove alone	66.0%	44.9%
Carpooled	1.6%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.9%	34.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.5%	13.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Laytonville	Point Arena
1-unit, detached	93.0%	55.1%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	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	6.4%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Laytonville	Point Arena
Poverty rate	21.9%	15.9%
Average household size	2.11	3.12
Mean commute (minutes)	23	16
Median year structure built	1979	1978