Nevada City vs Truckee

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

Nevada City 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 3,168 in Nevada City). Truckee has the higher median household income ($125,995 vs $69,552 in Nevada City). Truckee has the higher median home value ($884,000 vs $607,300 in Nevada City).

Population, income & housing

	Nevada City	Truckee
Population	3,168	16,942
Median age	49.4 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$69,552	$125,995
Median home value	$607,300	$884,000
Median gross rent	$1,756	$2,089
Housing units	1,597	13,964
Homeownership rate	44.8%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.0%	59.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Nevada City	Truckee
Population	3,144 → 3,168 (+0.8%)	16,474 → 16,942 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$42,059 → $69,552 (+65.4%)	$97,092 → $125,995 (+29.8%)
Median home value	$417,600 → $607,300 (+45.4%)	$593,400 → $884,000 (+49.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,100 → $1,756 (+59.6%)	$1,759 → $2,089 (+18.8%)

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

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)

	Nevada City	Truckee
Under 5	6.3%	6.9%
5 to 17	9.6%	15.2%
18 to 24	5.1%	5.0%
25 to 34	9.1%	11.0%
35 to 44	14.6%	15.6%
45 to 54	7.6%	15.3%
55 to 64	9.5%	15.0%
65 to 74	28.7%	10.4%
75 and over	9.5%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Nevada City	Truckee
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	80.5%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.3%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	13.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Nevada City	Truckee
No high school diploma	3.5%	5.4%
High school graduate	11.6%	9.8%
Some college or associate's	45.9%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	38.2%
Graduate or professional degree	17.3%	20.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Nevada City	Truckee
Drove alone	58.8%	58.7%
Carpooled	1.6%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	4.3%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.0%
Worked from home	31.2%	28.8%
Other means	4.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Nevada City	Truckee
1-unit, detached	72.9%	83.9%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	16.6%	6.0%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	4.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Nevada City	Truckee
Poverty rate	8.6%	7.2%
Average household size	2.30	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	29	22
Median year structure built	1947	1989