Occidental vs Sea Ranch

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

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

Sea Ranch has the higher population (1,200 vs 1,162 in Occidental). Sea Ranch has the higher median household income ($121,731 vs $104,044 in Occidental). Occidental has the higher median home value ($1,204,000 vs $1,198,200 in Sea Ranch).

Population, income & housing

	Occidental	Sea Ranch
Population	1,162	1,200
Median age	50.9 yrs	70.0 yrs
Median household income	$104,044	$121,731
Median home value	$1,204,000	$1,198,200
Median gross rent	$1,535	$1,350
Housing units	779	1,813
Homeownership rate	65.6%	95.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	67.2%	72.1%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Occidental	Sea Ranch
Population	823 → 1,162 (+41.2%)	1,134 → 1,200 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$59,643 → $104,044 (+74.4%)	$81,833 → $121,731 (+48.8%)
Median home value	$633,300 → $1,204,000 (+90.1%)	$867,100 → $1,198,200 (+38.2%)
Median gross rent	$2,265 → $1,535 (-32.2%)	$1,413 → $1,350 (-4.5%)

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

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)

	Occidental	Sea Ranch
Under 5	6.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	5.2%	0.0%
18 to 24	2.2%	1.4%
25 to 34	4.0%	4.3%
35 to 44	19.0%	0.9%
45 to 54	16.5%	4.1%
55 to 64	24.2%	21.2%
65 to 74	16.2%	35.6%
75 and over	5.9%	32.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Occidental	Sea Ranch
White (non-Hispanic)	60.8%	82.8%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.8%
Asian	0.0%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	4.3%	0.0%
Some other race	18.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.5%	8.6%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Occidental	Sea Ranch
No high school diploma	2.3%	1.0%
High school graduate	6.7%	10.0%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	16.9%
Bachelor's degree	45.3%	27.0%
Graduate or professional degree	21.9%	45.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Occidental	Sea Ranch
Drove alone	33.7%	43.6%
Carpooled	0.8%	3.2%
Public transit	3.7%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	59.9%	50.0%
Other means	0.0%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Occidental	Sea Ranch
1-unit, detached	81.9%	99.2%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	8.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Occidental	Sea Ranch
Poverty rate	11.0%	3.5%
Average household size	2.15	1.83
Mean commute (minutes)	41	55
Median year structure built	1972	1988