Cotati vs Guerneville

A side-by-side comparison of Cotati and Guerneville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cotati has the higher population (7,533 vs 4,522 in Guerneville). Cotati has the higher median household income ($112,841 vs $84,294 in Guerneville). Cotati has the higher median home value ($702,500 vs $589,600 in Guerneville).

Population, income & housing

	Cotati	Guerneville
Population	7,533	4,522
Median age	38.3 yrs	52.0 yrs
Median household income	$112,841	$84,294
Median home value	$702,500	$589,600
Median gross rent	$1,899	$1,583
Housing units	3,338	3,124
Homeownership rate	58.2%	68.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.8%	40.3%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cotati	Guerneville
Population	7,454 → 7,533 (+1.1%)	5,014 → 4,522 (-9.8%)
Median household income	$82,182 → $112,841 (+37.3%)	$64,345 → $84,294 (+31.0%)
Median home value	$525,500 → $702,500 (+33.7%)	$471,900 → $589,600 (+24.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,618 → $1,899 (+17.4%)	$1,261 → $1,583 (+25.5%)

Cotati

Population

7,4547,533

Median household income

$82,182$112,841

Median home value

$525,500$702,500

Median gross rent

$1,618$1,899

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)

	Cotati	Guerneville
Under 5	5.3%	1.2%
5 to 17	13.1%	8.1%
18 to 24	7.1%	6.6%
25 to 34	16.2%	15.7%
35 to 44	19.7%	9.7%
45 to 54	10.6%	15.9%
55 to 64	13.0%	17.4%
65 to 74	7.8%	16.9%
75 and over	7.1%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cotati	Guerneville
White (non-Hispanic)	70.0%	74.9%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	2.7%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	7.4%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	18.1%	16.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cotati	Guerneville
No high school diploma	3.1%	4.7%
High school graduate	16.1%	17.7%
Some college or associate's	40.9%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	28.2%	27.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.6%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cotati	Guerneville
Drove alone	68.7%	61.1%
Carpooled	7.9%	13.0%
Public transit	4.0%	2.4%
Walked	0.6%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.5%
Worked from home	16.7%	21.2%
Other means	1.2%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cotati	Guerneville
1-unit, detached	53.1%	81.7%
1-unit, attached	12.3%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	12.3%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	13.2%	1.1%
20 or more units	7.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Cotati	Guerneville
Poverty rate	8.0%	8.8%
Average household size	2.30	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	30	35
Median year structure built	1985	1957