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.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Guerneville is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-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. The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Guerneville has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Guerneville a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here. In Guerneville, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.72 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly 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.
