Hayfork vs Lewiston

A side-by-side comparison of Hayfork and Lewiston: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hayfork has the higher population (3,198 vs 2,434 in Lewiston). Lewiston has the higher median household income ($58,125 vs $45,918 in Hayfork). Lewiston has the higher median home value ($328,900 vs $291,300 in Hayfork).

Population, income & housing

	Hayfork	Lewiston
Population	3,198	2,434
Median age	60.0 yrs	28.7 yrs
Median household income	$45,918	$58,125
Median home value	$291,300	$328,900
Median gross rent	$808	$1,056
Housing units	1,274	764
Homeownership rate	59.9%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	7.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hayfork	Lewiston
Population	2,711 → 3,198 (+18.0%)	1,383 → 2,434 (+76.0%)
Median household income	$34,056 → $45,918 (+34.8%)	$40,096 → $58,125 (+45.0%)
Median home value	$295,500 → $291,300 (-1.4%)	$273,000 → $328,900 (+20.5%)
Median gross rent	$690 → $808 (+17.1%)	$825 → $1,056 (+28.0%)

Hayfork

Population

2,7113,198

Median household income

$34,056$45,918

Median home value

$295,500$291,300

Median gross rent

$690$808

Lewiston

Population

1,3832,434

Median household income

$40,096$58,125

Median home value

$273,000$328,900

Median gross rent

$825$1,056

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hayfork	Lewiston
Under 5	1.9%	9.4%
5 to 17	15.5%	29.5%
18 to 24	4.3%	4.4%
25 to 34	13.3%	12.0%
35 to 44	4.4%	10.4%
45 to 54	7.5%	13.6%
55 to 64	24.5%	10.2%
65 to 74	15.9%	3.7%
75 and over	12.8%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hayfork	Lewiston
White (non-Hispanic)	82.7%	85.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	9.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	9.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hayfork	Lewiston
No high school diploma	9.1%	7.5%
High school graduate	65.0%	42.5%
Some college or associate's	13.9%	42.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	6.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hayfork	Lewiston
Drove alone	51.4%	67.7%
Carpooled	18.5%	7.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	1.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	28.3%	12.3%
Other means	0.0%	11.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hayfork	Lewiston
1-unit, detached	80.5%	74.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.2%	19.1%

Poverty & households

	Hayfork	Lewiston
Poverty rate	29.7%	17.6%
Average household size	3.23	4.64
Mean commute (minutes)	35	31
Median year structure built	1976	1982