Greenfield vs Seaside

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

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

Seaside has the higher population (31,964 vs 19,759 in Greenfield). Seaside has the higher median household income ($82,303 vs $78,946 in Greenfield). Seaside has the higher median home value ($692,600 vs $462,400 in Greenfield).

Population, income & housing

	Greenfield	Seaside
Population	19,759	31,964
Median age	27.5 yrs	33.7 yrs
Median household income	$78,946	$82,303
Median home value	$462,400	$692,600
Median gross rent	$1,690	$2,314
Housing units	4,553	10,942
Homeownership rate	53.7%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.9%	27.5%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenfield	Seaside
Population	17,373 → 19,759 (+13.7%)	33,956 → 31,964 (-5.9%)
Median household income	$59,595 → $78,946 (+32.5%)	$63,575 → $82,303 (+29.5%)
Median home value	$305,000 → $462,400 (+51.6%)	$488,400 → $692,600 (+41.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,480 → $1,690 (+14.2%)	$1,781 → $2,314 (+29.9%)

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

Seaside

Population

33,95631,964

Median household income

$63,575$82,303

Median home value

$488,400$692,600

Median gross rent

$1,781$2,314

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenfield	Seaside
Under 5	10.9%	4.7%
5 to 17	26.3%	17.0%
18 to 24	9.8%	13.7%
25 to 34	13.8%	16.4%
35 to 44	12.8%	12.6%
45 to 54	10.1%	11.2%
55 to 64	7.4%	12.0%
65 to 74	6.9%	7.8%
75 and over	2.0%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenfield	Seaside
White (non-Hispanic)	2.2%	30.9%
Black or African American	0.8%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	10.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.8%
Some other race	0.1%	0.8%
Two or more races	1.1%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	94.8%	46.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenfield	Seaside
No high school diploma	49.4%	18.9%
High school graduate	25.8%	21.9%
Some college or associate's	15.9%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenfield	Seaside
Drove alone	73.9%	70.6%
Carpooled	9.6%	12.9%
Public transit	0.3%	1.7%
Walked	1.0%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.4%
Worked from home	1.5%	7.9%
Other means	13.7%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenfield	Seaside
1-unit, detached	68.3%	59.6%
1-unit, attached	5.9%	11.8%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	13.1%	11.0%
20 or more units	4.0%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Greenfield	Seaside
Poverty rate	12.2%	14.9%
Average household size	4.54	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1995	1968