El Verano vs Forestville

A side-by-side comparison of El Verano and Forestville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Forestville has the higher population (3,862 vs 3,154 in El Verano). El Verano has the higher median household income ($119,527 vs $105,139 in Forestville). El Verano has the higher median home value ($870,100 vs $706,200 in Forestville).

Population, income & housing

	El Verano	Forestville
Population	3,154	3,862
Median age	44.4 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$119,527	$105,139
Median home value	$870,100	$706,200
Median gross rent	$2,430	$1,851
Housing units	1,294	1,571
Homeownership rate	65.3%	74.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.7%	45.6%
Unemployment rate	10.6%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	El Verano	Forestville
Population	3,295 → 3,154 (-4.3%)	3,761 → 3,862 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$107,593 → $119,527 (+11.1%)	$72,083 → $105,139 (+45.9%)
Median home value	$605,400 → $870,100 (+43.7%)	$563,700 → $706,200 (+25.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,794 → $2,430 (+35.5%)	$1,169 → $1,851 (+58.3%)

El Verano

Population

3,2953,154

Median household income

$107,593$119,527

Median home value

$605,400$870,100

Median gross rent

$1,794$2,430

Forestville

Population

3,7613,862

Median household income

$72,083$105,139

Median home value

$563,700$706,200

Median gross rent

$1,169$1,851

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	El Verano	Forestville
Under 5	6.5%	6.4%
5 to 17	10.2%	15.8%
18 to 24	5.4%	2.3%
25 to 34	14.5%	10.0%
35 to 44	13.8%	16.3%
45 to 54	10.1%	8.9%
55 to 64	15.2%	17.7%
65 to 74	18.2%	16.0%
75 and over	6.1%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	El Verano	Forestville
White (non-Hispanic)	68.4%	67.3%
Black or African American	0.4%	3.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.8%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	2.0%	12.1%
Hispanic or Latino	29.2%	10.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	El Verano	Forestville
No high school diploma	13.5%	5.6%
High school graduate	15.0%	14.4%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	23.5%	25.2%
Graduate or professional degree	14.2%	20.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	El Verano	Forestville
Drove alone	71.8%	76.0%
Carpooled	3.7%	2.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	3.6%	0.6%
Worked from home	20.0%	20.1%
Other means	0.1%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	El Verano	Forestville
1-unit, detached	84.9%	93.7%
1-unit, attached	12.3%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	El Verano	Forestville
Poverty rate	2.8%	6.4%
Average household size	2.55	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	34	21
Median year structure built	1976	1968