Forest Meadows vs San Andreas

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

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

San Andreas has the higher population (2,884 vs 1,485 in Forest Meadows). Forest Meadows has the higher median household income ($88,250 vs $42,231 in San Andreas). Forest Meadows has the higher median home value ($484,100 vs $384,300 in San Andreas).

Population, income & housing

	Forest Meadows	San Andreas
Population	1,485	2,884
Median age	50.5 yrs	56.1 yrs
Median household income	$88,250	$42,231
Median home value	$484,100	$384,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,291
Housing units	1,013	1,355
Homeownership rate	92.4%	68.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.8%	18.3%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest Meadows	San Andreas
Population	1,327 → 1,485 (+11.9%)	3,120 → 2,884 (-7.6%)
Median household income	$77,500 → $88,250 (+13.9%)	$39,225 → $42,231 (+7.7%)
Median home value	$370,400 → $484,100 (+30.7%)	$209,800 → $384,300 (+83.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,461 → $1,818 (+24.4%)	$1,300 → $1,291 (-0.7%)

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

San Andreas

Population

3,1202,884

Median household income

$39,225$42,231

Median home value

$209,800$384,300

Median gross rent

$1,300$1,291

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest Meadows	San Andreas
Under 5	5.9%	5.7%
5 to 17	13.9%	13.9%
18 to 24	3.6%	4.0%
25 to 34	10.2%	10.2%
35 to 44	9.6%	8.5%
45 to 54	12.8%	5.5%
55 to 64	11.4%	15.0%
65 to 74	23.7%	19.1%
75 and over	8.8%	18.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest Meadows	San Andreas
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	73.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	19.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest Meadows	San Andreas
No high school diploma	0.0%	5.9%
High school graduate	19.3%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	40.9%	45.5%
Bachelor's degree	22.8%	12.7%
Graduate or professional degree	17.1%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest Meadows	San Andreas
Drove alone	73.5%	72.9%
Carpooled	2.0%	0.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	1.6%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.8%	22.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest Meadows	San Andreas
1-unit, detached	80.1%	68.1%
1-unit, attached	8.4%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	14.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Forest Meadows	San Andreas
Poverty rate	10.3%	35.0%
Average household size	2.32	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	20	26
Median year structure built	1988	1970