Penngrove vs Sea Ranch

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

Penngrove and Sea Ranch 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 1,200 in Sea Ranch). Sea Ranch has the higher median household income ($121,731 vs $115,826 in Penngrove). Sea Ranch has the higher median home value ($1,198,200 vs $1,193,100 in Penngrove).

Population, income & housing

	Penngrove	Sea Ranch
Population	2,123	1,200
Median age	55.3 yrs	70.0 yrs
Median household income	$115,826	$121,731
Median home value	$1,193,100	$1,198,200
Median gross rent	$2,454	$1,350
Housing units	1,008	1,813
Homeownership rate	63.0%	95.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.9%	72.1%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Penngrove	Sea Ranch
Population	2,808 → 2,123 (-24.4%)	1,134 → 1,200 (+5.8%)
Median household income	$92,843 → $115,826 (+24.8%)	$81,833 → $121,731 (+48.8%)
Median home value	$791,700 → $1,193,100 (+50.7%)	$867,100 → $1,198,200 (+38.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,588 → $2,454 (+54.5%)	$1,413 → $1,350 (-4.5%)

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

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)

	Penngrove	Sea Ranch
Under 5	2.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	19.4%	0.0%
18 to 24	6.3%	1.4%
25 to 34	3.8%	4.3%
35 to 44	6.1%	0.9%
45 to 54	11.0%	4.1%
55 to 64	21.7%	21.2%
65 to 74	19.6%	35.6%
75 and over	9.2%	32.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Penngrove	Sea Ranch
White (non-Hispanic)	65.1%	82.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.8%
Asian	0.7%	4.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	8.6%
Hispanic or Latino	33.9%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Penngrove	Sea Ranch
No high school diploma	1.3%	1.0%
High school graduate	7.8%	10.0%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	16.9%
Bachelor's degree	39.6%	27.0%
Graduate or professional degree	14.3%	45.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Penngrove	Sea Ranch
Drove alone	70.8%	43.6%
Carpooled	5.6%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.7%	50.0%
Other means	0.0%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Penngrove	Sea Ranch
1-unit, detached	93.3%	99.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Penngrove	Sea Ranch
Poverty rate	10.9%	3.5%
Average household size	2.20	1.83
Mean commute (minutes)	30	55
Median year structure built	1966	1988