Sierra City vs Sierraville

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

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

Sierraville has the higher population (233 vs 213 in Sierra City). Sierraville has the higher median home value ($795,700 vs $380,600 in Sierra City). Since 2019, Sierraville's population has grown faster (+174.1% vs +69.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Sierra City	Sierraville
Population	213	233
Median age	69.6 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$92,543	—
Median home value	$380,600	$795,700
Housing units	361	178
Homeownership rate	100.0%	83.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.9%	12.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sierra City	Sierraville
Population	126 → 213 (+69.0%)	85 → 233 (+174.1%)
Median household income	$111,250 → $92,543 (-16.8%)	—
Median home value	$354,200 → $380,600 (+7.5%)	$781,300 → $795,700 (+1.8%)

Sierra City

Population

126213

Median household income

$111,250$92,543

Median home value

$354,200$380,600

Sierraville

Population

85233

Median home value

$781,300$795,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sierra City	Sierraville
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	19.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	24.9%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.4%
35 to 44	0.0%	7.3%
45 to 54	24.9%	16.3%
55 to 64	5.2%	9.4%
65 to 74	43.7%	22.3%
75 and over	26.3%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sierra City	Sierraville
White (non-Hispanic)	93.0%	39.1%
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	7.0%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	58.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sierra City	Sierraville
No high school diploma	0.0%	13.1%
High school graduate	47.4%	20.0%
Some college or associate's	27.7%	54.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sierra City	Sierraville
Drove alone	68.2%	70.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	1.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	31.8%	26.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sierra City	Sierraville
1-unit, detached	93.1%	90.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Sierra City	Sierraville
Poverty rate	3.3%	0.9%
Average household size	1.53	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	—	64
Median year structure built	1981	1983