Geyserville vs Occidental

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

Geyserville 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 830 in Geyserville). Geyserville has the higher median household income ($107,500 vs $104,044 in Occidental). Occidental has the higher median home value ($1,204,000 vs $710,100 in Geyserville).

Population, income & housing

	Geyserville	Occidental
Population	830	1,162
Median age	58.3 yrs	50.9 yrs
Median household income	$107,500	$104,044
Median home value	$710,100	$1,204,000
Median gross rent	$1,864	$1,535
Housing units	403	779
Homeownership rate	60.7%	65.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.0%	67.2%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Geyserville	Occidental
Population	765 → 830 (+8.5%)	823 → 1,162 (+41.2%)
Median household income	$84,444 → $107,500 (+27.3%)	$59,643 → $104,044 (+74.4%)
Median home value	$625,000 → $710,100 (+13.6%)	$633,300 → $1,204,000 (+90.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,292 → $1,864 (+44.3%)	$2,265 → $1,535 (-32.2%)

Geyserville

Population

765830

Median household income

$84,444$107,500

Median home value

$625,000$710,100

Median gross rent

$1,292$1,864

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)

	Geyserville	Occidental
Under 5	2.0%	6.8%
5 to 17	11.4%	5.2%
18 to 24	3.0%	2.2%
25 to 34	6.1%	4.0%
35 to 44	10.7%	19.0%
45 to 54	11.4%	16.5%
55 to 64	19.2%	24.2%
65 to 74	28.0%	16.2%
75 and over	8.1%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Geyserville	Occidental
White (non-Hispanic)	51.2%	60.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	4.3%
Some other race	0.0%	18.8%
Two or more races	3.9%	7.5%
Hispanic or Latino	44.1%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Geyserville	Occidental
No high school diploma	19.2%	2.3%
High school graduate	27.6%	6.7%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	45.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	21.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Geyserville	Occidental
Drove alone	53.6%	33.7%
Carpooled	19.0%	0.8%
Public transit	1.0%	3.7%
Walked	3.2%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.2%	59.9%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Geyserville	Occidental
1-unit, detached	86.8%	81.9%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	7.2%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	2.8%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	8.1%

Poverty & households

	Geyserville	Occidental
Poverty rate	7.8%	11.0%
Average household size	2.27	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	25	41
Median year structure built	1970	1972