Furnace Creek vs Olancha

A side-by-side comparison of Furnace Creek and Olancha: population, income, housing, and more.

Furnace Creek and Olancha are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Olancha has the higher population (138 vs 102 in Furnace Creek). Olancha has the higher median home value ($318,800 vs $9,999 in Furnace Creek). Since 2019, Furnace Creek's population has grown faster (-5.6% vs -39.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Furnace Creek	Olancha
Population	102	138
Median age	35.9 yrs	60.6 yrs
Median home value	$9,999	$318,800
Housing units	114	70
Homeownership rate	24.3%	69.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.3%	7.2%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Furnace Creek	Olancha
Population	108 → 102 (-5.6%)	229 → 138 (-39.7%)
Median household income	$24,716 → $41,583 (+68.2%)	$115,313 → $61,964 (-46.3%)
Median home value	$9,999 → $9,999 (+0.0%)	$199,400 → $318,800 (+59.9%)
Median gross rent	$161 → $99 (-38.5%)	—

Furnace Creek

Population

108102

Median household income

$24,716$41,583

Median home value

$9,999$9,999

Median gross rent

$161$99

Olancha

Population

229138

Median household income

$115,313$61,964

Median home value

$199,400$318,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Furnace Creek	Olancha
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	2.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	53.9%	0.0%
45 to 54	11.8%	24.6%
55 to 64	19.6%	34.8%
65 to 74	4.9%	40.6%
75 and over	6.9%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Furnace Creek	Olancha
White (non-Hispanic)	56.9%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	18.6%	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	2.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	22.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Furnace Creek	Olancha
No high school diploma	0.0%	17.4%
High school graduate	45.5%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	42.8%
Bachelor's degree	32.3%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Furnace Creek	Olancha
Drove alone	5.1%	100.0%
Carpooled	3.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	91.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Furnace Creek	Olancha
1-unit, detached	7.9%	78.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	20.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	71.9%	21.4%

Poverty & households

	Furnace Creek	Olancha
Poverty rate	49.0%	4.3%
Average household size	1.38	2.46
Median year structure built	1978	1977