French Gulch vs Montgomery Creek

A side-by-side comparison of French Gulch and Montgomery Creek: population, income, housing, and more.

French Gulch and Montgomery Creek are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Montgomery Creek has the higher population (227 vs 221 in French Gulch). Montgomery Creek has the higher median household income ($36,563 vs $32,188 in French Gulch). Since 2019, Montgomery Creek's population has grown faster (+56.6% vs -49.0%).

Population, income & housing

	French Gulch	Montgomery Creek
Population	221	227
Median age	57.8 yrs	64.0 yrs
Median household income	$32,188	$36,563
Median home value	$84,100	—
Median gross rent	$1,350	—
Housing units	112	128
Homeownership rate	81.2%	81.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	34.6%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	17.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	French Gulch	Montgomery Creek
Population	433 → 221 (-49.0%)	145 → 227 (+56.6%)
Median household income	$43,583 → $32,188 (-26.1%)	$32,833 → $36,563 (+11.4%)
Median home value	$103,500 → $84,100 (-18.7%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,042 → $1,350 (+29.6%)	—

French Gulch

Population

433221

Median household income

$43,583$32,188

Median home value

$103,500$84,100

Median gross rent

$1,042$1,350

Montgomery Creek

Population

145227

Median household income

$32,833$36,563

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	French Gulch	Montgomery Creek
Under 5	3.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	19.0%	4.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.6%	6.6%
35 to 44	7.7%	15.0%
45 to 54	3.6%	0.4%
55 to 64	23.5%	28.2%
65 to 74	30.3%	24.7%
75 and over	4.1%	20.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	French Gulch	Montgomery Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	82.8%	61.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	6.2%
Asian	6.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	32.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	French Gulch	Montgomery Creek
No high school diploma	12.2%	12.4%
High school graduate	30.8%	27.6%
Some college or associate's	42.4%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	11.0%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	24.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	French Gulch	Montgomery Creek
Drove alone	57.1%	77.2%
Carpooled	3.6%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	2.2%
Walked	3.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	8.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.8%	14.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	French Gulch	Montgomery Creek
1-unit, detached	44.6%	91.4%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	53.6%	8.6%

Poverty & households

	French Gulch	Montgomery Creek
Poverty rate	7.7%	15.0%
Average household size	2.60	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	32	33
Median year structure built	1982	1978