Forest Meadows vs Murphys

A side-by-side comparison of Forest Meadows and Murphys: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Murphys has the higher population (1,821 vs 1,485 in Forest Meadows). Forest Meadows has the higher median household income ($88,250 vs $54,875 in Murphys). Murphys has the higher median home value ($506,300 vs $484,100 in Forest Meadows).

Population, income & housing

	Forest Meadows	Murphys
Population	1,485	1,821
Median age	50.5 yrs	62.8 yrs
Median household income	$88,250	$54,875
Median home value	$484,100	$506,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,581
Housing units	1,013	1,303
Homeownership rate	92.4%	67.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.8%	31.9%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest Meadows	Murphys
Population	1,327 → 1,485 (+11.9%)	2,188 → 1,821 (-16.8%)
Median household income	$77,500 → $88,250 (+13.9%)	$48,246 → $54,875 (+13.7%)
Median home value	$370,400 → $484,100 (+30.7%)	$302,300 → $506,300 (+67.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,461 → $1,818 (+24.4%)	$1,606 → $1,581 (-1.6%)

Forest Meadows

Population

1,3271,485

Median household income

$77,500$88,250

Median home value

$370,400$484,100

Median gross rent

$1,461$1,818

Murphys

Population

2,1881,821

Median household income

$48,246$54,875

Median home value

$302,300$506,300

Median gross rent

$1,606$1,581

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest Meadows	Murphys
Under 5	5.9%	1.6%
5 to 17	13.9%	4.2%
18 to 24	3.6%	4.0%
25 to 34	10.2%	10.3%
35 to 44	9.6%	10.5%
45 to 54	12.8%	8.8%
55 to 64	11.4%	13.9%
65 to 74	23.7%	25.1%
75 and over	8.8%	21.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest Meadows	Murphys
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	90.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest Meadows	Murphys
No high school diploma	0.0%	8.5%
High school graduate	19.3%	26.4%
Some college or associate's	40.9%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.8%	20.9%
Graduate or professional degree	17.1%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest Meadows	Murphys
Drove alone	73.5%	68.4%
Carpooled	2.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.8%	10.1%
Other means	0.0%	21.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest Meadows	Murphys
1-unit, detached	80.1%	74.1%
1-unit, attached	8.4%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	19.6%

Poverty & households

	Forest Meadows	Murphys
Poverty rate	10.3%	12.2%
Average household size	2.32	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1988	1979