Fruitridge Pocket vs Gold River

A side-by-side comparison of Fruitridge Pocket and Gold River: population, income, housing, and more.

Fruitridge Pocket and Gold River are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Gold River has the higher population (7,661 vs 5,675 in Fruitridge Pocket). Gold River has the higher median household income ($166,250 vs $51,350 in Fruitridge Pocket). Gold River has the higher median home value ($682,200 vs $338,800 in Fruitridge Pocket).

Population, income & housing

	Fruitridge Pocket	Gold River
Population	5,675	7,661
Median age	36.3 yrs	53.8 yrs
Median household income	$51,350	$166,250
Median home value	$338,800	$682,200
Median gross rent	$1,185	$2,528
Housing units	1,910	3,701
Homeownership rate	58.2%	87.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	64.7%
Unemployment rate	11.6%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fruitridge Pocket	Gold River
Population	6,116 → 5,675 (-7.2%)	7,538 → 7,661 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$32,197 → $51,350 (+59.5%)	$119,038 → $166,250 (+39.7%)
Median home value	$182,300 → $338,800 (+85.8%)	$499,300 → $682,200 (+36.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,050 → $1,185 (+12.9%)	$1,874 → $2,528 (+34.9%)

Fruitridge Pocket

Population

6,1165,675

Median household income

$32,197$51,350

Median home value

$182,300$338,800

Median gross rent

$1,050$1,185

Gold River

Population

7,5387,661

Median household income

$119,038$166,250

Median home value

$499,300$682,200

Median gross rent

$1,874$2,528

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fruitridge Pocket	Gold River
Under 5	6.6%	3.2%
5 to 17	17.1%	13.4%
18 to 24	9.0%	2.7%
25 to 34	15.9%	6.0%
35 to 44	13.1%	10.8%
45 to 54	9.4%	15.0%
55 to 64	14.6%	15.5%
65 to 74	7.0%	22.2%
75 and over	7.4%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fruitridge Pocket	Gold River
White (non-Hispanic)	16.8%	69.9%
Black or African American	21.1%	2.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	15.2%	14.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.4%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.9%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	40.9%	9.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fruitridge Pocket	Gold River
No high school diploma	23.5%	1.9%
High school graduate	23.8%	7.6%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	25.7%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	36.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	28.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fruitridge Pocket	Gold River
Drove alone	71.7%	61.4%
Carpooled	13.1%	3.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.7%
Walked	2.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.6%
Worked from home	12.2%	34.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fruitridge Pocket	Gold River
1-unit, detached	81.8%	82.5%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	9.1%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	6.1%
20 or more units	4.3%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fruitridge Pocket	Gold River
Poverty rate	33.6%	2.0%
Average household size	2.90	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1958	1991