Point Arena vs Talmage

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

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

Talmage has the higher population (886 vs 831 in Point Arena). Point Arena has the higher median household income ($105,726 vs $48,939 in Talmage). Talmage has the higher median home value ($477,600 vs $431,300 in Point Arena).

Population, income & housing

	Point Arena	Talmage
Population	831	886
Median age	40.5 yrs	34.1 yrs
Median household income	$105,726	$48,939
Median home value	$431,300	$477,600
Median gross rent	$1,201	$1,281
Housing units	303	437
Homeownership rate	54.1%	53.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.9%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Point Arena	Talmage
Population	421 → 831 (+97.4%)	1,003 → 886 (-11.7%)
Median household income	$31,719 → $105,726 (+233.3%)	$29,438 → $48,939 (+66.2%)
Median home value	$388,900 → $431,300 (+10.9%)	$391,200 → $477,600 (+22.1%)
Median gross rent	$864 → $1,201 (+39.0%)	$1,107 → $1,281 (+15.7%)

Point Arena

Population

421831

Median household income

$31,719$105,726

Median home value

$388,900$431,300

Median gross rent

$864$1,201

Talmage

Population

1,003886

Median household income

$29,438$48,939

Median home value

$391,200$477,600

Median gross rent

$1,107$1,281

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Point Arena	Talmage
Under 5	5.9%	11.2%
5 to 17	19.0%	5.3%
18 to 24	4.8%	25.5%
25 to 34	4.3%	11.4%
35 to 44	20.0%	2.3%
45 to 54	12.9%	7.4%
55 to 64	18.4%	16.5%
65 to 74	9.4%	18.2%
75 and over	5.3%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Point Arena	Talmage
White (non-Hispanic)	43.7%	53.7%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	3.7%
Asian	0.0%	11.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	9.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	46.0%	27.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Point Arena	Talmage
No high school diploma	15.6%	18.7%
High school graduate	22.1%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	27.4%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.0%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	17.0%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Point Arena	Talmage
Drove alone	44.9%	64.6%
Carpooled	6.9%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	34.8%	14.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.4%	14.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Point Arena	Talmage
1-unit, detached	55.1%	41.2%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	22.8%	17.6%
5 to 19 units	14.2%	12.1%
20 or more units	3.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	26.8%

Poverty & households

	Point Arena	Talmage
Poverty rate	15.9%	25.6%
Average household size	3.12	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	16	18
Median year structure built	1978	1957