Ahwahnee vs North Fork

A side-by-side comparison of Ahwahnee and North Fork: population, income, housing, and more.

Ahwahnee and North Fork are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

North Fork has the higher population (2,914 vs 1,532 in Ahwahnee). North Fork has the higher median household income ($68,304 vs $65,980 in Ahwahnee). Ahwahnee has the higher median home value ($448,000 vs $331,500 in North Fork).

Population, income & housing

	Ahwahnee	North Fork
Population	1,532	2,914
Median age	66.3 yrs	60.4 yrs
Median household income	$65,980	$68,304
Median home value	$448,000	$331,500
Median gross rent	$1,617	$1,350
Housing units	835	1,578
Homeownership rate	76.6%	81.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	19.2%
Unemployment rate	12.4%	18.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ahwahnee	North Fork
Population	2,513 → 1,532 (-39.0%)	3,306 → 2,914 (-11.9%)
Median household income	$71,336 → $65,980 (-7.5%)	$58,958 → $68,304 (+15.9%)
Median home value	$312,300 → $448,000 (+43.5%)	$239,900 → $331,500 (+38.2%)
Median gross rent	$785 → $1,617 (+106.0%)	$857 → $1,350 (+57.5%)

Ahwahnee

Population

2,5131,532

Median household income

$71,336$65,980

Median home value

$312,300$448,000

Median gross rent

$785$1,617

North Fork

Population

3,3062,914

Median household income

$58,958$68,304

Median home value

$239,900$331,500

Median gross rent

$857$1,350

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ahwahnee	North Fork
Under 5	1.9%	1.5%
5 to 17	7.2%	13.6%
18 to 24	8.6%	7.0%
25 to 34	2.7%	7.5%
35 to 44	8.9%	5.2%
45 to 54	2.9%	6.6%
55 to 64	11.2%	20.9%
65 to 74	34.8%	27.6%
75 and over	21.9%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ahwahnee	North Fork
White (non-Hispanic)	79.7%	74.2%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	7.8%
Asian	1.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	8.5%
Hispanic or Latino	13.8%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ahwahnee	North Fork
No high school diploma	7.4%	7.7%
High school graduate	23.7%	23.2%
Some college or associate's	48.2%	49.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.9%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ahwahnee	North Fork
Drove alone	54.0%	77.1%
Carpooled	11.4%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.2%	14.4%
Other means	8.2%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ahwahnee	North Fork
1-unit, detached	88.5%	67.2%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.2%	32.8%

Poverty & households

	Ahwahnee	North Fork
Poverty rate	12.3%	11.0%
Average household size	2.18	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	13	26
Median year structure built	1981	1983