El Verano vs Penngrove

A side-by-side comparison of El Verano and Penngrove: population, income, housing, and more.

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

El Verano has the higher population (3,154 vs 2,123 in Penngrove). El Verano has the higher median household income ($119,527 vs $115,826 in Penngrove). Penngrove has the higher median home value ($1,193,100 vs $870,100 in El Verano).

Population, income & housing

	El Verano	Penngrove
Population	3,154	2,123
Median age	44.4 yrs	55.3 yrs
Median household income	$119,527	$115,826
Median home value	$870,100	$1,193,100
Median gross rent	$2,430	$2,454
Housing units	1,294	1,008
Homeownership rate	65.3%	63.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.7%	53.9%
Unemployment rate	10.6%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	El Verano	Penngrove
Population	3,295 → 3,154 (-4.3%)	2,808 → 2,123 (-24.4%)
Median household income	$107,593 → $119,527 (+11.1%)	$92,843 → $115,826 (+24.8%)
Median home value	$605,400 → $870,100 (+43.7%)	$791,700 → $1,193,100 (+50.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,794 → $2,430 (+35.5%)	$1,588 → $2,454 (+54.5%)

El Verano

Population

3,2953,154

Median household income

$107,593$119,527

Median home value

$605,400$870,100

Median gross rent

$1,794$2,430

Penngrove

Population

2,8082,123

Median household income

$92,843$115,826

Median home value

$791,700$1,193,100

Median gross rent

$1,588$2,454

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	El Verano	Penngrove
Under 5	6.5%	2.9%
5 to 17	10.2%	19.4%
18 to 24	5.4%	6.3%
25 to 34	14.5%	3.8%
35 to 44	13.8%	6.1%
45 to 54	10.1%	11.0%
55 to 64	15.2%	21.7%
65 to 74	18.2%	19.6%
75 and over	6.1%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	El Verano	Penngrove
White (non-Hispanic)	68.4%	65.1%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	29.2%	33.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	El Verano	Penngrove
No high school diploma	13.5%	1.3%
High school graduate	15.0%	7.8%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	36.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.5%	39.6%
Graduate or professional degree	14.2%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	El Verano	Penngrove
Drove alone	71.8%	70.8%
Carpooled	3.7%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	1.0%
Bicycle	3.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.0%	22.7%
Other means	0.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	El Verano	Penngrove
1-unit, detached	84.9%	93.3%
1-unit, attached	12.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	El Verano	Penngrove
Poverty rate	2.8%	10.9%
Average household size	2.55	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	34	30
Median year structure built	1976	1966