Downieville vs Sierra City

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

Downieville 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 174 in Downieville). Downieville has the higher median household income ($112,000 vs $92,543 in Sierra City). Since 2019, Sierra City's population has grown faster (+69.0% vs +10.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Downieville	Sierra City
Population	174	213
Median age	61.6 yrs	69.6 yrs
Median household income	$112,000	$92,543
Median home value	—	$380,600
Housing units	241	361
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.4%	24.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Downieville	Sierra City
Population	158 → 174 (+10.1%)	126 → 213 (+69.0%)
Median household income	$93,533 → $112,000 (+19.7%)	$111,250 → $92,543 (-16.8%)
Median home value	—	$354,200 → $380,600 (+7.5%)

Downieville

Population

158174

Median household income

$93,533$112,000

Sierra City

Population

126213

Median household income

$111,250$92,543

Median home value

$354,200$380,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Downieville	Sierra City
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%	0.0%
35 to 44	14.4%	0.0%
45 to 54	8.6%	24.9%
55 to 64	20.1%	5.2%
65 to 74	42.5%	43.7%
75 and over	0.0%	26.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Downieville	Sierra City
White (non-Hispanic)	66.7%	93.0%
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%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	23.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Downieville	Sierra City
No high school diploma	18.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	31.3%	47.4%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	11.4%	13.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Downieville	Sierra City
Drove alone	0.0%	68.2%
Carpooled	100.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	31.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Downieville	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

	Downieville	Sierra City
Poverty rate	0.0%	3.3%
Average household size	1.95	1.53
Median year structure built	1958	1981