Forest Meadows vs Valley Springs

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

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

Forest Meadows has the higher population (1,485 vs 972 in Valley Springs). Forest Meadows has the higher median household income ($88,250 vs $32,004 in Valley Springs). Forest Meadows has the higher median home value ($484,100 vs $278,000 in Valley Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Forest Meadows	Valley Springs
Population	1,485	972
Median age	50.5 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$88,250	$32,004
Median home value	$484,100	$278,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,159
Housing units	1,013	279
Homeownership rate	92.4%	73.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.8%	13.5%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	15.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest Meadows	Valley Springs
Population	1,327 → 1,485 (+11.9%)	3,502 → 972 (-72.2%)
Median household income	$77,500 → $88,250 (+13.9%)	$68,898 → $32,004 (-53.5%)
Median home value	$370,400 → $484,100 (+30.7%)	$296,600 → $278,000 (-6.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,461 → $1,818 (+24.4%)	$1,632 → $1,159 (-29.0%)

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

Valley Springs

Population

3,502972

Median household income

$68,898$32,004

Median home value

$296,600$278,000

Median gross rent

$1,632$1,159

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest Meadows	Valley Springs
Under 5	5.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	13.9%	3.7%
18 to 24	3.6%	28.7%
25 to 34	10.2%	10.3%
35 to 44	9.6%	17.7%
45 to 54	12.8%	2.9%
55 to 64	11.4%	3.4%
65 to 74	23.7%	19.4%
75 and over	8.8%	13.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest Meadows	Valley Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	80.3%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	19.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest Meadows	Valley Springs
No high school diploma	0.0%	9.0%
High school graduate	19.3%	47.8%
Some college or associate's	40.9%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	22.8%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	17.1%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest Meadows	Valley Springs
Drove alone	73.5%	78.3%
Carpooled	2.0%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.8%	3.8%
Other means	0.0%	11.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest Meadows	Valley Springs
1-unit, detached	80.1%	60.9%
1-unit, attached	8.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	14.7%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	24.4%

Poverty & households

	Forest Meadows	Valley Springs
Poverty rate	10.3%	23.9%
Average household size	2.32	3.48
Mean commute (minutes)	20	17
Median year structure built	1988	1968