Rough and Ready vs Washington

A side-by-side comparison of Rough and Ready and Washington: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rough and Ready has the higher population (659 vs 124 in Washington). Since 2019, Washington's population has grown faster (+121.4% vs +32.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Rough and Ready	Washington
Population	659	124
Median age	54.8 yrs	61.2 yrs
Median household income	$100,417	—
Median home value	$659,900	—
Median gross rent	$1,098	$1,328
Housing units	484	66
Homeownership rate	77.2%	55.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.2%	6.5%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	10.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rough and Ready	Washington
Population	499 → 659 (+32.1%)	56 → 124 (+121.4%)
Median household income	—	$60,714 → $62,500 (+2.9%)
Median home value	$292,300 → $659,900 (+125.8%)	$138,400 → $275,000 (+98.7%)
Median gross rent	$807 → $1,098 (+36.1%)	$1,175 → $1,328 (+13.0%)

Rough and Ready

Population

499659

Median home value

$292,300$659,900

Median gross rent

$807$1,098

Washington

Population

56124

Median household income

$60,714$62,500

Median home value

$138,400$275,000

Median gross rent

$1,175$1,328

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rough and Ready	Washington
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	24.1%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	11.3%
35 to 44	12.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	15.5%	2.4%
55 to 64	15.0%	54.8%
65 to 74	11.4%	25.0%
75 and over	22.0%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rough and Ready	Washington
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rough and Ready	Washington
No high school diploma	4.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	20.8%	54.0%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	39.5%
Bachelor's degree	28.4%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rough and Ready	Washington
Drove alone	50.0%	22.4%
Carpooled	32.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.2%	77.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rough and Ready	Washington
1-unit, detached	72.5%	57.6%
1-unit, attached	7.6%	24.2%
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	19.8%	18.2%

Poverty & households

	Rough and Ready	Washington
Poverty rate	1.2%	24.2%
Average household size	2.47	2.64
Median year structure built	1983	1938