Bodega Bay vs Occidental

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

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

Occidental has the higher population (1,162 vs 1,116 in Bodega Bay). Bodega Bay has the higher median household income ($177,188 vs $104,044 in Occidental). Occidental has the higher median home value ($1,204,000 vs $1,199,300 in Bodega Bay).

Population, income & housing

	Bodega Bay	Occidental
Population	1,116	1,162
Median age	53.5 yrs	50.9 yrs
Median household income	$177,188	$104,044
Median home value	$1,199,300	$1,204,000
Median gross rent	$1,308	$1,535
Housing units	812	779
Homeownership rate	82.6%	65.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.4%	67.2%
Unemployment rate	19.8%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bodega Bay	Occidental
Population	665 → 1,116 (+67.8%)	823 → 1,162 (+41.2%)
Median household income	$86,319 → $177,188 (+105.3%)	$59,643 → $104,044 (+74.4%)
Median home value	$757,400 → $1,199,300 (+58.3%)	$633,300 → $1,204,000 (+90.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,201 → $1,308 (+8.9%)	$2,265 → $1,535 (-32.2%)

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

Occidental

Population

8231,162

Median household income

$59,643$104,044

Median home value

$633,300$1,204,000

Median gross rent

$2,265$1,535

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bodega Bay	Occidental
Under 5	0.0%	6.8%
5 to 17	11.5%	5.2%
18 to 24	3.9%	2.2%
25 to 34	12.5%	4.0%
35 to 44	3.1%	19.0%
45 to 54	28.0%	16.5%
55 to 64	11.6%	24.2%
65 to 74	6.9%	16.2%
75 and over	22.4%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bodega Bay	Occidental
White (non-Hispanic)	67.3%	60.8%
Black or African American	1.4%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	4.3%
Some other race	0.0%	18.8%
Two or more races	0.0%	7.5%
Hispanic or Latino	31.3%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bodega Bay	Occidental
No high school diploma	12.1%	2.3%
High school graduate	24.6%	6.7%
Some college or associate's	21.0%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	26.3%	45.3%
Graduate or professional degree	16.1%	21.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bodega Bay	Occidental
Drove alone	41.2%	33.7%
Carpooled	6.7%	0.8%
Public transit	0.0%	3.7%
Walked	21.8%	1.8%
Bicycle	6.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.5%	59.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bodega Bay	Occidental
1-unit, detached	95.9%	81.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	8.1%

Poverty & households

	Bodega Bay	Occidental
Poverty rate	1.9%	11.0%
Average household size	2.33	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	24	41
Median year structure built	1987	1972