Guerneville vs Sebastopol

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

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

Sebastopol has the higher population (7,466 vs 4,522 in Guerneville). Sebastopol has the higher median household income ($99,600 vs $84,294 in Guerneville). Sebastopol has the higher median home value ($821,400 vs $589,600 in Guerneville).

Population, income & housing

	Guerneville	Sebastopol
Population	4,522	7,466
Median age	52.0 yrs	48.4 yrs
Median household income	$84,294	$99,600
Median home value	$589,600	$821,400
Median gross rent	$1,583	$1,767
Housing units	3,124	3,388
Homeownership rate	68.3%	55.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.3%	51.7%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Guerneville	Sebastopol
Population	5,014 → 4,522 (-9.8%)	7,760 → 7,466 (-3.8%)
Median household income	$64,345 → $84,294 (+31.0%)	$82,244 → $99,600 (+21.1%)
Median home value	$471,900 → $589,600 (+24.9%)	$638,600 → $821,400 (+28.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,261 → $1,583 (+25.5%)	$1,410 → $1,767 (+25.3%)

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

Sebastopol

Population

7,7607,466

Median household income

$82,244$99,600

Median home value

$638,600$821,400

Median gross rent

$1,410$1,767

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Guerneville	Sebastopol
Under 5	1.2%	5.3%
5 to 17	8.1%	11.3%
18 to 24	6.6%	8.0%
25 to 34	15.7%	11.2%
35 to 44	9.7%	10.1%
45 to 54	15.9%	13.6%
55 to 64	17.4%	14.2%
65 to 74	16.9%	17.8%
75 and over	8.5%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Guerneville	Sebastopol
White (non-Hispanic)	74.9%	72.7%
Black or African American	0.1%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	5.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	1.2%
Two or more races	6.8%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	16.4%	13.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Guerneville	Sebastopol
No high school diploma	4.7%	5.0%
High school graduate	17.7%	13.5%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	29.8%
Bachelor's degree	27.1%	29.6%
Graduate or professional degree	13.2%	22.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Guerneville	Sebastopol
Drove alone	61.1%	66.0%
Carpooled	13.0%	3.1%
Public transit	2.4%	0.2%
Walked	0.4%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.3%
Worked from home	21.2%	22.7%
Other means	1.3%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Guerneville	Sebastopol
1-unit, detached	81.7%	58.0%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	10.4%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	12.3%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	10.6%
20 or more units	0.6%	5.1%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Guerneville	Sebastopol
Poverty rate	8.8%	8.3%
Average household size	1.90	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	35	25
Median year structure built	1957	1975