Pike vs Sierra City

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

Pike 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 110 in Pike). Pike has the higher median home value ($1,036,800 vs $380,600 in Sierra City). Since 2019, Sierra City's population has grown faster (+69.0% vs -30.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Pike	Sierra City
Population	110	213
Median age	42.2 yrs	69.6 yrs
Median household income	—	$92,543
Median home value	$1,036,800	$380,600
Housing units	78	361
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.5%	24.9%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pike	Sierra City
Population	159 → 110 (-30.8%)	126 → 213 (+69.0%)
Median household income	$33,723 → $47,917 (+42.1%)	$111,250 → $92,543 (-16.8%)
Median home value	$1,090,900 → $1,036,800 (-5.0%)	$354,200 → $380,600 (+7.5%)

Pike

Population

159110

Median household income

$33,723$47,917

Median home value

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

Sierra City

Population

126213

Median household income

$111,250$92,543

Median home value

$354,200$380,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pike	Sierra City
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	46.4%	0.0%
35 to 44	15.5%	0.0%
45 to 54	11.8%	24.9%
55 to 64	10.9%	5.2%
65 to 74	10.0%	43.7%
75 and over	5.5%	26.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pike	Sierra City
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	93.0%
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	0.0%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pike	Sierra City
No high school diploma	46.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	38.2%	47.4%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	13.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pike	Sierra City
Drove alone	31.1%	68.2%
Carpooled	68.9%	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)

	Pike	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

	Pike	Sierra City
Poverty rate	16.4%	3.3%
Average household size	3.79	1.53
Median year structure built	1983	1981