Sierra Brooks vs Sierra City

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

Sierra Brooks 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 Brooks has the higher population (538 vs 213 in Sierra City). Sierra City has the higher median household income ($92,543 vs $35,236 in Sierra Brooks). Sierra City has the higher median home value ($380,600 vs $297,200 in Sierra Brooks).

Population, income & housing

	Sierra Brooks	Sierra City
Population	538	213
Median age	66.6 yrs	69.6 yrs
Median household income	$35,236	$92,543
Median home value	$297,200	$380,600
Housing units	231	361
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	24.9%
Unemployment rate	54.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sierra Brooks	Sierra City
Population	292 → 538 (+84.2%)	126 → 213 (+69.0%)
Median household income	$91,042 → $35,236 (-61.3%)	$111,250 → $92,543 (-16.8%)
Median home value	$232,300 → $297,200 (+27.9%)	$354,200 → $380,600 (+7.5%)

Sierra Brooks

Population

292538

Median household income

$91,042$35,236

Median home value

$232,300$297,200

Sierra City

Population

126213

Median household income

$111,250$92,543

Median home value

$354,200$380,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sierra Brooks	Sierra City
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	24.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	9.5%	24.9%
55 to 64	11.3%	5.2%
65 to 74	13.0%	43.7%
75 and over	41.6%	26.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sierra Brooks	Sierra City
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	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	6.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sierra Brooks	Sierra City
No high school diploma	9.1%	0.0%
High school graduate	25.9%	47.4%
Some college or associate's	45.1%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.0%	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	13.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sierra Brooks	Sierra City
Drove alone	76.8%	68.2%
Carpooled	23.2%	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)

	Sierra Brooks	Sierra City
1-unit, detached	88.7%	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	11.3%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Sierra Brooks	Sierra City
Poverty rate	16.0%	3.3%
Average household size	2.33	1.53
Median year structure built	1985	1981