Lake of the Pines vs Truckee

A side-by-side comparison of Lake of the Pines and Truckee: population, income, housing, and more.

Lake of the Pines 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 5,012 in Lake of the Pines). Truckee has the higher median household income ($125,995 vs $118,661 in Lake of the Pines). Truckee has the higher median home value ($884,000 vs $639,400 in Lake of the Pines).

Population, income & housing

	Lake of the Pines	Truckee
Population	5,012	16,942
Median age	54.4 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$118,661	$125,995
Median home value	$639,400	$884,000
Median gross rent	$2,741	$2,089
Housing units	2,307	13,964
Homeownership rate	86.1%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.5%	59.2%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake of the Pines	Truckee
Population	3,599 → 5,012 (+39.3%)	16,474 → 16,942 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$89,214 → $118,661 (+33.0%)	$97,092 → $125,995 (+29.8%)
Median home value	$425,600 → $639,400 (+50.2%)	$593,400 → $884,000 (+49.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,891 → $2,741 (+44.9%)	$1,759 → $2,089 (+18.8%)

Lake of the Pines

Population

3,5995,012

Median household income

$89,214$118,661

Median home value

$425,600$639,400

Median gross rent

$1,891$2,741

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)

	Lake of the Pines	Truckee
Under 5	1.9%	6.9%
5 to 17	13.0%	15.2%
18 to 24	6.4%	5.0%
25 to 34	8.1%	11.0%
35 to 44	12.3%	15.6%
45 to 54	10.2%	15.3%
55 to 64	17.4%	15.0%
65 to 74	19.0%	10.4%
75 and over	11.7%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake of the Pines	Truckee
White (non-Hispanic)	81.5%	80.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	13.3%	13.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake of the Pines	Truckee
No high school diploma	2.1%	5.4%
High school graduate	19.6%	9.8%
Some college or associate's	37.8%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	27.1%	38.2%
Graduate or professional degree	13.3%	20.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake of the Pines	Truckee
Drove alone	72.7%	58.7%
Carpooled	5.2%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.7%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.0%
Worked from home	19.4%	28.8%
Other means	2.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake of the Pines	Truckee
1-unit, detached	96.2%	83.9%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Lake of the Pines	Truckee
Poverty rate	8.0%	7.2%
Average household size	2.34	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	33	22
Median year structure built	1981	1989