Foresthill vs Meadow Vista

A side-by-side comparison of Foresthill and Meadow Vista: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Meadow Vista has the higher population (3,343 vs 1,455 in Foresthill). Foresthill has the higher median household income ($102,632 vs $95,998 in Meadow Vista). Since 2019, Meadow Vista's population has grown faster (-9.1% vs -21.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Foresthill	Meadow Vista
Population	1,455	3,343
Median age	39.1 yrs	53.7 yrs
Median household income	$102,632	$95,998
Median home value	—	$609,700
Median gross rent	$2,274	$1,496
Housing units	510	1,416
Homeownership rate	60.0%	84.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	39.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Foresthill	Meadow Vista
Population	1,856 → 1,455 (-21.6%)	3,679 → 3,343 (-9.1%)
Median household income	$53,164 → $102,632 (+93.0%)	$92,411 → $95,998 (+3.9%)
Median home value	$376,100 → $648,300 (+72.4%)	$503,400 → $609,700 (+21.1%)
Median gross rent	$846 → $2,274 (+168.8%)	$1,750 → $1,496 (-14.5%)

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

Meadow Vista

Population

3,6793,343

Median household income

$92,411$95,998

Median home value

$503,400$609,700

Median gross rent

$1,750$1,496

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Foresthill	Meadow Vista
Under 5	0.0%	6.7%
5 to 17	40.0%	12.4%
18 to 24	4.5%	3.3%
25 to 34	0.0%	11.8%
35 to 44	23.2%	7.6%
45 to 54	5.9%	8.8%
55 to 64	19.0%	17.8%
65 to 74	6.5%	20.4%
75 and over	0.8%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Foresthill	Meadow Vista
White (non-Hispanic)	43.7%	79.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	51.3%	11.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Foresthill	Meadow Vista
No high school diploma	9.0%	1.7%
High school graduate	36.4%	15.8%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	42.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	23.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	16.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Foresthill	Meadow Vista
Drove alone	73.2%	78.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	18.7%
Other means	22.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Foresthill	Meadow Vista
1-unit, detached	56.7%	92.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	24.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.9%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Foresthill	Meadow Vista
Poverty rate	8.2%	3.8%
Average household size	2.85	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	33	30
Median year structure built	1977	1978