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.Guerneville is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Guerneville is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Guerneville who work in management occupations (13.88%), food service (12.87%), and office and administrative support (11.03%). Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 19.87% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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 is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Guerneville, the average commute to work is 33.72 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. The education level of Guerneville citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 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.
