| Official Name: | Forest Meadows |
| Settlement Type: | census-designated place |
| Mapsize: | 250x200px |
| Pushpin Map: | USA |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in the United States |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Calaveras |
| Unit Pref: | US |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 5.655 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 5.655 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0 |
| Area Total Km2: | 14.647 |
| Area Land Km2: | 14.647 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0 |
| Area Water Percent: | 0 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [1] |
| Elevation Ft: | 3376 |
| Elevation M: | 1029 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 1276 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | auto |
| Timezone: | Pacific (PST) |
| Utc Offset: | -8 |
| Coordinates: | 38.1681°N -120.4056°W |
| Timezone Dst: | PDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -7 |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code[3] |
| Postal Code: | 95247 |
| Area Code: | 209 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 06-24897 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature IDs |
| Blank1 Info: | , |
Forest Meadows is a census-designated place (CDP) in Calaveras County, California, United States. The population was 1,249 at the 2010 census, up from 1,197 at the 2000 census.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 5.7sqmi, all of it land.
At the 2010 census Forest Meadows had a population of 1,249. The population density was 220.9sp=usNaNsp=us. The racial makeup of Forest Meadows was 1,198 (95.9%) White, 0 (0.0%) African American, 4 (0.3%) Native American, 14 (1.1%) Asian, 0 (0.0%) Pacific Islander, 7 (0.6%) from other races, and 26 (2.1%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 60 people (4.8%).[4]
The whole population lived in households, no one lived in non-institutionalized group quarters and no one was institutionalized.
There were 586 households, 81 (13.8%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 367 (62.6%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 39 (6.7%) had a female householder with no husband present, 11 (1.9%) had a male householder with no wife present. There were 23 (3.9%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 7 (1.2%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. 138 households (23.5%) were one person and 74 (12.6%) had someone living alone who was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.13. There were 417 families (71.2% of households); the average family size was 2.46.
The age distribution was 153 people (12.2%) under the age of 18, 72 people (5.8%) aged 18 to 24, 139 people (11.1%) aged 25 to 44, 466 people (37.3%) aged 45 to 64, and 419 people (33.5%) who were 65 or older. The median age was 58.0 years. For every 100 females, there were 99.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.0 males.
There were 845 housing units at an average density of 149.4sp=usNaNsp=us,of which 586 were occupied, 488 (83.3%) by the owners and 98 (16.7%) by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 5.4%; the rental vacancy rate was 7.4%. 1,030 people (82.5% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 219 people (17.5%) lived in rental housing units.
In the state legislature, Forest Meadows is in,[5] and .[6] Federally, Forest Meadows is in .[7]