Foresthill vs Newcastle

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

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

Newcastle has the higher population (1,594 vs 1,455 in Foresthill). Newcastle has the higher median household income ($110,446 vs $102,632 in Foresthill). Since 2019, Newcastle's population has grown faster (+32.0% vs -21.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Foresthill	Newcastle
Population	1,455	1,594
Median age	39.1 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$102,632	$110,446
Median home value	—	$596,400
Median gross rent	$2,274	$1,633
Housing units	510	727
Homeownership rate	60.0%	89.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	27.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Foresthill	Newcastle
Population	1,856 → 1,455 (-21.6%)	1,208 → 1,594 (+32.0%)
Median household income	$53,164 → $102,632 (+93.0%)	$75,250 → $110,446 (+46.8%)
Median home value	$376,100 → $648,300 (+72.4%)	$327,000 → $596,400 (+82.4%)
Median gross rent	$846 → $2,274 (+168.8%)	$1,109 → $1,633 (+47.2%)

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

Newcastle

Population

1,2081,594

Median household income

$75,250$110,446

Median home value

$327,000$596,400

Median gross rent

$1,109$1,633

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Foresthill	Newcastle
Under 5	0.0%	2.1%
5 to 17	40.0%	15.7%
18 to 24	4.5%	3.9%
25 to 34	0.0%	18.4%
35 to 44	23.2%	14.4%
45 to 54	5.9%	5.1%
55 to 64	19.0%	12.0%
65 to 74	6.5%	15.6%
75 and over	0.8%	12.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Foresthill	Newcastle
White (non-Hispanic)	43.7%	76.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	51.3%	16.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Foresthill	Newcastle
No high school diploma	9.0%	10.3%
High school graduate	36.4%	27.6%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Foresthill	Newcastle
Drove alone	73.2%	78.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	11.7%
Other means	22.2%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Foresthill	Newcastle
1-unit, detached	56.7%	61.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	24.3%	1.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.9%	33.7%

Poverty & households

	Foresthill	Newcastle
Poverty rate	8.2%	12.1%
Average household size	2.85	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	33	21
Median year structure built	1977	1977