Lake Wildwood vs Truckee

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

Lake Wildwood 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 4,967 in Lake Wildwood). Truckee has the higher median household income ($125,995 vs $87,552 in Lake Wildwood). Truckee has the higher median home value ($884,000 vs $495,100 in Lake Wildwood).

Population, income & housing

	Lake Wildwood	Truckee
Population	4,967	16,942
Median age	54.2 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$87,552	$125,995
Median home value	$495,100	$884,000
Median gross rent	$2,443	$2,089
Housing units	2,339	13,964
Homeownership rate	82.4%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.8%	59.2%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lake Wildwood	Truckee
Population	5,232 → 4,967 (-5.1%)	16,474 → 16,942 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$71,384 → $87,552 (+22.6%)	$97,092 → $125,995 (+29.8%)
Median home value	$395,900 → $495,100 (+25.1%)	$593,400 → $884,000 (+49.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,905 → $2,443 (+28.2%)	$1,759 → $2,089 (+18.8%)

Lake Wildwood

Population

5,2324,967

Median household income

$71,384$87,552

Median home value

$395,900$495,100

Median gross rent

$1,905$2,443

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 Wildwood	Truckee
Under 5	2.1%	6.9%
5 to 17	15.7%	15.2%
18 to 24	8.5%	5.0%
25 to 34	5.4%	11.0%
35 to 44	11.6%	15.6%
45 to 54	6.9%	15.3%
55 to 64	10.0%	15.0%
65 to 74	23.3%	10.4%
75 and over	16.4%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lake Wildwood	Truckee
White (non-Hispanic)	77.7%	80.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.8%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	15.9%	13.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lake Wildwood	Truckee
No high school diploma	4.1%	5.4%
High school graduate	27.2%	9.8%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	23.3%	38.2%
Graduate or professional degree	16.5%	20.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lake Wildwood	Truckee
Drove alone	75.7%	58.7%
Carpooled	5.3%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.1%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.0%
Worked from home	18.4%	28.8%
Other means	0.6%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lake Wildwood	Truckee
1-unit, detached	94.5%	83.9%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.6%
20 or more units	0.9%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Lake Wildwood	Truckee
Poverty rate	13.0%	7.2%
Average household size	2.52	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	33	22
Median year structure built	1983	1989