Dollar Point vs Penryn

A side-by-side comparison of Dollar Point and Penryn: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dollar Point has the higher population (1,319 vs 1,059 in Penryn). Penryn has the higher median household income ($121,302 vs $94,141 in Dollar Point). Dollar Point has the higher median home value ($949,300 vs $731,300 in Penryn).

Population, income & housing

	Dollar Point	Penryn
Population	1,319	1,059
Median age	51.2 yrs	57.3 yrs
Median household income	$94,141	$121,302
Median home value	$949,300	$731,300
Median gross rent	$2,222	$1,331
Housing units	1,865	500
Homeownership rate	77.0%	86.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	59.7%	40.1%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dollar Point	Penryn
Population	805 → 1,319 (+63.9%)	818 → 1,059 (+29.5%)
Median household income	$74,625 → $94,141 (+26.2%)	$61,905 → $121,302 (+95.9%)
Median home value	$706,400 → $949,300 (+34.4%)	$540,900 → $731,300 (+35.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,059 → $2,222 (+109.8%)	$1,458 → $1,331 (-8.7%)

Dollar Point

Population

8051,319

Median household income

$74,625$94,141

Median home value

$706,400$949,300

Median gross rent

$1,059$2,222

Penryn

Population

8181,059

Median household income

$61,905$121,302

Median home value

$540,900$731,300

Median gross rent

$1,458$1,331

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dollar Point	Penryn
Under 5	5.6%	4.4%
5 to 17	10.5%	16.1%
18 to 24	9.3%	2.7%
25 to 34	14.6%	3.2%
35 to 44	5.7%	13.6%
45 to 54	10.3%	6.5%
55 to 64	25.9%	23.9%
65 to 74	12.7%	14.6%
75 and over	5.4%	14.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dollar Point	Penryn
White (non-Hispanic)	83.2%	80.1%
Black or African American	4.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.5%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	10.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.0%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dollar Point	Penryn
No high school diploma	1.8%	7.1%
High school graduate	10.1%	10.3%
Some college or associate's	28.5%	42.4%
Bachelor's degree	48.7%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.0%	19.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dollar Point	Penryn
Drove alone	60.5%	64.5%
Carpooled	11.9%	0.0%
Public transit	3.3%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	5.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.7%	31.7%
Other means	0.0%	3.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dollar Point	Penryn
1-unit, detached	56.2%	72.6%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	25.6%
2 to 4 units	19.0%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	17.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dollar Point	Penryn
Poverty rate	4.3%	2.0%
Average household size	2.41	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	14	23
Median year structure built	1974	1987