Prunedale vs Seaside

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

Prunedale 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 19,286 in Prunedale). Prunedale has the higher median household income ($106,442 vs $82,303 in Seaside). Prunedale has the higher median home value ($760,200 vs $692,600 in Seaside).

Population, income & housing

	Prunedale	Seaside
Population	19,286	31,964
Median age	37.8 yrs	33.7 yrs
Median household income	$106,442	$82,303
Median home value	$760,200	$692,600
Median gross rent	$1,711	$2,314
Housing units	5,802	10,942
Homeownership rate	76.8%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.2%	27.5%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Prunedale	Seaside
Population	20,327 → 19,286 (-5.1%)	33,956 → 31,964 (-5.9%)
Median household income	$89,137 → $106,442 (+19.4%)	$63,575 → $82,303 (+29.5%)
Median home value	$566,700 → $760,200 (+34.1%)	$488,400 → $692,600 (+41.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,430 → $1,711 (+19.7%)	$1,781 → $2,314 (+29.9%)

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

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)

	Prunedale	Seaside
Under 5	6.4%	4.7%
5 to 17	21.3%	17.0%
18 to 24	8.4%	13.7%
25 to 34	10.7%	16.4%
35 to 44	14.1%	12.6%
45 to 54	11.7%	11.2%
55 to 64	11.6%	12.0%
65 to 74	11.0%	7.8%
75 and over	4.9%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Prunedale	Seaside
White (non-Hispanic)	35.0%	30.9%
Black or African American	0.7%	4.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.4%	10.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	1.8%
Some other race	0.6%	0.8%
Two or more races	4.9%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	53.2%	46.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Prunedale	Seaside
No high school diploma	22.7%	18.9%
High school graduate	25.2%	21.9%
Some college or associate's	29.9%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Prunedale	Seaside
Drove alone	77.3%	70.6%
Carpooled	11.2%	12.9%
Public transit	0.2%	1.7%
Walked	0.6%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	1.4%
Worked from home	6.0%	7.9%
Other means	4.7%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Prunedale	Seaside
1-unit, detached	79.8%	59.6%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	11.8%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	11.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	14.7%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Prunedale	Seaside
Poverty rate	8.5%	14.9%
Average household size	3.52	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	33	22
Median year structure built	1976	1968