Downieville vs Pike

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

Downieville and Pike 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 110 in Pike). Since 2019, Downieville's population has grown faster (+10.1% vs -30.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Downieville	Pike
Population	174	110
Median age	61.6 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$112,000	—
Median home value	—	$1,036,800
Housing units	241	78
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	15.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Downieville	Pike
Population	158 → 174 (+10.1%)	159 → 110 (-30.8%)
Median household income	$93,533 → $112,000 (+19.7%)	$33,723 → $47,917 (+42.1%)
Median home value	—	$1,090,900 → $1,036,800 (-5.0%)

Downieville

Population

158174

Median household income

$93,533$112,000

Pike

Population

159110

Median household income

$33,723$47,917

Median home value

$1,090,900$1,036,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Downieville	Pike
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	4.6%	0.0%
25 to 34	9.8%	46.4%
35 to 44	14.4%	15.5%
45 to 54	8.6%	11.8%
55 to 64	20.1%	10.9%
65 to 74	42.5%	10.0%
75 and over	0.0%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Downieville	Pike
White (non-Hispanic)	66.7%	100.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	23.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Downieville	Pike
No high school diploma	18.7%	46.4%
High school graduate	31.3%	38.2%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	15.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Downieville	Pike
Drove alone	0.0%	31.1%
Carpooled	100.0%	68.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Downieville	Pike
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

	Downieville	Pike
Poverty rate	0.0%	16.4%
Average household size	1.95	3.79
Median year structure built	1958	1983