Guerneville vs Penngrove

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

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

Guerneville has the higher population (4,522 vs 2,123 in Penngrove). Penngrove has the higher median household income ($115,826 vs $84,294 in Guerneville). Penngrove has the higher median home value ($1,193,100 vs $589,600 in Guerneville).

Population, income & housing

	Guerneville	Penngrove
Population	4,522	2,123
Median age	52.0 yrs	55.3 yrs
Median household income	$84,294	$115,826
Median home value	$589,600	$1,193,100
Median gross rent	$1,583	$2,454
Housing units	3,124	1,008
Homeownership rate	68.3%	63.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.3%	53.9%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Guerneville	Penngrove
Population	5,014 → 4,522 (-9.8%)	2,808 → 2,123 (-24.4%)
Median household income	$64,345 → $84,294 (+31.0%)	$92,843 → $115,826 (+24.8%)
Median home value	$471,900 → $589,600 (+24.9%)	$791,700 → $1,193,100 (+50.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,261 → $1,583 (+25.5%)	$1,588 → $2,454 (+54.5%)

Guerneville

Population

5,0144,522

Median household income

$64,345$84,294

Median home value

$471,900$589,600

Median gross rent

$1,261$1,583

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)

	Guerneville	Penngrove
Under 5	1.2%	2.9%
5 to 17	8.1%	19.4%
18 to 24	6.6%	6.3%
25 to 34	15.7%	3.8%
35 to 44	9.7%	6.1%
45 to 54	15.9%	11.0%
55 to 64	17.4%	21.7%
65 to 74	16.9%	19.6%
75 and over	8.5%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Guerneville	Penngrove
White (non-Hispanic)	74.9%	65.1%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.8%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	16.4%	33.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Guerneville	Penngrove
No high school diploma	4.7%	1.3%
High school graduate	17.7%	7.8%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	36.9%
Bachelor's degree	27.1%	39.6%
Graduate or professional degree	13.2%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Guerneville	Penngrove
Drove alone	61.1%	70.8%
Carpooled	13.0%	5.6%
Public transit	2.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.2%	22.7%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Guerneville	Penngrove
1-unit, detached	81.7%	93.3%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Guerneville	Penngrove
Poverty rate	8.8%	10.9%
Average household size	1.90	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	35	30
Median year structure built	1957	1966