Siskiyou County vs Tuolumne County

A side-by-side comparison of Siskiyou County and Tuolumne County: population, income, housing, and more.

Siskiyou County and Tuolumne County are counties in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Tuolumne County has the higher population (54,873 vs 43,834 in Siskiyou County). Tuolumne County has the higher median household income ($72,259 vs $55,499 in Siskiyou County). Tuolumne County has the higher median home value ($406,200 vs $284,500 in Siskiyou County).

Population, income & housing

	Siskiyou County	Tuolumne County
Population	43,834	54,873
Median age	47.4 yrs	48.8 yrs
Median household income	$55,499	$72,259
Median home value	$284,500	$406,200
Median gross rent	$1,043	$1,247
Housing units	23,066	31,491
Homeownership rate	69.7%	74.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.1%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Siskiyou County	Tuolumne County
Population	43,468 → 43,834 (+0.8%)	54,045 → 54,873 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$45,241 → $55,499 (+22.7%)	$60,108 → $72,259 (+20.2%)
Median home value	$198,900 → $284,500 (+43.0%)	$289,200 → $406,200 (+40.5%)
Median gross rent	$856 → $1,043 (+21.8%)	$1,009 → $1,247 (+23.6%)

Siskiyou County

Population

43,46843,834

Median household income

$45,241$55,499

Median home value

$198,900$284,500

Median gross rent

$856$1,043

Tuolumne County

Population

54,04554,873

Median household income

$60,108$72,259

Median home value

$289,200$406,200

Median gross rent

$1,009$1,247

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Siskiyou County	Tuolumne County
Under 5	4.8%	4.4%
5 to 17	15.4%	12.8%
18 to 24	6.4%	6.4%
25 to 34	9.7%	11.8%
35 to 44	11.1%	11.4%
45 to 54	10.7%	10.7%
55 to 64	14.8%	14.7%
65 to 74	16.7%	16.6%
75 and over	10.4%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Siskiyou County	Tuolumne County
White (non-Hispanic)	74.2%	78.6%
Black or African American	1.6%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.8%	1.0%
Asian	1.6%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.3%
Some other race	0.2%	0.6%
Two or more races	6.0%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	13.1%	13.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Siskiyou County	Tuolumne County
No high school diploma	8.9%	6.5%
High school graduate	26.0%	25.1%
Some college or associate's	42.0%	44.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Siskiyou County	Tuolumne County
Drove alone	74.7%	75.1%
Carpooled	10.0%	8.5%
Public transit	0.8%	0.3%
Walked	3.4%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	12.0%
Other means	0.7%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Siskiyou County	Tuolumne County
1-unit, detached	74.2%	81.0%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	2.7%
20 or more units	1.7%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	11.5%	8.4%

Poverty & households

	Siskiyou County	Tuolumne County
Poverty rate	16.6%	10.7%
Average household size	2.27	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	20	31
Median year structure built	1976	1979