Occidental vs Penngrove

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

Occidental 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 1,162 in Occidental). Penngrove has the higher median household income ($115,826 vs $104,044 in Occidental). Occidental has the higher median home value ($1,204,000 vs $1,193,100 in Penngrove).

Population, income & housing

	Occidental	Penngrove
Population	1,162	2,123
Median age	50.9 yrs	55.3 yrs
Median household income	$104,044	$115,826
Median home value	$1,204,000	$1,193,100
Median gross rent	$1,535	$2,454
Housing units	779	1,008
Homeownership rate	65.6%	63.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	67.2%	53.9%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Occidental	Penngrove
Population	823 → 1,162 (+41.2%)	2,808 → 2,123 (-24.4%)
Median household income	$59,643 → $104,044 (+74.4%)	$92,843 → $115,826 (+24.8%)
Median home value	$633,300 → $1,204,000 (+90.1%)	$791,700 → $1,193,100 (+50.7%)
Median gross rent	$2,265 → $1,535 (-32.2%)	$1,588 → $2,454 (+54.5%)

Occidental

Population

8231,162

Median household income

$59,643$104,044

Median home value

$633,300$1,204,000

Median gross rent

$2,265$1,535

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)

	Occidental	Penngrove
Under 5	6.8%	2.9%
5 to 17	5.2%	19.4%
18 to 24	2.2%	6.3%
25 to 34	4.0%	3.8%
35 to 44	19.0%	6.1%
45 to 54	16.5%	11.0%
55 to 64	24.2%	21.7%
65 to 74	16.2%	19.6%
75 and over	5.9%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Occidental	Penngrove
White (non-Hispanic)	60.8%	65.1%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	4.3%	0.0%
Some other race	18.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.5%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	33.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Occidental	Penngrove
No high school diploma	2.3%	1.3%
High school graduate	6.7%	7.8%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	36.9%
Bachelor's degree	45.3%	39.6%
Graduate or professional degree	21.9%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Occidental	Penngrove
Drove alone	33.7%	70.8%
Carpooled	0.8%	5.6%
Public transit	3.7%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	59.9%	22.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Occidental	Penngrove
1-unit, detached	81.9%	93.3%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.1%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Occidental	Penngrove
Poverty rate	11.0%	10.9%
Average household size	2.15	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	41	30
Median year structure built	1972	1966