Dorrington vs Rail Road Flat

A side-by-side comparison of Dorrington and Rail Road Flat: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rail Road Flat has the higher population (696 vs 512 in Dorrington). Dorrington has the higher median household income ($155,357 vs $85,656 in Rail Road Flat). Dorrington has the higher median home value ($383,300 vs $366,900 in Rail Road Flat).

Population, income & housing

	Dorrington	Rail Road Flat
Population	512	696
Median age	61.8 yrs	42.6 yrs
Median household income	$155,357	$85,656
Median home value	$383,300	$366,900
Median gross rent	—	$743
Housing units	1,858	424
Homeownership rate	100.0%	87.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.5%	22.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dorrington	Rail Road Flat
Population	278 → 512 (+84.2%)	191 → 696 (+264.4%)
Median household income	$43,750 → $155,357 (+255.1%)	$50,781 → $85,656 (+68.7%)
Median home value	$309,500 → $383,300 (+23.8%)	$238,900 → $366,900 (+53.6%)

Dorrington

Population

278512

Median household income

$43,750$155,357

Median home value

$309,500$383,300

Rail Road Flat

Population

191696

Median household income

$50,781$85,656

Median home value

$238,900$366,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dorrington	Rail Road Flat
Under 5	3.7%	1.9%
5 to 17	4.5%	24.0%
18 to 24	5.7%	4.5%
25 to 34	0.0%	11.4%
35 to 44	3.5%	10.2%
45 to 54	4.5%	3.7%
55 to 64	34.8%	26.0%
65 to 74	13.5%	10.6%
75 and over	29.9%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dorrington	Rail Road Flat
White (non-Hispanic)	97.3%	73.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	5.7%
Asian	0.2%	12.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dorrington	Rail Road Flat
No high school diploma	10.4%	3.5%
High school graduate	7.7%	47.2%
Some college or associate's	16.3%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	29.9%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	35.6%	12.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dorrington	Rail Road Flat
Drove alone	45.7%	54.4%
Carpooled	10.1%	23.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	44.2%	21.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dorrington	Rail Road Flat
1-unit, detached	98.5%	96.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.4%
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%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Dorrington	Rail Road Flat
Poverty rate	5.5%	11.5%
Average household size	2.06	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	—	45
Median year structure built	1984	1982