Laytonville vs Potter Valley

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

Laytonville and Potter Valley 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 611 in Potter Valley). Potter Valley has the higher median household income ($79,844 vs $35,798 in Laytonville). Potter Valley has the higher median home value ($474,300 vs $360,200 in Laytonville).

Population, income & housing

	Laytonville	Potter Valley
Population	713	611
Median age	49.8 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$35,798	$79,844
Median home value	$360,200	$474,300
Median gross rent	$924	$1,652
Housing units	373	222
Homeownership rate	66.9%	60.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.9%	23.7%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Laytonville	Potter Valley
Population	1,198 → 713 (-40.5%)	498 → 611 (+22.7%)
Median household income	$37,076 → $35,798 (-3.4%)	$74,236 → $79,844 (+7.6%)
Median home value	$320,600 → $360,200 (+12.4%)	$442,000 → $474,300 (+7.3%)
Median gross rent	$456 → $924 (+102.6%)	$1,494 → $1,652 (+10.6%)

Laytonville

Population

1,198713

Median household income

$37,076$35,798

Median home value

$320,600$360,200

Median gross rent

$456$924

Potter Valley

Population

498611

Median household income

$74,236$79,844

Median home value

$442,000$474,300

Median gross rent

$1,494$1,652

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Laytonville	Potter Valley
Under 5	3.5%	4.6%
5 to 17	12.1%	23.9%
18 to 24	4.3%	3.3%
25 to 34	12.5%	17.7%
35 to 44	14.4%	13.4%
45 to 54	7.4%	10.6%
55 to 64	25.0%	9.0%
65 to 74	20.6%	12.3%
75 and over	0.1%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Laytonville	Potter Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	59.9%	52.5%
Black or African American	3.2%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.6%	11.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	36.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Laytonville	Potter Valley
No high school diploma	11.4%	4.8%
High school graduate	31.5%	24.5%
Some college or associate's	52.2%	47.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.7%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Laytonville	Potter Valley
Drove alone	66.0%	80.3%
Carpooled	1.6%	13.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.9%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.5%	2.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Laytonville	Potter Valley
1-unit, detached	93.0%	67.1%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.4%	18.9%

Poverty & households

	Laytonville	Potter Valley
Poverty rate	21.9%	4.4%
Average household size	2.11	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	23	32
Median year structure built	1979	1982