Grass Valley vs Truckee

A side-by-side comparison of Grass Valley and Truckee: population, income, housing, and more.

Grass Valley and Truckee are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Truckee has the higher population (16,942 vs 14,126 in Grass Valley). Truckee has the higher median household income ($125,995 vs $48,850 in Grass Valley). Truckee has the higher median home value ($884,000 vs $458,400 in Grass Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Grass Valley	Truckee
Population	14,126	16,942
Median age	49.6 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$48,850	$125,995
Median home value	$458,400	$884,000
Median gross rent	$1,417	$2,089
Housing units	7,321	13,964
Homeownership rate	39.8%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.0%	59.2%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grass Valley	Truckee
Population	12,891 → 14,126 (+9.6%)	16,474 → 16,942 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$37,548 → $48,850 (+30.1%)	$97,092 → $125,995 (+29.8%)
Median home value	$331,400 → $458,400 (+38.3%)	$593,400 → $884,000 (+49.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,076 → $1,417 (+31.7%)	$1,759 → $2,089 (+18.8%)

Grass Valley

Population

12,89114,126

Median household income

$37,548$48,850

Median home value

$331,400$458,400

Median gross rent

$1,076$1,417

Truckee

Population

16,47416,942

Median household income

$97,092$125,995

Median home value

$593,400$884,000

Median gross rent

$1,759$2,089

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grass Valley	Truckee
Under 5	5.8%	6.9%
5 to 17	13.3%	15.2%
18 to 24	4.4%	5.0%
25 to 34	13.0%	11.0%
35 to 44	8.4%	15.6%
45 to 54	12.3%	15.3%
55 to 64	12.8%	15.0%
65 to 74	14.2%	10.4%
75 and over	15.8%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grass Valley	Truckee
White (non-Hispanic)	79.5%	80.5%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	1.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	8.4%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	13.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grass Valley	Truckee
No high school diploma	7.8%	5.4%
High school graduate	21.8%	9.8%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	38.2%
Graduate or professional degree	13.2%	20.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grass Valley	Truckee
Drove alone	71.9%	58.7%
Carpooled	10.4%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	3.6%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.3%	3.0%
Worked from home	12.8%	28.8%
Other means	1.1%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grass Valley	Truckee
1-unit, detached	50.4%	83.9%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	13.5%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	12.1%	4.6%
20 or more units	14.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Grass Valley	Truckee
Poverty rate	20.7%	7.2%
Average household size	1.94	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	17	22
Median year structure built	1978	1989