Dorrington vs Mountain Ranch

A side-by-side comparison of Dorrington and Mountain Ranch: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dorrington has the higher population (512 vs 310 in Mountain Ranch). Mountain Ranch has the higher median household income ($160,837 vs $155,357 in Dorrington). Mountain Ranch has the higher median home value ($457,900 vs $383,300 in Dorrington).

Population, income & housing

	Dorrington	Mountain Ranch
Population	512	310
Median age	61.8 yrs	58.1 yrs
Median household income	$155,357	$160,837
Median home value	$383,300	$457,900
Housing units	1,858	221
Homeownership rate	100.0%	93.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.5%	46.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	20.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dorrington	Mountain Ranch
Population	278 → 512 (+84.2%)	1,141 → 310 (-72.8%)
Median household income	$43,750 → $155,357 (+255.1%)	$50,350 → $160,837 (+219.4%)
Median home value	$309,500 → $383,300 (+23.8%)	$286,200 → $457,900 (+60.0%)

Dorrington

Population

278512

Median household income

$43,750$155,357

Median home value

$309,500$383,300

Mountain Ranch

Population

1,141310

Median household income

$50,350$160,837

Median home value

$286,200$457,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dorrington	Mountain Ranch
Under 5	3.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	4.5%	0.0%
18 to 24	5.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	11.0%
35 to 44	3.5%	0.0%
45 to 54	4.5%	0.0%
55 to 64	34.8%	74.8%
65 to 74	13.5%	3.5%
75 and over	29.9%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dorrington	Mountain Ranch
White (non-Hispanic)	97.3%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dorrington	Mountain Ranch
No high school diploma	10.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	7.7%	41.0%
Some college or associate's	16.3%	12.3%
Bachelor's degree	29.9%	46.8%
Graduate or professional degree	35.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dorrington	Mountain Ranch
Drove alone	45.7%	100.0%
Carpooled	10.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	44.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dorrington	Mountain Ranch
1-unit, detached	98.5%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dorrington	Mountain Ranch
Poverty rate	5.5%	8.7%
Average household size	2.06	1.93
Median year structure built	1984	2001