Tehama County vs Tuolumne County

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

Tehama 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.

Tehama County has the higher population (65,520 vs 54,873 in Tuolumne County). Tuolumne County has the higher median household income ($72,259 vs $61,834 in Tehama County). Tuolumne County has the higher median home value ($406,200 vs $315,600 in Tehama County).

Population, income & housing

	Tehama County	Tuolumne County
Population	65,520	54,873
Median age	40.1 yrs	48.8 yrs
Median household income	$61,834	$72,259
Median home value	$315,600	$406,200
Median gross rent	$1,159	$1,247
Housing units	27,456	31,491
Homeownership rate	67.6%	74.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Tehama County	Tuolumne County
Population	63,912 → 65,520 (+2.5%)	54,045 → 54,873 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$44,514 → $61,834 (+38.9%)	$60,108 → $72,259 (+20.2%)
Median home value	$215,900 → $315,600 (+46.2%)	$289,200 → $406,200 (+40.5%)
Median gross rent	$872 → $1,159 (+32.9%)	$1,009 → $1,247 (+23.6%)

Tehama County

Population

63,91265,520

Median household income

$44,514$61,834

Median home value

$215,900$315,600

Median gross rent

$872$1,159

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)

	Tehama County	Tuolumne County
Under 5	5.9%	4.4%
5 to 17	18.2%	12.8%
18 to 24	7.3%	6.4%
25 to 34	12.1%	11.8%
35 to 44	11.9%	11.4%
45 to 54	10.9%	10.7%
55 to 64	13.7%	14.7%
65 to 74	11.7%	16.6%
75 and over	8.3%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Tehama County	Tuolumne County
White (non-Hispanic)	62.9%	78.6%
Black or African American	0.8%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	1.0%
Asian	1.8%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.3%
Some other race	0.7%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.3%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	28.2%	13.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Tehama County	Tuolumne County
No high school diploma	13.7%	6.5%
High school graduate	28.8%	25.1%
Some college or associate's	38.7%	44.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Tehama County	Tuolumne County
Drove alone	76.8%	75.1%
Carpooled	10.0%	8.5%
Public transit	0.1%	0.3%
Walked	1.6%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	12.0%
Other means	1.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Tehama County	Tuolumne County
1-unit, detached	70.3%	81.0%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	4.3%	2.7%
20 or more units	1.9%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	17.1%	8.4%

Poverty & households

	Tehama County	Tuolumne County
Poverty rate	15.4%	10.7%
Average household size	2.63	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	24	31
Median year structure built	1981	1979