Biggs vs Forest Ranch

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

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

Biggs has the higher population (2,254 vs 1,974 in Forest Ranch). Forest Ranch has the higher median household income ($154,212 vs $73,542 in Biggs). Forest Ranch has the higher median home value ($491,300 vs $301,800 in Biggs).

Population, income & housing

	Biggs	Forest Ranch
Population	2,254	1,974
Median age	27.3 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$73,542	$154,212
Median home value	$301,800	$491,300
Median gross rent	$1,475	—
Housing units	769	733
Homeownership rate	69.5%	99.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.7%	32.9%
Unemployment rate	11.4%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Biggs	Forest Ranch
Population	2,175 → 2,254 (+3.6%)	772 → 1,974 (+155.7%)
Median household income	$54,188 → $73,542 (+35.7%)	$174,090 → $154,212 (-11.4%)
Median home value	$211,400 → $301,800 (+42.8%)	$560,500 → $491,300 (-12.3%)
Median gross rent	$992 → $1,475 (+48.7%)	—

Biggs

Population

2,1752,254

Median household income

$54,188$73,542

Median home value

$211,400$301,800

Median gross rent

$992$1,475

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)

	Biggs	Forest Ranch
Under 5	4.7%	6.9%
5 to 17	24.8%	19.2%
18 to 24	17.9%	3.1%
25 to 34	12.8%	5.4%
35 to 44	11.2%	19.0%
45 to 54	8.6%	17.4%
55 to 64	7.8%	11.8%
65 to 74	4.8%	14.4%
75 and over	7.5%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Biggs	Forest Ranch
White (non-Hispanic)	64.5%	85.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	27.5%	10.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Biggs	Forest Ranch
No high school diploma	12.2%	20.3%
High school graduate	43.0%	19.8%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	5.0%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	14.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Biggs	Forest Ranch
Drove alone	83.4%	80.4%
Carpooled	8.3%	18.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	1.6%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Biggs	Forest Ranch
1-unit, detached	83.0%	91.0%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.1%	9.0%

Poverty & households

	Biggs	Forest Ranch
Poverty rate	9.5%	1.5%
Average household size	3.25	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1975	1990