Mendocino vs Point Arena

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

Mendocino 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 630 in Mendocino). Point Arena has the higher median household income ($105,726 vs $67,115 in Mendocino). Mendocino has the higher median home value ($540,500 vs $431,300 in Point Arena).

Population, income & housing

	Mendocino	Point Arena
Population	630	831
Median age	68.3 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$67,115	$105,726
Median home value	$540,500	$431,300
Median gross rent	$1,402	$1,201
Housing units	581	303
Homeownership rate	88.4%	54.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.8%	34.9%
Unemployment rate	10.2%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mendocino	Point Arena
Population	855 → 630 (-26.3%)	421 → 831 (+97.4%)
Median household income	$63,750 → $67,115 (+5.3%)	$31,719 → $105,726 (+233.3%)
Median home value	$474,600 → $540,500 (+13.9%)	$388,900 → $431,300 (+10.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,150 → $1,402 (+21.9%)	$864 → $1,201 (+39.0%)

Mendocino

Population

855630

Median household income

$63,750$67,115

Median home value

$474,600$540,500

Median gross rent

$1,150$1,402

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)

	Mendocino	Point Arena
Under 5	0.0%	5.9%
5 to 17	7.6%	19.0%
18 to 24	9.7%	4.8%
25 to 34	7.0%	4.3%
35 to 44	4.3%	20.0%
45 to 54	3.7%	12.9%
55 to 64	8.3%	18.4%
65 to 74	44.8%	9.4%
75 and over	14.8%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mendocino	Point Arena
White (non-Hispanic)	85.6%	43.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	9.4%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	10.3%	46.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mendocino	Point Arena
No high school diploma	0.6%	15.6%
High school graduate	9.2%	22.1%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.8%	18.0%
Graduate or professional degree	38.0%	17.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mendocino	Point Arena
Drove alone	74.1%	44.9%
Carpooled	6.4%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.9%	34.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	13.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mendocino	Point Arena
1-unit, detached	86.2%	55.1%
1-unit, attached	13.8%	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	0.0%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Mendocino	Point Arena
Poverty rate	0.0%	15.9%
Average household size	1.67	3.12
Mean commute (minutes)	47	16
Median year structure built	1982	1978