Bodega Bay vs Eldridge

A side-by-side comparison of Bodega Bay and Eldridge: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Eldridge has the higher population (1,126 vs 1,116 in Bodega Bay). Bodega Bay has the higher median household income ($177,188 vs $111,983 in Eldridge). Bodega Bay has the higher median home value ($1,199,300 vs $787,700 in Eldridge).

Population, income & housing

	Bodega Bay	Eldridge
Population	1,116	1,126
Median age	53.5 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$177,188	$111,983
Median home value	$1,199,300	$787,700
Median gross rent	$1,308	$2,116
Housing units	812	493
Homeownership rate	82.6%	81.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.4%	30.3%
Unemployment rate	19.8%	12.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bodega Bay	Eldridge
Population	665 → 1,116 (+67.8%)	1,422 → 1,126 (-20.8%)
Median household income	$86,319 → $177,188 (+105.3%)	$160,203 → $111,983 (-30.1%)
Median home value	$757,400 → $1,199,300 (+58.3%)	$967,500 → $787,700 (-18.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,201 → $1,308 (+8.9%)	$1,921 → $2,116 (+10.2%)

Bodega Bay

Population

6651,116

Median household income

$86,319$177,188

Median home value

$757,400$1,199,300

Median gross rent

$1,201$1,308

Eldridge

Population

1,4221,126

Median household income

$160,203$111,983

Median home value

$967,500$787,700

Median gross rent

$1,921$2,116

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bodega Bay	Eldridge
Under 5	0.0%	8.1%
5 to 17	11.5%	12.0%
18 to 24	3.9%	3.9%
25 to 34	12.5%	12.6%
35 to 44	3.1%	10.4%
45 to 54	28.0%	15.9%
55 to 64	11.6%	16.4%
65 to 74	6.9%	6.3%
75 and over	22.4%	14.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bodega Bay	Eldridge
White (non-Hispanic)	67.3%	58.2%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.0%	12.0%
Hispanic or Latino	31.3%	25.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bodega Bay	Eldridge
No high school diploma	12.1%	9.2%
High school graduate	24.6%	15.5%
Some college or associate's	21.0%	45.0%
Bachelor's degree	26.3%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	16.1%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bodega Bay	Eldridge
Drove alone	41.2%	58.3%
Carpooled	6.7%	19.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	21.8%	3.6%
Bicycle	6.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.5%	18.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bodega Bay	Eldridge
1-unit, detached	95.9%	78.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	16.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bodega Bay	Eldridge
Poverty rate	1.9%	9.0%
Average household size	2.33	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1987	1969