Location in Sonoma County and the state of California Location in Sonoma County and the state of California Forestville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sonoma County, California, United States.
Its enhance high school had 1,099 students in 2005, serving families of the Russian River (California) region.
Forestville's unofficial motto is "Forestville, The Good Life." According to Sonoma State University professor Jonah Raskin, Forestville "was a gathering place for bohemians and writers and artists, about 1900." Forestville is positioned in central Sonoma County, and is about 60 miles (97 km) north of San Francisco.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the CDP has a total region of 5.3 square miles (14 km2), all of it land.
The 2010 United States Enumeration reported that Forestville had a populace of 3,293.
The populace density was 626.4 citizens per square mile (241.9/km ).
The ethnic makeup of Forestville was 2,914 (88.5%) White, 32 (1.0%) African American, 36 (1.1%) Native American, 53 (1.6%) Asian, 6 (0.2%) Pacific Islander, 153 (4.6%) from other competitions, and 99 (3.0%) from two or more competitions.
The Enumeration reported that 99.0% of the populace lived in homeholds and 1.0% lived in non-institutionalized group quarters.
There were 1,429 homeholds, out of which 335 (23.4%) had kids under the age of 18 living in them, 617 (43.2%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 124 (8.7%) had a female homeholder with no husband present, 63 (4.4%) had a male homeholder with no wife present.
446 homeholds (31.2%) were made up of individuals and 110 (7.7%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
The populace was spread out with 581 citizens (17.6%) under the age of 18, 242 citizens (7.3%) aged 18 to 24, 682 citizens (20.7%) aged 25 to 44, 1,325 citizens (40.2%) aged 45 to 64, and 463 citizens (14.1%) who were 65 years of age or older.
There were 1,605 housing units at an average density of 305.3 per square mile (117.9/km ), of which 70.2% were owner-occupied and 29.8% were occupied by renters.
70.4% of the populace lived in owner-occupied housing units and 28.5% lived in rental housing units.
As of the census of 2000, there were 2,370 citizens , 941 homeholds, and 592 families residing in the CDP.
The populace density was 578.2 citizens per square mile (223.2/km ).
There were 1,010 housing units at an average density of 246.4 per square mile (95.1/km ).
There were 941 homeholds out of which 31.9% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 48.4% were married couples living together, 11.7% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 37.0% were non-families.
26.4% of all homeholds were made up of individuals and 6.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
In the CDP, the populace was spread out with 24.7% under the age of 18, 5.5% from 18 to 24, 23.9% from 25 to 44, 34.8% from 45 to 64, and 11.1% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the CDP was $50,898, and the median family income was $60,417.
About 5.1% of families and 7.9% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 6.7% of those under age 18 and 2.9% over 64.
Forestville is the locale of two schools: Forestville Elementary School and El Molino High School.
"2010 Enumeration Interactive Population Search: CA - Forestville CDP".
Municipalities and communities of Sonoma County, California, United States
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