Glen Ellen vs Occidental

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

Glen Ellen 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 1,084 in Glen Ellen). Glen Ellen has the higher median household income ($213,261 vs $104,044 in Occidental). Glen Ellen has the higher median home value ($1,402,800 vs $1,204,000 in Occidental).

Population, income & housing

	Glen Ellen	Occidental
Population	1,084	1,162
Median age	59.0 yrs	50.9 yrs
Median household income	$213,261	$104,044
Median home value	$1,402,800	$1,204,000
Median gross rent	$1,564	$1,535
Housing units	647	779
Homeownership rate	66.4%	65.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	74.1%	67.2%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glen Ellen	Occidental
Population	734 → 1,084 (+47.7%)	823 → 1,162 (+41.2%)
Median household income	$145,957 → $213,261 (+46.1%)	$59,643 → $104,044 (+74.4%)
Median home value	$993,600 → $1,402,800 (+41.2%)	$633,300 → $1,204,000 (+90.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$2,265 → $1,535 (-32.2%)

Glen Ellen

Population

7341,084

Median household income

$145,957$213,261

Median home value

$993,600$1,402,800

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)

	Glen Ellen	Occidental
Under 5	2.1%	6.8%
5 to 17	4.3%	5.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	2.2%
25 to 34	1.1%	4.0%
35 to 44	9.1%	19.0%
45 to 54	7.7%	16.5%
55 to 64	58.9%	24.2%
65 to 74	10.4%	16.2%
75 and over	6.3%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glen Ellen	Occidental
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	60.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	4.3%
Some other race	0.0%	18.8%
Two or more races	2.2%	7.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glen Ellen	Occidental
No high school diploma	0.0%	2.3%
High school graduate	12.8%	6.7%
Some college or associate's	13.1%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	37.9%	45.3%
Graduate or professional degree	36.2%	21.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glen Ellen	Occidental
Drove alone	80.0%	33.7%
Carpooled	1.3%	0.8%
Public transit	0.0%	3.7%
Walked	10.3%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	59.9%
Other means	2.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glen Ellen	Occidental
1-unit, detached	83.6%	81.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.2%
2 to 4 units	16.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	8.1%

Poverty & households

	Glen Ellen	Occidental
Poverty rate	25.9%	11.0%
Average household size	1.87	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	16	41
Median year structure built	1956	1972