Foresthill vs Penryn

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

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

Foresthill has the higher population (1,455 vs 1,059 in Penryn). Penryn has the higher median household income ($121,302 vs $102,632 in Foresthill). Since 2019, Penryn's population has grown faster (+29.5% vs -21.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Foresthill	Penryn
Population	1,455	1,059
Median age	39.1 yrs	57.3 yrs
Median household income	$102,632	$121,302
Median home value	—	$731,300
Median gross rent	$2,274	$1,331
Housing units	510	500
Homeownership rate	60.0%	86.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	40.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Foresthill	Penryn
Population	1,856 → 1,455 (-21.6%)	818 → 1,059 (+29.5%)
Median household income	$53,164 → $102,632 (+93.0%)	$61,905 → $121,302 (+95.9%)
Median home value	$376,100 → $648,300 (+72.4%)	$540,900 → $731,300 (+35.2%)
Median gross rent	$846 → $2,274 (+168.8%)	$1,458 → $1,331 (-8.7%)

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

Penryn

Population

8181,059

Median household income

$61,905$121,302

Median home value

$540,900$731,300

Median gross rent

$1,458$1,331

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Foresthill	Penryn
Under 5	0.0%	4.4%
5 to 17	40.0%	16.1%
18 to 24	4.5%	2.7%
25 to 34	0.0%	3.2%
35 to 44	23.2%	13.6%
45 to 54	5.9%	6.5%
55 to 64	19.0%	23.9%
65 to 74	6.5%	14.6%
75 and over	0.8%	14.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Foresthill	Penryn
White (non-Hispanic)	43.7%	80.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	10.8%
Hispanic or Latino	51.3%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Foresthill	Penryn
No high school diploma	9.0%	7.1%
High school graduate	36.4%	10.3%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	42.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	19.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Foresthill	Penryn
Drove alone	73.2%	64.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	31.7%
Other means	22.2%	3.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Foresthill	Penryn
1-unit, detached	56.7%	72.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	25.6%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	24.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Foresthill	Penryn
Poverty rate	8.2%	2.0%
Average household size	2.85	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	33	23
Median year structure built	1977	1987