Coarsegold vs North Fork

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

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

Coarsegold has the higher population (4,301 vs 2,914 in North Fork). Coarsegold has the higher median household income ($82,574 vs $68,304 in North Fork). North Fork has the higher median home value ($331,500 vs $315,000 in Coarsegold).

Population, income & housing

	Coarsegold	North Fork
Population	4,301	2,914
Median age	40.8 yrs	60.4 yrs
Median household income	$82,574	$68,304
Median home value	$315,000	$331,500
Median gross rent	$1,420	$1,350
Housing units	1,951	1,578
Homeownership rate	88.3%	81.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%	19.2%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	18.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coarsegold	North Fork
Population	1,585 → 4,301 (+171.4%)	3,306 → 2,914 (-11.9%)
Median household income	$62,992 → $82,574 (+31.1%)	$58,958 → $68,304 (+15.9%)
Median home value	$250,000 → $315,000 (+26.0%)	$239,900 → $331,500 (+38.2%)
Median gross rent	$774 → $1,420 (+83.5%)	$857 → $1,350 (+57.5%)

Coarsegold

Population

1,5854,301

Median household income

$62,992$82,574

Median home value

$250,000$315,000

Median gross rent

$774$1,420

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)

	Coarsegold	North Fork
Under 5	2.3%	1.5%
5 to 17	18.1%	13.6%
18 to 24	5.0%	7.0%
25 to 34	11.0%	7.5%
35 to 44	19.2%	5.2%
45 to 54	6.1%	6.6%
55 to 64	12.4%	20.9%
65 to 74	14.3%	27.6%
75 and over	11.7%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coarsegold	North Fork
White (non-Hispanic)	80.9%	74.2%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	7.8%
Asian	1.5%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	8.5%
Hispanic or Latino	10.7%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coarsegold	North Fork
No high school diploma	5.4%	7.7%
High school graduate	31.7%	23.2%
Some college or associate's	42.4%	49.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coarsegold	North Fork
Drove alone	68.0%	77.1%
Carpooled	7.8%	7.3%
Public transit	1.7%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	14.4%
Other means	10.5%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coarsegold	North Fork
1-unit, detached	66.7%	67.2%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.4%	32.8%

Poverty & households

	Coarsegold	North Fork
Poverty rate	11.9%	11.0%
Average household size	2.58	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	45	26
Median year structure built	1993	1983