Nevada City vs Rough and Ready

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

Nevada City 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.

Nevada City has the higher population (3,168 vs 659 in Rough and Ready). Rough and Ready has the higher median household income ($100,417 vs $69,552 in Nevada City). Rough and Ready has the higher median home value ($659,900 vs $607,300 in Nevada City).

Population, income & housing

	Nevada City	Rough and Ready
Population	3,168	659
Median age	49.4 yrs	54.8 yrs
Median household income	$69,552	$100,417
Median home value	$607,300	$659,900
Median gross rent	$1,756	$1,098
Housing units	1,597	484
Homeownership rate	44.8%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.0%	37.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nevada City	Rough and Ready
Population	3,144 → 3,168 (+0.8%)	499 → 659 (+32.1%)
Median household income	$42,059 → $69,552 (+65.4%)	—
Median home value	$417,600 → $607,300 (+45.4%)	$292,300 → $659,900 (+125.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,100 → $1,756 (+59.6%)	$807 → $1,098 (+36.1%)

Nevada City

Population

3,1443,168

Median household income

$42,059$69,552

Median home value

$417,600$607,300

Median gross rent

$1,100$1,756

Rough and Ready

Population

499659

Median home value

$292,300$659,900

Median gross rent

$807$1,098

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Nevada City	Rough and Ready
Under 5	6.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	9.6%	24.1%
18 to 24	5.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	9.1%	0.0%
35 to 44	14.6%	12.0%
45 to 54	7.6%	15.5%
55 to 64	9.5%	15.0%
65 to 74	28.7%	11.4%
75 and over	9.5%	22.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nevada City	Rough and Ready
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nevada City	Rough and Ready
No high school diploma	3.5%	4.4%
High school graduate	11.6%	20.8%
Some college or associate's	45.9%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	28.4%
Graduate or professional degree	17.3%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nevada City	Rough and Ready
Drove alone	58.8%	50.0%
Carpooled	1.6%	32.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	31.2%	17.2%
Other means	4.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nevada City	Rough and Ready
1-unit, detached	72.9%	72.5%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	16.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	19.8%

Poverty & households

	Nevada City	Rough and Ready
Poverty rate	8.6%	1.2%
Average household size	2.30	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	29	—
Median year structure built	1947	1983