Douglas City vs Mad River

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

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

Douglas City has the higher population (1,025 vs 544 in Mad River). Douglas City has the higher median home value ($363,900 vs $280,900 in Mad River). Since 2019, Douglas City's population has grown faster (+64.0% vs +18.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Douglas City	Mad River
Population	1,025	544
Median age	54.7 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$45,938	—
Median home value	$363,900	$280,900
Median gross rent	$1,057	—
Housing units	584	384
Homeownership rate	70.0%	55.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Douglas City	Mad River
Population	625 → 1,025 (+64.0%)	458 → 544 (+18.8%)
Median household income	$42,063 → $45,938 (+9.2%)	$25,400 → $30,125 (+18.6%)
Median home value	$257,000 → $363,900 (+41.6%)	$233,300 → $280,900 (+20.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,090 → $1,057 (-3.0%)	—

Douglas City

Population

6251,025

Median household income

$42,063$45,938

Median home value

$257,000$363,900

Median gross rent

$1,090$1,057

Mad River

Population

458544

Median household income

$25,400$30,125

Median home value

$233,300$280,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Douglas City	Mad River
Under 5	0.0%	3.5%
5 to 17	29.1%	29.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	4.6%	2.2%
35 to 44	4.8%	22.1%
45 to 54	15.2%	0.6%
55 to 64	22.2%	31.6%
65 to 74	15.1%	6.8%
75 and over	9.0%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Douglas City	Mad River
White (non-Hispanic)	86.7%	90.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.6%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	12.7%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Douglas City	Mad River
No high school diploma	8.1%	2.2%
High school graduate	43.6%	27.0%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	59.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	5.2%
Graduate or professional degree	13.2%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Douglas City	Mad River
Drove alone	87.9%	92.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	12.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Douglas City	Mad River
1-unit, detached	64.6%	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	35.4%	38.5%

Poverty & households

	Douglas City	Mad River
Poverty rate	21.2%	18.8%
Average household size	2.42	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	24	14
Median year structure built	1980	1974