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Point Arena, CA

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Point ArenaCA averageUS Census ACS
Population
831
Per-capita income
$56,191
Median home value
$431,300
Bachelor's or higher
35%
Typical home value $500,179 -7% yr/yr · -34.8% 5-yr
Home-value trend 2018–2026 (Zillow ZHVI)
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🗳️ Election results (3 races)
Local election returns — winner marked ✓.
City Council 2024-11-05
Jim Koogle ✓ 108 · Dan Doyle ✓ 106 · Jeffery Hansen ✓ 58
City Council 2022-11-08
Barbara Burkey ✓ 109 · Anna Dobbins 93
City Council 2020-11-03
Scott M. Ignacio ✓ 164 · Olivia Ford 119

Recent meetings

Tue Jul 28, 2026 · 18:00

City Council

Tue Jun 23, 2026 · 18:00

City Council

💰 Federal awards (top 2 by amount)
Largest recent federal contract/grant awards to recipients in this city (2023–present), via USAspending.gov.
$20,695CITY OF POINT ARENA
Department of the Interior · THIS IS A SOLE SOURCE AWARD NOTICE IN ACCORDANCE WITH FAR 13.1061(B)(1
$15,267CITY OF POINT ARENA
Department of the Interior · VISITOR SVS&MAINT.- PT ARENA-STORNETTA IGF::OT::IGF

Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury) — federal awards only, not city budgets.

🌐 County-level context (Mendocino County)
County-level context — from BLS, IRS, FEMA, HUD, Census. These figures cover the whole county this city sits in, not just the city itself.
Adults with low literacy23.0% (low numeracy 32% · 2017)

Sources: BLS LAUS, IRS SOI, FEMA, NHTSA FARS, Census CBP, HUD, NCES PIAAC

City profile

Everything below is drawn from this city’s own public record and primary-source government data. AI-written summaries are a finding aid, not a citable quote.

$1.4M
Annual budget
19
Employees on payroll

The money — in

source: Census gov-finance & state comptroller

Budget

Revenue$1.4M
Spending$1.6M
Operating spending ran ahead of revenue this year.

The money — out

source: city procurement & payroll

Who the city actually cuts checks to.

19 employees on the public payroll — every position and salary is public record.

Outcomes — economic mobility

source: Opportunity Atlas (Harvard) · research use

For kids who grew up here in low-income households, their adult household-income rank (0–1). The average hides a gap by race:

White kids
0.423
All kids
0.399
Black kids
0.361

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Where it’s happening

geocoded land-use decisions
🗺 Interactive map
Every rezoning, development approval, and permit — explore the geocoded records in the research explorer.
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