Greenfield vs Prunedale

A side-by-side comparison of Greenfield and Prunedale: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Greenfield has the higher population (19,759 vs 19,286 in Prunedale). Prunedale has the higher median household income ($106,442 vs $78,946 in Greenfield). Prunedale has the higher median home value ($760,200 vs $462,400 in Greenfield).

Population, income & housing

	Greenfield	Prunedale
Population	19,759	19,286
Median age	27.5 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$78,946	$106,442
Median home value	$462,400	$760,200
Median gross rent	$1,690	$1,711
Housing units	4,553	5,802
Homeownership rate	53.7%	76.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	22.2%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenfield	Prunedale
Population	17,373 → 19,759 (+13.7%)	20,327 → 19,286 (-5.1%)
Median household income	$59,595 → $78,946 (+32.5%)	$89,137 → $106,442 (+19.4%)
Median home value	$305,000 → $462,400 (+51.6%)	$566,700 → $760,200 (+34.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,480 → $1,690 (+14.2%)	$1,430 → $1,711 (+19.7%)

Greenfield

Population

17,37319,759

Median household income

$59,595$78,946

Median home value

$305,000$462,400

Median gross rent

$1,480$1,690

Prunedale

Population

20,32719,286

Median household income

$89,137$106,442

Median home value

$566,700$760,200

Median gross rent

$1,430$1,711

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenfield	Prunedale
Under 5	10.9%	6.4%
5 to 17	26.3%	21.3%
18 to 24	9.8%	8.4%
25 to 34	13.8%	10.7%
35 to 44	12.8%	14.1%
45 to 54	10.1%	11.7%
55 to 64	7.4%	11.6%
65 to 74	6.9%	11.0%
75 and over	2.0%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenfield	Prunedale
White (non-Hispanic)	2.2%	35.0%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	5.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.1%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.1%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	94.8%	53.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenfield	Prunedale
No high school diploma	49.4%	22.7%
High school graduate	25.8%	25.2%
Some college or associate's	15.9%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenfield	Prunedale
Drove alone	73.9%	77.3%
Carpooled	9.6%	11.2%
Public transit	0.3%	0.2%
Walked	1.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	1.5%	6.0%
Other means	13.7%	4.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenfield	Prunedale
1-unit, detached	68.3%	79.8%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	13.1%	1.8%
20 or more units	4.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	14.7%

Poverty & households

	Greenfield	Prunedale
Poverty rate	12.2%	8.5%
Average household size	4.54	3.52
Mean commute (minutes)	24	33
Median year structure built	1995	1976