Alta Sierra vs Rough and Ready

A side-by-side comparison of Alta Sierra and Rough and Ready: population, income, housing, and more.

Alta Sierra and Rough and Ready are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Alta Sierra has the higher population (7,061 vs 659 in Rough and Ready). Rough and Ready has the higher median household income ($100,417 vs $99,576 in Alta Sierra). Rough and Ready has the higher median home value ($659,900 vs $560,600 in Alta Sierra).

Population, income & housing

	Alta Sierra	Rough and Ready
Population	7,061	659
Median age	55.4 yrs	54.8 yrs
Median household income	$99,576	$100,417
Median home value	$560,600	$659,900
Median gross rent	$2,033	$1,098
Housing units	3,052	484
Homeownership rate	86.4%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.0%	37.2%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alta Sierra	Rough and Ready
Population	7,280 → 7,061 (-3.0%)	499 → 659 (+32.1%)
Median household income	$85,758 → $99,576 (+16.1%)	—
Median home value	$395,700 → $560,600 (+41.7%)	$292,300 → $659,900 (+125.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,847 → $2,033 (+10.1%)	$807 → $1,098 (+36.1%)

Alta Sierra

Population

7,2807,061

Median household income

$85,758$99,576

Median home value

$395,700$560,600

Median gross rent

$1,847$2,033

Rough and Ready

Population

499659

Median home value

$292,300$659,900

Median gross rent

$807$1,098

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alta Sierra	Rough and Ready
Under 5	3.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.9%	24.1%
18 to 24	5.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	11.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	8.5%	12.0%
45 to 54	9.2%	15.5%
55 to 64	18.0%	15.0%
65 to 74	23.3%	11.4%
75 and over	10.1%	22.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alta Sierra	Rough and Ready
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alta Sierra	Rough and Ready
No high school diploma	3.5%	4.4%
High school graduate	18.3%	20.8%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	25.8%	28.4%
Graduate or professional degree	16.2%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alta Sierra	Rough and Ready
Drove alone	68.3%	50.0%
Carpooled	9.7%	32.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.7%	17.2%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alta Sierra	Rough and Ready
1-unit, detached	94.8%	72.5%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	19.8%

Poverty & households

	Alta Sierra	Rough and Ready
Poverty rate	5.7%	1.2%
Average household size	2.41	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	29	—
Median year structure built	1984	1983