Bodega Bay vs Glen Ellen

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

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

Bodega Bay has the higher population (1,116 vs 1,084 in Glen Ellen). Glen Ellen has the higher median household income ($213,261 vs $177,188 in Bodega Bay). Glen Ellen has the higher median home value ($1,402,800 vs $1,199,300 in Bodega Bay).

Population, income & housing

	Bodega Bay	Glen Ellen
Population	1,116	1,084
Median age	53.5 yrs	59.0 yrs
Median household income	$177,188	$213,261
Median home value	$1,199,300	$1,402,800
Median gross rent	$1,308	$1,564
Housing units	812	647
Homeownership rate	82.6%	66.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.4%	74.1%
Unemployment rate	19.8%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bodega Bay	Glen Ellen
Population	665 → 1,116 (+67.8%)	734 → 1,084 (+47.7%)
Median household income	$86,319 → $177,188 (+105.3%)	$145,957 → $213,261 (+46.1%)
Median home value	$757,400 → $1,199,300 (+58.3%)	$993,600 → $1,402,800 (+41.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,201 → $1,308 (+8.9%)	—

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

Glen Ellen

Population

7341,084

Median household income

$145,957$213,261

Median home value

$993,600$1,402,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bodega Bay	Glen Ellen
Under 5	0.0%	2.1%
5 to 17	11.5%	4.3%
18 to 24	3.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	12.5%	1.1%
35 to 44	3.1%	9.1%
45 to 54	28.0%	7.7%
55 to 64	11.6%	58.9%
65 to 74	6.9%	10.4%
75 and over	22.4%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bodega Bay	Glen Ellen
White (non-Hispanic)	67.3%	91.9%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	31.3%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bodega Bay	Glen Ellen
No high school diploma	12.1%	0.0%
High school graduate	24.6%	12.8%
Some college or associate's	21.0%	13.1%
Bachelor's degree	26.3%	37.9%
Graduate or professional degree	16.1%	36.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bodega Bay	Glen Ellen
Drove alone	41.2%	80.0%
Carpooled	6.7%	1.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	21.8%	10.3%
Bicycle	6.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.5%	5.7%
Other means	0.0%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bodega Bay	Glen Ellen
1-unit, detached	95.9%	83.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	16.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bodega Bay	Glen Ellen
Poverty rate	1.9%	25.9%
Average household size	2.33	1.87
Mean commute (minutes)	24	16
Median year structure built	1987	1956