Foresthill vs Kings Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Foresthill and Kings Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kings Beach has the higher population (2,493 vs 1,455 in Foresthill). Foresthill has the higher median household income ($102,632 vs $53,964 in Kings Beach). Since 2019, Kings Beach's population has grown faster (-18.1% vs -21.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Foresthill	Kings Beach
Population	1,455	2,493
Median age	39.1 yrs	44.9 yrs
Median household income	$102,632	$53,964
Median home value	—	$680,200
Median gross rent	$2,274	$1,245
Housing units	510	2,236
Homeownership rate	60.0%	58.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	27.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Foresthill	Kings Beach
Population	1,856 → 1,455 (-21.6%)	3,044 → 2,493 (-18.1%)
Median household income	$53,164 → $102,632 (+93.0%)	$49,485 → $53,964 (+9.1%)
Median home value	$376,100 → $648,300 (+72.4%)	$471,000 → $680,200 (+44.4%)
Median gross rent	$846 → $2,274 (+168.8%)	$1,183 → $1,245 (+5.2%)

Foresthill

Population

1,8561,455

Median household income

$53,164$102,632

Median home value

$376,100$648,300

Median gross rent

$846$2,274

Kings Beach

Population

3,0442,493

Median household income

$49,485$53,964

Median home value

$471,000$680,200

Median gross rent

$1,183$1,245

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Foresthill	Kings Beach
Under 5	0.0%	2.4%
5 to 17	40.0%	13.1%
18 to 24	4.5%	7.1%
25 to 34	0.0%	9.0%
35 to 44	23.2%	18.8%
45 to 54	5.9%	21.4%
55 to 64	19.0%	13.3%
65 to 74	6.5%	11.4%
75 and over	0.8%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Foresthill	Kings Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	43.7%	49.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	51.3%	47.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Foresthill	Kings Beach
No high school diploma	9.0%	25.7%
High school graduate	36.4%	19.9%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	27.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	9.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Foresthill	Kings Beach
Drove alone	73.2%	71.9%
Carpooled	0.0%	18.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	3.7%
Other means	22.2%	4.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Foresthill	Kings Beach
1-unit, detached	56.7%	58.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	14.6%
5 to 19 units	24.3%	15.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	16.9%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Foresthill	Kings Beach
Poverty rate	8.2%	11.3%
Average household size	2.85	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	33	21
Median year structure built	1977	1974