Graton vs Penngrove

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

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

Penngrove has the higher population (2,123 vs 1,819 in Graton). Penngrove has the higher median household income ($115,826 vs $108,750 in Graton). Penngrove has the higher median home value ($1,193,100 vs $911,300 in Graton).

Population, income & housing

	Graton	Penngrove
Population	1,819	2,123
Median age	45.2 yrs	55.3 yrs
Median household income	$108,750	$115,826
Median home value	$911,300	$1,193,100
Median gross rent	$2,770	$2,454
Housing units	679	1,008
Homeownership rate	86.8%	63.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.2%	53.9%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Graton	Penngrove
Population	1,889 → 1,819 (-3.7%)	2,808 → 2,123 (-24.4%)
Median household income	$73,984 → $108,750 (+47.0%)	$92,843 → $115,826 (+24.8%)
Median home value	$650,000 → $911,300 (+40.2%)	$791,700 → $1,193,100 (+50.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,136 → $2,770 (+143.8%)	$1,588 → $2,454 (+54.5%)

Graton

Population

1,8891,819

Median household income

$73,984$108,750

Median home value

$650,000$911,300

Median gross rent

$1,136$2,770

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)

	Graton	Penngrove
Under 5	15.1%	2.9%
5 to 17	8.4%	19.4%
18 to 24	6.1%	6.3%
25 to 34	12.1%	3.8%
35 to 44	7.9%	6.1%
45 to 54	14.3%	11.0%
55 to 64	17.9%	21.7%
65 to 74	13.2%	19.6%
75 and over	4.9%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Graton	Penngrove
White (non-Hispanic)	62.8%	65.1%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	31.9%	33.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Graton	Penngrove
No high school diploma	6.8%	1.3%
High school graduate	15.2%	7.8%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	36.9%
Bachelor's degree	25.2%	39.6%
Graduate or professional degree	19.0%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Graton	Penngrove
Drove alone	65.4%	70.8%
Carpooled	8.0%	5.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	1.0%
Bicycle	1.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.5%	22.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Graton	Penngrove
1-unit, detached	80.1%	93.3%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.3%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.0%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Graton	Penngrove
Poverty rate	19.3%	10.9%
Average household size	2.76	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	1965	1966