Berry Creek vs Forest Ranch

A side-by-side comparison of Berry Creek and Forest Ranch: population, income, housing, and more.

Berry Creek and Forest Ranch are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Forest Ranch has the higher population (1,974 vs 793 in Berry Creek). Forest Ranch has the higher median household income ($154,212 vs $47,679 in Berry Creek). Forest Ranch has the higher median home value ($491,300 vs $276,400 in Berry Creek).

Population, income & housing

	Berry Creek	Forest Ranch
Population	793	1,974
Median age	54.9 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$47,679	$154,212
Median home value	$276,400	$491,300
Median gross rent	$989	—
Housing units	515	733
Homeownership rate	83.4%	99.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.4%	32.9%
Unemployment rate	21.4%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Berry Creek	Forest Ranch
Population	1,313 → 793 (-39.6%)	772 → 1,974 (+155.7%)
Median household income	$34,495 → $47,679 (+38.2%)	$174,090 → $154,212 (-11.4%)
Median home value	$173,000 → $276,400 (+59.8%)	$560,500 → $491,300 (-12.3%)
Median gross rent	$798 → $989 (+23.9%)	—

Berry Creek

Population

1,313793

Median household income

$34,495$47,679

Median home value

$173,000$276,400

Median gross rent

$798$989

Forest Ranch

Population

7721,974

Median household income

$174,090$154,212

Median home value

$560,500$491,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Berry Creek	Forest Ranch
Under 5	0.5%	6.9%
5 to 17	12.1%	19.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.1%
25 to 34	5.3%	5.4%
35 to 44	9.0%	19.0%
45 to 54	23.6%	17.4%
55 to 64	14.5%	11.8%
65 to 74	28.9%	14.4%
75 and over	6.2%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Berry Creek	Forest Ranch
White (non-Hispanic)	85.1%	85.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	10.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Berry Creek	Forest Ranch
No high school diploma	11.7%	20.3%
High school graduate	33.3%	19.8%
Some college or associate's	46.6%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.6%	14.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Berry Creek	Forest Ranch
Drove alone	61.4%	80.4%
Carpooled	3.8%	18.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	34.8%	1.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Berry Creek	Forest Ranch
1-unit, detached	58.6%	91.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	41.4%	9.0%

Poverty & households

	Berry Creek	Forest Ranch
Poverty rate	30.3%	1.5%
Average household size	2.23	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	46	24
Median year structure built	1984	1990