Calpine vs Sierra City

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

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

Sierra City has the higher population (213 vs 83 in Calpine). Since 2019, Sierra City's population has grown faster (+69.0% vs -54.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Calpine	Sierra City
Population	83	213
Median age	13.1 yrs	69.6 yrs
Median household income	—	$92,543
Median home value	—	$380,600
Housing units	46	361
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.2%	24.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Calpine	Sierra City
Population	182 → 83 (-54.4%)	126 → 213 (+69.0%)
Median household income	$72,969 → $97,031 (+33.0%)	$111,250 → $92,543 (-16.8%)
Median home value	$421,400 → $369,400 (-12.3%)	$354,200 → $380,600 (+7.5%)

Calpine

Population

18283

Median household income

$72,969$97,031

Median home value

$421,400$369,400

Sierra City

Population

126213

Median household income

$111,250$92,543

Median home value

$354,200$380,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Calpine	Sierra City
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	73.5%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	26.5%	24.9%
55 to 64	0.0%	5.2%
65 to 74	0.0%	43.7%
75 and over	0.0%	26.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Calpine	Sierra City
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	93.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
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%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Calpine	Sierra City
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	0.0%	47.4%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	40.9%	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	27.3%	13.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Calpine	Sierra City
Drove alone	38.9%	68.2%
Carpooled	33.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.8%	31.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Calpine	Sierra City
1-unit, detached	100.0%	93.1%
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%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Calpine	Sierra City
Poverty rate	0.0%	3.3%
Average household size	8.30	1.53
Median year structure built	1938	1981