Rough and Ready vs Soda Springs

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

Rough and Ready and Soda Springs are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Rough and Ready has the higher population (659 vs 174 in Soda Springs). Soda Springs has the higher median home value ($1,058,300 vs $659,900 in Rough and Ready). Since 2019, Soda Springs's population has grown faster (+278.3% vs +32.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Rough and Ready	Soda Springs
Population	659	174
Median age	54.8 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$100,417	—
Median home value	$659,900	$1,058,300
Median gross rent	$1,098	—
Housing units	484	184
Homeownership rate	77.2%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.2%	84.7%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rough and Ready	Soda Springs
Population	499 → 659 (+32.1%)	46 → 174 (+278.3%)
Median home value	$292,300 → $659,900 (+125.8%)	—
Median gross rent	$807 → $1,098 (+36.1%)	—

Rough and Ready

Population

499659

Median home value

$292,300$659,900

Median gross rent

$807$1,098

Soda Springs

Population

46174

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rough and Ready	Soda Springs
Under 5	0.0%	12.1%
5 to 17	24.1%	14.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	16.7%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	12.0%	28.2%
45 to 54	15.5%	8.6%
55 to 64	15.0%	0.0%
65 to 74	11.4%	19.5%
75 and over	22.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rough and Ready	Soda Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	74.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	25.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rough and Ready	Soda Springs
No high school diploma	4.4%	15.3%
High school graduate	20.8%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	28.4%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	67.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rough and Ready	Soda Springs
Drove alone	50.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	32.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rough and Ready	Soda Springs
1-unit, detached	72.5%	82.6%
1-unit, attached	7.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Rough and Ready	Soda Springs
Poverty rate	1.2%	0.0%
Average household size	2.47	3.05
Median year structure built	1983	1969