Guerneville is a very small town located in the state of California. With a population of 4,552 people and two associated neighborhoods, Guerneville is the 538th largest community in California.

Housing costs in Guerneville are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in California.

A relatively large number of people in Guerneville telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 19.87% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Guerneville has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Guerneville has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Guerneville than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Guerneville may be for you.

One downside of living in Guerneville, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 33.72 minutes every day commuting to work.

The population of Guerneville is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 38.50% of adults in Guerneville have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Guerneville in 2022 was $56,895, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $227,580 for a family of four. However, Guerneville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Guerneville is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Guerneville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Guerneville residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Guerneville also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 16.06% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Guerneville include Irish, German, Italian, English, and European.

The most common language spoken in Guerneville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Native American languages.