Marina vs Prunedale

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

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

Marina has the higher population (22,324 vs 19,286 in Prunedale). Prunedale has the higher median household income ($106,442 vs $88,518 in Marina). Marina has the higher median home value ($760,800 vs $760,200 in Prunedale).

Population, income & housing

	Marina	Prunedale
Population	22,324	19,286
Median age	36.7 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$88,518	$106,442
Median home value	$760,800	$760,200
Median gross rent	$2,105	$1,711
Housing units	8,269	5,802
Homeownership rate	39.3%	76.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.1%	22.2%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Marina	Prunedale
Population	21,981 → 22,324 (+1.6%)	20,327 → 19,286 (-5.1%)
Median household income	$64,258 → $88,518 (+37.8%)	$89,137 → $106,442 (+19.4%)
Median home value	$513,000 → $760,800 (+48.3%)	$566,700 → $760,200 (+34.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,402 → $2,105 (+50.1%)	$1,430 → $1,711 (+19.7%)

Marina

Population

21,98122,324

Median household income

$64,258$88,518

Median home value

$513,000$760,800

Median gross rent

$1,402$2,105

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)

	Marina	Prunedale
Under 5	5.2%	6.4%
5 to 17	15.8%	21.3%
18 to 24	13.4%	8.4%
25 to 34	13.3%	10.7%
35 to 44	13.4%	14.1%
45 to 54	12.0%	11.7%
55 to 64	12.2%	11.6%
65 to 74	8.6%	11.0%
75 and over	6.1%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Marina	Prunedale
White (non-Hispanic)	38.3%	35.0%
Black or African American	6.1%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	13.3%	5.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	3.3%	0.4%
Some other race	0.5%	0.6%
Two or more races	8.1%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	30.2%	53.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Marina	Prunedale
No high school diploma	10.8%	22.7%
High school graduate	21.1%	25.2%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	16.2%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Marina	Prunedale
Drove alone	69.3%	77.3%
Carpooled	12.0%	11.2%
Public transit	2.5%	0.2%
Walked	2.2%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.1%
Worked from home	11.0%	6.0%
Other means	2.6%	4.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Marina	Prunedale
1-unit, detached	48.1%	79.8%
1-unit, attached	8.1%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	15.1%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	16.0%	1.8%
20 or more units	8.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	14.7%

Poverty & households

	Marina	Prunedale
Poverty rate	14.6%	8.5%
Average household size	2.62	3.52
Mean commute (minutes)	24	33
Median year structure built	1980	1976