Potter Valley, CA population, income and ZIP codes

Potter Valley CDP is a very small community in California, with 611 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #1179 of 1,618 ranked by population — larger than 27% of them. The median age here is 37.2 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Potter Valley CDP earn a median of $79,844 a year, 1.7% above the national figure of $78,538 and 12% below the $91,111 median for the 1,050 California cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 4.4% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Potter Valley CDP is valued at $474,300, 56.3% above the national figure and 20% below the $589,600 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,652 a month, 17.5% above the national figure, or roughly $19,824 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 24.8% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 5.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 60.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

With 611 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Potter Valley CDP against its county rather than against national figures.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.