Downieville vs Sierra Brooks

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

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

Sierra Brooks has the higher population (538 vs 174 in Downieville). Downieville has the higher median household income ($112,000 vs $35,236 in Sierra Brooks). Since 2019, Sierra Brooks's population has grown faster (+84.2% vs +10.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Downieville	Sierra Brooks
Population	174	538
Median age	61.6 yrs	66.6 yrs
Median household income	$112,000	$35,236
Median home value	—	$297,200
Housing units	241	231
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	54.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Downieville	Sierra Brooks
Population	158 → 174 (+10.1%)	292 → 538 (+84.2%)
Median household income	$93,533 → $112,000 (+19.7%)	$91,042 → $35,236 (-61.3%)
Median home value	—	$232,300 → $297,200 (+27.9%)

Downieville

Population

158174

Median household income

$93,533$112,000

Sierra Brooks

Population

292538

Median household income

$91,042$35,236

Median home value

$232,300$297,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Downieville	Sierra Brooks
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	4.6%	24.5%
25 to 34	9.8%	0.0%
35 to 44	14.4%	0.0%
45 to 54	8.6%	9.5%
55 to 64	20.1%	11.3%
65 to 74	42.5%	13.0%
75 and over	0.0%	41.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Downieville	Sierra Brooks
White (non-Hispanic)	66.7%	93.1%
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%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Downieville	Sierra Brooks
No high school diploma	18.7%	9.1%
High school graduate	31.3%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	45.1%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Downieville	Sierra Brooks
Drove alone	0.0%	76.8%
Carpooled	100.0%	23.2%
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	Sierra Brooks
1-unit, detached	100.0%	88.7%
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%	11.3%

Poverty & households

	Downieville	Sierra Brooks
Poverty rate	0.0%	16.0%
Average household size	1.95	2.33
Median year structure built	1958	1985