Forestville vs Guerneville

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

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

Guerneville has the higher population (4,522 vs 3,862 in Forestville). Forestville has the higher median household income ($105,139 vs $84,294 in Guerneville). Forestville has the higher median home value ($706,200 vs $589,600 in Guerneville).

Population, income & housing

	Forestville	Guerneville
Population	3,862	4,522
Median age	44.7 yrs	52.0 yrs
Median household income	$105,139	$84,294
Median home value	$706,200	$589,600
Median gross rent	$1,851	$1,583
Housing units	1,571	3,124
Homeownership rate	74.3%	68.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.6%	40.3%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forestville	Guerneville
Population	3,761 → 3,862 (+2.7%)	5,014 → 4,522 (-9.8%)
Median household income	$72,083 → $105,139 (+45.9%)	$64,345 → $84,294 (+31.0%)
Median home value	$563,700 → $706,200 (+25.3%)	$471,900 → $589,600 (+24.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,169 → $1,851 (+58.3%)	$1,261 → $1,583 (+25.5%)

Forestville

Population

3,7613,862

Median household income

$72,083$105,139

Median home value

$563,700$706,200

Median gross rent

$1,169$1,851

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)

	Forestville	Guerneville
Under 5	6.4%	1.2%
5 to 17	15.8%	8.1%
18 to 24	2.3%	6.6%
25 to 34	10.0%	15.7%
35 to 44	16.3%	9.7%
45 to 54	8.9%	15.9%
55 to 64	17.7%	17.4%
65 to 74	16.0%	16.9%
75 and over	6.6%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forestville	Guerneville
White (non-Hispanic)	67.3%	74.9%
Black or African American	3.9%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.4%
Asian	3.3%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.8%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.2%
Two or more races	12.1%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	10.5%	16.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forestville	Guerneville
No high school diploma	5.6%	4.7%
High school graduate	14.4%	17.7%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	25.2%	27.1%
Graduate or professional degree	20.4%	13.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forestville	Guerneville
Drove alone	76.0%	61.1%
Carpooled	2.1%	13.0%
Public transit	0.0%	2.4%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.5%
Worked from home	20.1%	21.2%
Other means	1.2%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forestville	Guerneville
1-unit, detached	93.7%	81.7%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	3.2%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Forestville	Guerneville
Poverty rate	6.4%	8.8%
Average household size	2.55	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	21	35
Median year structure built	1968	1957