Forest Ranch vs South Oroville

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

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

South Oroville has the higher population (2,811 vs 1,974 in Forest Ranch). Forest Ranch has the higher median household income ($154,212 vs $64,785 in South Oroville). Forest Ranch has the higher median home value ($491,300 vs $248,400 in South Oroville).

Population, income & housing

	Forest Ranch	South Oroville
Population	1,974	2,811
Median age	44.5 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$154,212	$64,785
Median home value	$491,300	$248,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,288
Housing units	733	1,184
Homeownership rate	99.0%	66.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.9%	9.9%
Unemployment rate	7.5%	11.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest Ranch	South Oroville
Population	772 → 1,974 (+155.7%)	2,906 → 2,811 (-3.3%)
Median household income	$174,090 → $154,212 (-11.4%)	$46,917 → $64,785 (+38.1%)
Median home value	$560,500 → $491,300 (-12.3%)	$154,600 → $248,400 (+60.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$983 → $1,288 (+31.0%)

Forest Ranch

Population

7721,974

Median household income

$174,090$154,212

Median home value

$560,500$491,300

South Oroville

Population

2,9062,811

Median household income

$46,917$64,785

Median home value

$154,600$248,400

Median gross rent

$983$1,288

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest Ranch	South Oroville
Under 5	6.9%	14.4%
5 to 17	19.2%	12.2%
18 to 24	3.1%	3.6%
25 to 34	5.4%	21.3%
35 to 44	19.0%	14.9%
45 to 54	17.4%	7.3%
55 to 64	11.8%	11.7%
65 to 74	14.4%	10.7%
75 and over	2.7%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest Ranch	South Oroville
White (non-Hispanic)	85.2%	51.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	13.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.9%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	10.9%	27.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest Ranch	South Oroville
No high school diploma	20.3%	15.2%
High school graduate	19.8%	41.8%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	14.6%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest Ranch	South Oroville
Drove alone	80.4%	73.1%
Carpooled	18.1%	15.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	8.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest Ranch	South Oroville
1-unit, detached	91.0%	82.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.0%	11.5%

Poverty & households

	Forest Ranch	South Oroville
Poverty rate	1.5%	25.8%
Average household size	2.69	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1990	1972