Calpine vs Downieville

A side-by-side comparison of Calpine and Downieville: population, income, housing, and more.

Calpine and Downieville are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Downieville has the higher population (174 vs 83 in Calpine). Since 2019, Downieville's population has grown faster (+10.1% vs -54.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Calpine	Downieville
Population	83	174
Median age	13.1 yrs	61.6 yrs
Median household income	—	$112,000
Housing units	46	241
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.2%	11.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Calpine	Downieville
Population	182 → 83 (-54.4%)	158 → 174 (+10.1%)
Median household income	$72,969 → $97,031 (+33.0%)	$93,533 → $112,000 (+19.7%)
Median home value	$421,400 → $369,400 (-12.3%)	—

Calpine

Population

18283

Median household income

$72,969$97,031

Median home value

$421,400$369,400

Downieville

Population

158174

Median household income

$93,533$112,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Calpine	Downieville
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	73.5%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.6%
25 to 34	0.0%	9.8%
35 to 44	0.0%	14.4%
45 to 54	26.5%	8.6%
55 to 64	0.0%	20.1%
65 to 74	0.0%	42.5%
75 and over	0.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Calpine	Downieville
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	66.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	23.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Calpine	Downieville
No high school diploma	0.0%	18.7%
High school graduate	0.0%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree	40.9%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	27.3%	11.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Calpine	Downieville
Drove alone	38.9%	0.0%
Carpooled	33.3%	100.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Calpine	Downieville
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Calpine	Downieville
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	8.30	1.95
Median year structure built	1938	1958