Downieville vs Loyalton

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

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

Loyalton has the higher population (830 vs 174 in Downieville). Downieville has the higher median household income ($112,000 vs $65,694 in Loyalton). Since 2019, Downieville's population has grown faster (+10.1% vs -24.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Downieville	Loyalton
Population	174	830
Median age	61.6 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$112,000	$65,694
Median home value	—	$190,700
Housing units	241	416
Homeownership rate	100.0%	91.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	22.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Downieville	Loyalton
Population	158 → 174 (+10.1%)	1,093 → 830 (-24.1%)
Median household income	$93,533 → $112,000 (+19.7%)	$60,852 → $65,694 (+8.0%)
Median home value	—	$139,100 → $190,700 (+37.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,099 → $1,081 (-1.6%)

Downieville

Population

158174

Median household income

$93,533$112,000

Loyalton

Population

1,093830

Median household income

$60,852$65,694

Median home value

$139,100$190,700

Median gross rent

$1,099$1,081

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Downieville	Loyalton
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	21.0%
18 to 24	4.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	9.8%	1.8%
35 to 44	14.4%	22.3%
45 to 54	8.6%	11.1%
55 to 64	20.1%	12.8%
65 to 74	42.5%	17.8%
75 and over	0.0%	13.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Downieville	Loyalton
White (non-Hispanic)	66.7%	93.6%
Black or African American	4.6%	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	5.7%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	23.0%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Downieville	Loyalton
No high school diploma	18.7%	7.9%
High school graduate	31.3%	45.6%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Downieville	Loyalton
Drove alone	0.0%	88.3%
Carpooled	100.0%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Downieville	Loyalton
1-unit, detached	100.0%	98.3%
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%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Downieville	Loyalton
Poverty rate	0.0%	26.6%
Average household size	1.95	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	—	31
Median year structure built	1958	1958