Forestville is a very small town located in the state of California. With a population of 3,264 people and two associated neighborhoods, Forestville is the 595th largest community in California. Housing costs in Forestville 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.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Forestville is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Forestville is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Forestville who work in management occupations (17.08%), sales jobs (12.19%), and healthcare (8.36%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 20.10% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Because of many things, Forestville is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Forestville really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Forestville perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live. Forestville is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The education level of Forestville ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Forestville, 45.61% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree. The per capita income in Forestville in 2022 was $51,717, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $206,868 for a family of four. However, Forestville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Forestville is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Forestville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Forestville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Forestville also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.49% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Forestville include Irish, English, German, Italian, and French. The most common language spoken in Forestville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Russian.
