Point Arena vs Potter Valley

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

Point Arena and Potter Valley 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 611 in Potter Valley). Point Arena has the higher median household income ($105,726 vs $79,844 in Potter Valley). Potter Valley has the higher median home value ($474,300 vs $431,300 in Point Arena).

Population, income & housing

	Point Arena	Potter Valley
Population	831	611
Median age	40.5 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$105,726	$79,844
Median home value	$431,300	$474,300
Median gross rent	$1,201	$1,652
Housing units	303	222
Homeownership rate	54.1%	60.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.9%	23.7%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Point Arena	Potter Valley
Population	421 → 831 (+97.4%)	498 → 611 (+22.7%)
Median household income	$31,719 → $105,726 (+233.3%)	$74,236 → $79,844 (+7.6%)
Median home value	$388,900 → $431,300 (+10.9%)	$442,000 → $474,300 (+7.3%)
Median gross rent	$864 → $1,201 (+39.0%)	$1,494 → $1,652 (+10.6%)

Point Arena

Population

421831

Median household income

$31,719$105,726

Median home value

$388,900$431,300

Median gross rent

$864$1,201

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)

	Point Arena	Potter Valley
Under 5	5.9%	4.6%
5 to 17	19.0%	23.9%
18 to 24	4.8%	3.3%
25 to 34	4.3%	17.7%
35 to 44	20.0%	13.4%
45 to 54	12.9%	10.6%
55 to 64	18.4%	9.0%
65 to 74	9.4%	12.3%
75 and over	5.3%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Point Arena	Potter Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	43.7%	52.5%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	9.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	11.0%
Hispanic or Latino	46.0%	36.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Point Arena	Potter Valley
No high school diploma	15.6%	4.8%
High school graduate	22.1%	24.5%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	47.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.0%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	17.0%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Point Arena	Potter Valley
Drove alone	44.9%	80.3%
Carpooled	6.9%	13.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	34.8%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.4%	2.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Point Arena	Potter Valley
1-unit, detached	55.1%	67.1%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	22.8%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	14.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	18.9%

Poverty & households

	Point Arena	Potter Valley
Poverty rate	15.9%	4.4%
Average household size	3.12	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	16	32
Median year structure built	1978	1982