Rail Road Flat first appeared as a
census designated place in the
2000 U.S. census. The whole population lived in households. There were 146 households, out of which 27 (18.5%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 71 (48.6%) were married-couple households, 11 (7.5%) were
cohabiting couple households, 41 (28.1%) had a female householder with no partner present, and 23 (15.8%) had a male householder with no partner present. 33 households (22.6%) were one person, and 21 (14.4%) were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.16. The age distribution was 41 people (13.0%) under the age of 18, 16 people (5.1%) aged 18 to 24, 54 people (17.1%) aged 25 to 44, 97 people (30.7%) aged 45 to 64, and 108 people (34.2%) who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 58.3years. For every 100 females, there were 84.8 males. reported that Rail Road Flat had a population of 475. The
population density was 14.3 people per square mile (5.5/km). The racial makeup of Rail Road Flat was 411 (86.5%)
White, 0 (0.0%)
African American, 15 (3.2%)
Native American, 4 (0.8%)
Asian, 2 (0.4%)
Pacific Islander, 9 (1.9%) from
other races, and 34 (7.2%) from two or more races.
Hispanic or
Latino of any race were 41 persons (8.6%). The Census reported that 475 people (100% of the population) lived in households, 0 (0%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 0 (0%) were institutionalized. There were 220 households, out of which 41 (18.6%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 101 (45.9%) were
opposite-sex married couples living together, 15 (6.8%) had a female householder with no spouse present, 7 (3.2%) had a male householder with no spouse present. There were 18 (8.2%)
unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 0 (0%)
same-sex married couples or partnerships. 72 households (32.7%) were made up of individuals, and 38 (17.3%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.16. There were 123
families (55.9% of all households); the average family size was 2.79. The population was spread out, with 77 people (16.2%) under the age of 18, 20 people (4.2%) aged 18 to 24, 70 people (14.7%) aged 25 to 44, 186 people (39.2%) aged 45 to 64, and 122 people (25.7%) who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 53.7 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.1 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.1 males. There were 340 housing units at an average density of 10.3 per square mile (4.0/km), of which 220 were occupied, of which 169 (76.8%) were owner-occupied, and 51 (23.2%) were occupied by renters. The homeowner vacancy rate was 2.9%; the rental vacancy rate was 10.5%. 363 people (76.4% of the population) lived in owner-occupied housing units and 112 people (23.6%) lived in rental housing units.
2000 As of the
census of 2000, the median income for a household in the CDP was $35,938, and the median income for a family was $35,278. Males had a median income of $32,083 versus $28,750 for females. The
per capita income for the CDP was $18,454. About 6.7% of families and 18.4% of the population were below the
poverty line, including 24.7% of those under age 18 and 6.0% of those age 65 or over. ==Politics==