Burnt Ranch vs Mad River

A side-by-side comparison of Burnt Ranch and Mad River: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mad River has the higher population (544 vs 253 in Burnt Ranch). Burnt Ranch has the higher median home value ($526,300 vs $280,900 in Mad River). Since 2019, Mad River's population has grown faster (+18.8% vs -15.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Burnt Ranch	Mad River
Population	253	544
Median age	16.7 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median home value	$526,300	$280,900
Housing units	159	384
Homeownership rate	48.6%	55.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.8%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Burnt Ranch	Mad River
Population	299 → 253 (-15.4%)	458 → 544 (+18.8%)
Median household income	$56,250 → $55,357 (-1.6%)	$25,400 → $30,125 (+18.6%)
Median home value	$262,500 → $526,300 (+100.5%)	$233,300 → $280,900 (+20.4%)

Burnt Ranch

Population

299253

Median household income

$56,250$55,357

Median home value

$262,500$526,300

Mad River

Population

458544

Median household income

$25,400$30,125

Median home value

$233,300$280,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Burnt Ranch	Mad River
Under 5	11.1%	3.5%
5 to 17	41.9%	29.0%
18 to 24	6.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	5.5%	2.2%
35 to 44	5.5%	22.1%
45 to 54	22.9%	0.6%
55 to 64	1.6%	31.6%
65 to 74	0.0%	6.8%
75 and over	5.1%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Burnt Ranch	Mad River
White (non-Hispanic)	69.6%	90.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	30.4%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Burnt Ranch	Mad River
No high school diploma	4.9%	2.2%
High school graduate	29.1%	27.0%
Some college or associate's	59.2%	59.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.8%	5.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Burnt Ranch	Mad River
Drove alone	14.7%	92.4%
Carpooled	11.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	73.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Burnt Ranch	Mad River
1-unit, detached	85.5%	58.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.6%
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	14.5%	38.5%

Poverty & households

	Burnt Ranch	Mad River
Poverty rate	55.3%	18.8%
Average household size	3.61	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	—	14
Median year structure built	1998	1974