Nevada City vs Soda Springs

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

Nevada City and Soda Springs 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 174 in Soda Springs). Soda Springs has the higher median home value ($1,058,300 vs $607,300 in Nevada City). Since 2019, Soda Springs's population has grown faster (+278.3% vs +0.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Nevada City	Soda Springs
Population	3,168	174
Median age	49.4 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$69,552	—
Median home value	$607,300	$1,058,300
Median gross rent	$1,756	—
Housing units	1,597	184
Homeownership rate	44.8%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.0%	84.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nevada City	Soda Springs
Population	3,144 → 3,168 (+0.8%)	46 → 174 (+278.3%)
Median household income	$42,059 → $69,552 (+65.4%)	—
Median home value	$417,600 → $607,300 (+45.4%)	—
Median gross rent	$1,100 → $1,756 (+59.6%)	—

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

Soda Springs

Population

46174

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Nevada City	Soda Springs
Under 5	6.3%	12.1%
5 to 17	9.6%	14.9%
18 to 24	5.1%	16.7%
25 to 34	9.1%	0.0%
35 to 44	14.6%	28.2%
45 to 54	7.6%	8.6%
55 to 64	9.5%	0.0%
65 to 74	28.7%	19.5%
75 and over	9.5%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nevada City	Soda Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	74.7%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	25.3%
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	Soda Springs
No high school diploma	3.5%	15.3%
High school graduate	11.6%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	45.9%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	17.3%	67.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nevada City	Soda Springs
Drove alone	58.8%	100.0%
Carpooled	1.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	31.2%	0.0%
Other means	4.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nevada City	Soda Springs
1-unit, detached	72.9%	82.6%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.6%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	9.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Nevada City	Soda Springs
Poverty rate	8.6%	0.0%
Average household size	2.30	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	29	—
Median year structure built	1947	1969