Hayfork vs Mad River

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

Hayfork and Mad River 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 544 in Mad River). Hayfork has the higher median home value ($291,300 vs $280,900 in Mad River). Since 2019, Mad River's population has grown faster (+18.8% vs +18.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Hayfork	Mad River
Population	3,198	544
Median age	60.0 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$45,918	—
Median home value	$291,300	$280,900
Median gross rent	$808	—
Housing units	1,274	384
Homeownership rate	59.9%	55.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hayfork	Mad River
Population	2,711 → 3,198 (+18.0%)	458 → 544 (+18.8%)
Median household income	$34,056 → $45,918 (+34.8%)	$25,400 → $30,125 (+18.6%)
Median home value	$295,500 → $291,300 (-1.4%)	$233,300 → $280,900 (+20.4%)
Median gross rent	$690 → $808 (+17.1%)	—

Hayfork

Population

2,7113,198

Median household income

$34,056$45,918

Median home value

$295,500$291,300

Median gross rent

$690$808

Mad River

Population

458544

Median household income

$25,400$30,125

Median home value

$233,300$280,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hayfork	Mad River
Under 5	1.9%	3.5%
5 to 17	15.5%	29.0%
18 to 24	4.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	13.3%	2.2%
35 to 44	4.4%	22.1%
45 to 54	7.5%	0.6%
55 to 64	24.5%	31.6%
65 to 74	15.9%	6.8%
75 and over	12.8%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hayfork	Mad River
White (non-Hispanic)	82.7%	90.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
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%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hayfork	Mad River
No high school diploma	9.1%	2.2%
High school graduate	65.0%	27.0%
Some college or associate's	13.9%	59.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	5.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hayfork	Mad River
Drove alone	51.4%	92.4%
Carpooled	18.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.0%
Bicycle	1.8%	0.6%
Worked from home	28.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hayfork	Mad River
1-unit, detached	80.5%	58.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.2%	38.5%

Poverty & households

	Hayfork	Mad River
Poverty rate	29.7%	18.8%
Average household size	3.23	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	35	14
Median year structure built	1976	1974