Loyalton vs Sierra Brooks

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

Loyalton and Sierra Brooks 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 538 in Sierra Brooks). Loyalton has the higher median household income ($65,694 vs $35,236 in Sierra Brooks). Sierra Brooks has the higher median home value ($297,200 vs $190,700 in Loyalton).

Population, income & housing

	Loyalton	Sierra Brooks
Population	830	538
Median age	45.6 yrs	66.6 yrs
Median household income	$65,694	$35,236
Median home value	$190,700	$297,200
Housing units	416	231
Homeownership rate	91.7%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.6%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	54.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Loyalton	Sierra Brooks
Population	1,093 → 830 (-24.1%)	292 → 538 (+84.2%)
Median household income	$60,852 → $65,694 (+8.0%)	$91,042 → $35,236 (-61.3%)
Median home value	$139,100 → $190,700 (+37.1%)	$232,300 → $297,200 (+27.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,099 → $1,081 (-1.6%)	—

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

Sierra Brooks

Population

292538

Median household income

$91,042$35,236

Median home value

$232,300$297,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Loyalton	Sierra Brooks
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	21.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	24.5%
25 to 34	1.8%	0.0%
35 to 44	22.3%	0.0%
45 to 54	11.1%	9.5%
55 to 64	12.8%	11.3%
65 to 74	17.8%	13.0%
75 and over	13.3%	41.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Loyalton	Sierra Brooks
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	93.1%
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	0.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Loyalton	Sierra Brooks
No high school diploma	7.9%	9.1%
High school graduate	45.6%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	45.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Loyalton	Sierra Brooks
Drove alone	88.3%	76.8%
Carpooled	4.7%	23.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Loyalton	Sierra Brooks
1-unit, detached	98.3%	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	1.7%	11.3%

Poverty & households

	Loyalton	Sierra Brooks
Poverty rate	26.6%	16.0%
Average household size	2.46	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	31	—
Median year structure built	1958	1985