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Foresthill, CA

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Overview


Foresthill is a very small town located in the state of California. With a population of 1,692 people and just one neighborhood, Foresthill is the 686th largest community in California.

Housing costs in Foresthill are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in California.

Occupations and Workforce

Foresthill is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 100.00% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Foresthill is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Foresthill who work in personal care services (35.47%), office and administrative support (34.98%), and healthcare (22.66%).

Setting & Lifestyle

It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Foresthill has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Foresthill has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Foresthill than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Foresthill may be for you.

In Foresthill, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 38.53 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

As is often the case in a small town, Foresthill doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

The percentage of adults in Foresthill with college degrees is slightly lower than the national average of 21.84% for all communities. 16.02% of adults in Foresthill have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Foresthill in 2022 was $23,675, which is low income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $94,700 for a family of four. However, Foresthill contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Foresthill is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Foresthill home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Foresthill residents report their race to be White. Foresthill also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 38.54% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Foresthill include German, Swedish, Scottish, Irish, and English.

The most common language spoken in Foresthill is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Foresthill, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Car Ownership

We Americans love our cars. Not only are they a necessity for most Americans due to the shape of our neighborhoods and the distances between where we live, work, shop, and go to school, but we also fancy them. As a result, most households in America have one, two, or three cars. But NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis shows that the neighborhood has a highly unusual pattern of car ownership. Residents of this neighborhood must really love automobiles. NeighborhoodScout's Analysis reveals that 43.8% of the households here have four, five, or more cars. That is more cars per household than in 99.0% of the neighborhoods in the nation.

Real Estate

This neighborhood has wide open spaces, few people, and lots of space to stretch out. If you like locations that fit that description, you may like this neighborhood. Based on NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis, with only 11 people per square mile living here, this neighborhood is less crowded than 96.7% of America.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Lithuanian and Portuguese ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 2.6% of this neighborhood's residents have Lithuanian ancestry and 2.7% have Portuguese ancestry.

The Neighbors

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Foresthill are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 72.1% of the neighborhoods in America. With 13.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 57.3% of U.S. neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the neighborhood, 38.5% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 25.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (21.1%), and 14.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 96.5% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.

In the neighborhood in Foresthill, CA, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (11.6%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (10.6%), and residents who report Mexican roots (8.3%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (7.5%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (4.7%), among others.

Getting to Work

Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (45.0% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.

Here most residents (85.0%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (6.7%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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