Graton vs Sea Ranch

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

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

Graton has the higher population (1,819 vs 1,200 in Sea Ranch). Sea Ranch has the higher median household income ($121,731 vs $108,750 in Graton). Sea Ranch has the higher median home value ($1,198,200 vs $911,300 in Graton).

Population, income & housing

	Graton	Sea Ranch
Population	1,819	1,200
Median age	45.2 yrs	70.0 yrs
Median household income	$108,750	$121,731
Median home value	$911,300	$1,198,200
Median gross rent	$2,770	$1,350
Housing units	679	1,813
Homeownership rate	86.8%	95.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.2%	72.1%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Graton	Sea Ranch
Population	1,889 → 1,819 (-3.7%)	1,134 → 1,200 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$73,984 → $108,750 (+47.0%)	$81,833 → $121,731 (+48.8%)
Median home value	$650,000 → $911,300 (+40.2%)	$867,100 → $1,198,200 (+38.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,136 → $2,770 (+143.8%)	$1,413 → $1,350 (-4.5%)

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

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)

	Graton	Sea Ranch
Under 5	15.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	8.4%	0.0%
18 to 24	6.1%	1.4%
25 to 34	12.1%	4.3%
35 to 44	7.9%	0.9%
45 to 54	14.3%	4.1%
55 to 64	17.9%	21.2%
65 to 74	13.2%	35.6%
75 and over	4.9%	32.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Graton	Sea Ranch
White (non-Hispanic)	62.8%	82.8%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.8%
Asian	0.9%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	8.6%
Hispanic or Latino	31.9%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Graton	Sea Ranch
No high school diploma	6.8%	1.0%
High school graduate	15.2%	10.0%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	16.9%
Bachelor's degree	25.2%	27.0%
Graduate or professional degree	19.0%	45.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Graton	Sea Ranch
Drove alone	65.4%	43.6%
Carpooled	8.0%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.5%	50.0%
Other means	0.0%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Graton	Sea Ranch
1-unit, detached	80.1%	99.2%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	10.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Graton	Sea Ranch
Poverty rate	19.3%	3.5%
Average household size	2.76	1.83
Mean commute (minutes)	27	55
Median year structure built	1965	1988