Boyes Hot Springs vs Guerneville

A side-by-side comparison of Boyes Hot Springs and Guerneville: population, income, housing, and more.

Boyes Hot Springs and Guerneville are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Boyes Hot Springs has the higher population (7,031 vs 4,522 in Guerneville). Boyes Hot Springs has the higher median household income ($89,568 vs $84,294 in Guerneville). Boyes Hot Springs has the higher median home value ($738,800 vs $589,600 in Guerneville).

Population, income & housing

	Boyes Hot Springs	Guerneville
Population	7,031	4,522
Median age	40.2 yrs	52.0 yrs
Median household income	$89,568	$84,294
Median home value	$738,800	$589,600
Median gross rent	$1,802	$1,583
Housing units	2,729	3,124
Homeownership rate	60.2%	68.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.8%	40.3%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boyes Hot Springs	Guerneville
Population	7,728 → 7,031 (-9.0%)	5,014 → 4,522 (-9.8%)
Median household income	$74,120 → $89,568 (+20.8%)	$64,345 → $84,294 (+31.0%)
Median home value	$558,300 → $738,800 (+32.3%)	$471,900 → $589,600 (+24.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,462 → $1,802 (+23.3%)	$1,261 → $1,583 (+25.5%)

Boyes Hot Springs

Population

7,7287,031

Median household income

$74,120$89,568

Median home value

$558,300$738,800

Median gross rent

$1,462$1,802

Guerneville

Population

5,0144,522

Median household income

$64,345$84,294

Median home value

$471,900$589,600

Median gross rent

$1,261$1,583

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boyes Hot Springs	Guerneville
Under 5	7.2%	1.2%
5 to 17	17.2%	8.1%
18 to 24	5.7%	6.6%
25 to 34	10.3%	15.7%
35 to 44	16.6%	9.7%
45 to 54	9.6%	15.9%
55 to 64	14.6%	17.4%
65 to 74	12.3%	16.9%
75 and over	6.5%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boyes Hot Springs	Guerneville
White (non-Hispanic)	45.4%	74.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.4%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	1.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.8%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	51.1%	16.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boyes Hot Springs	Guerneville
No high school diploma	19.2%	4.7%
High school graduate	16.4%	17.7%
Some college or associate's	39.6%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	27.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boyes Hot Springs	Guerneville
Drove alone	74.8%	61.1%
Carpooled	9.6%	13.0%
Public transit	0.0%	2.4%
Walked	1.4%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.5%
Worked from home	12.3%	21.2%
Other means	1.3%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boyes Hot Springs	Guerneville
1-unit, detached	74.3%	81.7%
1-unit, attached	13.0%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	1.1%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Boyes Hot Springs	Guerneville
Poverty rate	10.1%	8.8%
Average household size	2.68	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	24	35
Median year structure built	1974	1957