Buckhorn vs Sutter Creek

A side-by-side comparison of Buckhorn and Sutter Creek: population, income, housing, and more.

Buckhorn and Sutter Creek are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Buckhorn has the higher population (3,506 vs 2,687 in Sutter Creek). Buckhorn has the higher median household income ($78,510 vs $68,148 in Sutter Creek). Sutter Creek has the higher median home value ($499,600 vs $333,200 in Buckhorn).

Population, income & housing

	Buckhorn	Sutter Creek
Population	3,506	2,687
Median age	50.7 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$78,510	$68,148
Median home value	$333,200	$499,600
Median gross rent	$1,875	$1,248
Housing units	1,962	1,461
Homeownership rate	95.1%	51.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.3%	35.5%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buckhorn	Sutter Creek
Population	2,387 → 3,506 (+46.9%)	2,573 → 2,687 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$47,150 → $78,510 (+66.5%)	$45,147 → $68,148 (+50.9%)
Median home value	$253,400 → $333,200 (+31.5%)	$347,000 → $499,600 (+44.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,207 → $1,875 (+55.3%)	$1,044 → $1,248 (+19.5%)

Buckhorn

Population

2,3873,506

Median household income

$47,150$78,510

Median home value

$253,400$333,200

Median gross rent

$1,207$1,875

Sutter Creek

Population

2,5732,687

Median household income

$45,147$68,148

Median home value

$347,000$499,600

Median gross rent

$1,044$1,248

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buckhorn	Sutter Creek
Under 5	3.5%	3.9%
5 to 17	10.9%	11.6%
18 to 24	6.5%	6.6%
25 to 34	8.0%	11.6%
35 to 44	11.0%	12.3%
45 to 54	16.1%	11.6%
55 to 64	18.7%	13.1%
65 to 74	17.2%	15.3%
75 and over	8.0%	14.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buckhorn	Sutter Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	80.8%	78.7%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	9.8%
Hispanic or Latino	11.2%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buckhorn	Sutter Creek
No high school diploma	7.0%	0.3%
High school graduate	39.6%	15.1%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	49.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	23.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buckhorn	Sutter Creek
Drove alone	63.7%	66.8%
Carpooled	15.4%	7.3%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.1%	21.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buckhorn	Sutter Creek
1-unit, detached	93.5%	73.0%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	11.5%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Buckhorn	Sutter Creek
Poverty rate	10.0%	9.5%
Average household size	2.37	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	54	17
Median year structure built	1981	1972