Forbestown vs Richvale

A side-by-side comparison of Forbestown and Richvale: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Forbestown has the higher population (327 vs 298 in Richvale). Richvale has the higher median household income ($73,333 vs $69,583 in Forbestown). Richvale has the higher median home value ($249,500 vs $195,800 in Forbestown).

Population, income & housing

	Forbestown	Richvale
Population	327	298
Median age	33.9 yrs	59.0 yrs
Median household income	$69,583	$73,333
Median home value	$195,800	$249,500
Housing units	103	124
Homeownership rate	100.0%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	50.0%
Unemployment rate	38.9%	45.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forbestown	Richvale
Population	413 → 327 (-20.8%)	209 → 298 (+42.6%)
Median household income	$58,942 → $69,583 (+18.1%)	$86,402 → $73,333 (-15.1%)
Median home value	$235,200 → $195,800 (-16.8%)	$274,000 → $249,500 (-8.9%)

Forbestown

Population

413327

Median household income

$58,942$69,583

Median home value

$235,200$195,800

Richvale

Population

209298

Median household income

$86,402$73,333

Median home value

$274,000$249,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forbestown	Richvale
Under 5	15.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.2%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	32.2%
25 to 34	33.3%	0.0%
35 to 44	3.4%	9.7%
45 to 54	11.3%	0.0%
55 to 64	24.8%	17.1%
65 to 74	0.0%	21.1%
75 and over	0.0%	19.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forbestown	Richvale
White (non-Hispanic)	24.8%	71.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	18.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	6.4%	7.7%
Two or more races	50.2%	12.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forbestown	Richvale
No high school diploma	29.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	28.6%	44.1%
Some college or associate's	42.4%	5.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	19.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	30.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forbestown	Richvale
Drove alone	0.0%	0.0%
Carpooled	100.0%	32.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	67.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forbestown	Richvale
1-unit, detached	59.2%	100.0%
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	40.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Forbestown	Richvale
Poverty rate	12.2%	7.4%
Average household size	3.17	2.40
Median year structure built	1988	1963