Ione vs Sutter Creek

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

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

Ione has the higher population (5,306 vs 2,687 in Sutter Creek). Ione has the higher median household income ($78,661 vs $68,148 in Sutter Creek). Sutter Creek has the higher median home value ($499,600 vs $448,300 in Ione).

Population, income & housing

	Ione	Sutter Creek
Population	5,306	2,687
Median age	36.9 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$78,661	$68,148
Median home value	$448,300	$499,600
Median gross rent	$1,477	$1,248
Housing units	2,268	1,461
Homeownership rate	74.3%	51.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	35.5%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ione	Sutter Creek
Population	7,753 → 5,306 (-31.6%)	2,573 → 2,687 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$73,036 → $78,661 (+7.7%)	$45,147 → $68,148 (+50.9%)
Median home value	$314,800 → $448,300 (+42.4%)	$347,000 → $499,600 (+44.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,051 → $1,477 (+40.5%)	$1,044 → $1,248 (+19.5%)

Ione

Population

7,7535,306

Median household income

$73,036$78,661

Median home value

$314,800$448,300

Median gross rent

$1,051$1,477

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)

	Ione	Sutter Creek
Under 5	5.9%	3.9%
5 to 17	13.7%	11.6%
18 to 24	6.5%	6.6%
25 to 34	13.2%	11.6%
35 to 44	16.2%	12.3%
45 to 54	11.1%	11.6%
55 to 64	14.9%	13.1%
65 to 74	14.5%	15.3%
75 and over	4.0%	14.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ione	Sutter Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	71.6%	78.7%
Black or African American	1.8%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	9.8%
Hispanic or Latino	18.8%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ione	Sutter Creek
No high school diploma	5.6%	0.3%
High school graduate	17.9%	15.1%
Some college or associate's	57.1%	49.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	23.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ione	Sutter Creek
Drove alone	80.0%	66.8%
Carpooled	11.1%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	21.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ione	Sutter Creek
1-unit, detached	80.7%	73.0%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.0%
20 or more units	7.9%	11.5%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Ione	Sutter Creek
Poverty rate	9.1%	9.5%
Average household size	2.29	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	27	17
Median year structure built	2000	1972