Coarsegold vs Oakhurst

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

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

Oakhurst has the higher population (4,956 vs 4,301 in Coarsegold). Coarsegold has the higher median household income ($82,574 vs $76,606 in Oakhurst). Oakhurst has the higher median home value ($372,500 vs $315,000 in Coarsegold).

Population, income & housing

	Coarsegold	Oakhurst
Population	4,301	4,956
Median age	40.8 yrs	55.4 yrs
Median household income	$82,574	$76,606
Median home value	$315,000	$372,500
Median gross rent	$1,420	$1,300
Housing units	1,951	2,965
Homeownership rate	88.3%	83.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.5%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coarsegold	Oakhurst
Population	1,585 → 4,301 (+171.4%)	3,446 → 4,956 (+43.8%)
Median household income	$62,992 → $82,574 (+31.1%)	$44,310 → $76,606 (+72.9%)
Median home value	$250,000 → $315,000 (+26.0%)	$247,600 → $372,500 (+50.4%)
Median gross rent	$774 → $1,420 (+83.5%)	$1,144 → $1,300 (+13.6%)

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

Oakhurst

Population

3,4464,956

Median household income

$44,310$76,606

Median home value

$247,600$372,500

Median gross rent

$1,144$1,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coarsegold	Oakhurst
Under 5	2.3%	3.0%
5 to 17	18.1%	8.8%
18 to 24	5.0%	9.3%
25 to 34	11.0%	10.6%
35 to 44	19.2%	7.5%
45 to 54	6.1%	10.0%
55 to 64	12.4%	19.5%
65 to 74	14.3%	17.7%
75 and over	11.7%	13.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coarsegold	Oakhurst
White (non-Hispanic)	80.9%	82.6%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.5%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.7%	11.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coarsegold	Oakhurst
No high school diploma	5.4%	9.4%
High school graduate	31.7%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	42.4%	37.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	10.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coarsegold	Oakhurst
Drove alone	68.0%	75.5%
Carpooled	7.8%	1.0%
Public transit	1.7%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	18.0%
Other means	10.5%	4.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coarsegold	Oakhurst
1-unit, detached	66.7%	77.3%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	5.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	27.4%	13.6%

Poverty & households

	Coarsegold	Oakhurst
Poverty rate	11.9%	13.0%
Average household size	2.58	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	45	26
Median year structure built	1993	1980