Pine Grove vs Sutter Creek

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

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

Pine Grove has the higher population (3,310 vs 2,687 in Sutter Creek). Pine Grove has the higher median household income ($70,675 vs $68,148 in Sutter Creek). Sutter Creek has the higher median home value ($499,600 vs $375,100 in Pine Grove).

Population, income & housing

	Pine Grove	Sutter Creek
Population	3,310	2,687
Median age	56.2 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$70,675	$68,148
Median home value	$375,100	$499,600
Median gross rent	$1,167	$1,248
Housing units	1,720	1,461
Homeownership rate	84.3%	51.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.6%	35.5%
Unemployment rate	11.3%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pine Grove	Sutter Creek
Population	1,762 → 3,310 (+87.9%)	2,573 → 2,687 (+4.4%)
Median household income	$60,901 → $70,675 (+16.0%)	$45,147 → $68,148 (+50.9%)
Median home value	$297,100 → $375,100 (+26.3%)	$347,000 → $499,600 (+44.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,420 → $1,167 (-17.8%)	$1,044 → $1,248 (+19.5%)

Pine Grove

Population

1,7623,310

Median household income

$60,901$70,675

Median home value

$297,100$375,100

Median gross rent

$1,420$1,167

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)

	Pine Grove	Sutter Creek
Under 5	4.6%	3.9%
5 to 17	9.2%	11.6%
18 to 24	1.5%	6.6%
25 to 34	13.8%	11.6%
35 to 44	10.4%	12.3%
45 to 54	9.6%	11.6%
55 to 64	18.9%	13.1%
65 to 74	25.6%	15.3%
75 and over	6.4%	14.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pine Grove	Sutter Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	84.2%	78.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.7%	9.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pine Grove	Sutter Creek
No high school diploma	7.0%	0.3%
High school graduate	29.5%	15.1%
Some college or associate's	39.9%	49.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	23.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pine Grove	Sutter Creek
Drove alone	81.1%	66.8%
Carpooled	10.5%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	21.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pine Grove	Sutter Creek
1-unit, detached	97.3%	73.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	11.5%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Pine Grove	Sutter Creek
Poverty rate	5.8%	9.5%
Average household size	2.17	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	30	17
Median year structure built	1978	1972