Forbestown vs Stirling City

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

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

Stirling City has the higher population (436 vs 327 in Forbestown). Forbestown has the higher median household income ($69,583 vs $56,026 in Stirling City). Stirling City has the higher median home value ($256,800 vs $195,800 in Forbestown).

Population, income & housing

	Forbestown	Stirling City
Population	327	436
Median age	33.9 yrs	26.9 yrs
Median household income	$69,583	$56,026
Median home value	$195,800	$256,800
Median gross rent	—	$950
Housing units	103	205
Homeownership rate	100.0%	71.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	3.4%
Unemployment rate	38.9%	47.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forbestown	Stirling City
Population	413 → 327 (-20.8%)	374 → 436 (+16.6%)
Median household income	$58,942 → $69,583 (+18.1%)	$29,537 → $56,026 (+89.7%)
Median home value	$235,200 → $195,800 (-16.8%)	$216,700 → $256,800 (+18.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$588 → $950 (+61.6%)

Forbestown

Population

413327

Median household income

$58,942$69,583

Median home value

$235,200$195,800

Stirling City

Population

374436

Median household income

$29,537$56,026

Median home value

$216,700$256,800

Median gross rent

$588$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forbestown	Stirling City
Under 5	15.0%	18.3%
5 to 17	12.2%	14.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	33.3%	20.6%
35 to 44	3.4%	4.8%
45 to 54	11.3%	0.0%
55 to 64	24.8%	31.0%
65 to 74	0.0%	6.2%
75 and over	0.0%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forbestown	Stirling City
White (non-Hispanic)	24.8%	93.3%
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%	0.0%
Two or more races	50.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forbestown	Stirling City
No high school diploma	29.0%	5.5%
High school graduate	28.6%	77.8%
Some college or associate's	42.4%	13.3%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	3.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forbestown	Stirling City
Drove alone	0.0%	88.4%
Carpooled	100.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	11.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forbestown	Stirling City
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	Stirling City
Poverty rate	12.2%	17.5%
Average household size	3.17	2.66
Median year structure built	1988	1941