Glen Ellen vs Sea Ranch

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

Glen Ellen and Sea Ranch are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sea Ranch has the higher population (1,200 vs 1,084 in Glen Ellen). Glen Ellen has the higher median household income ($213,261 vs $121,731 in Sea Ranch). Glen Ellen has the higher median home value ($1,402,800 vs $1,198,200 in Sea Ranch).

Population, income & housing

	Glen Ellen	Sea Ranch
Population	1,084	1,200
Median age	59.0 yrs	70.0 yrs
Median household income	$213,261	$121,731
Median home value	$1,402,800	$1,198,200
Median gross rent	$1,564	$1,350
Housing units	647	1,813
Homeownership rate	66.4%	95.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	74.1%	72.1%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glen Ellen	Sea Ranch
Population	734 → 1,084 (+47.7%)	1,134 → 1,200 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$145,957 → $213,261 (+46.1%)	$81,833 → $121,731 (+48.8%)
Median home value	$993,600 → $1,402,800 (+41.2%)	$867,100 → $1,198,200 (+38.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,413 → $1,350 (-4.5%)

Glen Ellen

Population

7341,084

Median household income

$145,957$213,261

Median home value

$993,600$1,402,800

Sea Ranch

Population

1,1341,200

Median household income

$81,833$121,731

Median home value

$867,100$1,198,200

Median gross rent

$1,413$1,350

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glen Ellen	Sea Ranch
Under 5	2.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	4.3%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	1.4%
25 to 34	1.1%	4.3%
35 to 44	9.1%	0.9%
45 to 54	7.7%	4.1%
55 to 64	58.9%	21.2%
65 to 74	10.4%	35.6%
75 and over	6.3%	32.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glen Ellen	Sea Ranch
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	82.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.8%
Asian	0.0%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	8.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glen Ellen	Sea Ranch
No high school diploma	0.0%	1.0%
High school graduate	12.8%	10.0%
Some college or associate's	13.1%	16.9%
Bachelor's degree	37.9%	27.0%
Graduate or professional degree	36.2%	45.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glen Ellen	Sea Ranch
Drove alone	80.0%	43.6%
Carpooled	1.3%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	50.0%
Other means	2.7%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glen Ellen	Sea Ranch
1-unit, detached	83.6%	99.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Glen Ellen	Sea Ranch
Poverty rate	25.9%	3.5%
Average household size	1.87	1.83
Mean commute (minutes)	16	55
Median year structure built	1956	1988