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Alta Sierra, CA

7,061 Population
8.3 square miles 848.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

55.4 ±1.9 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Truckee-Grass Valley, CA Micro Area: 50.3 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in California: 37.6 ±0.1

Economics

$49,657 ±$4,418 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Truckee-Grass Valley, CA Micro Area: $49,935 ±$1,895
  • a little higher than the amount in California: $47,977 ±$163
$99,576 ±$22,391 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Truckee-Grass Valley, CA Micro Area: $84,905 ±$4,336
  • a little higher than the amount in California: $96,334 ±$298

5.7% ±2.7% (397  ±194) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Truckee-Grass Valley, CA Micro Area: 10.6% 10,745 (±1.1% / ±1,065)
  • about half the rate in California: 12% 4,610,600 (±0.1% / ±37,676)

29.2 minutes ±9.2 (73,395  ±15,014) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Truckee-Grass Valley, CA Micro Area: 24.4 823,055 (±0.9 / ±48,991)
  • about the same as the figure in California: 29 449,199,070 (±0 / ±1,016,968)

Families

2,920 ±262 Number of households
  • the Truckee-Grass Valley, CA Micro Area: 41,873 ±726
  • California: 13,434,847 ±19,805
2.4 ±0.1 (7,050  ±739) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Truckee-Grass Valley, CA Micro Area: 2.4 100,935 (±0 / ±38)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 2.9 38,375,888

3.2% ±4.3% (33  ±45) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Truckee-Grass Valley, CA Micro Area: 5% † 929 (±1.3% / ±234)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in California: 4.8% 458,434 (±0.1% / ±6,537)

Housing

3,052 ±242 Number of housing units
  • the Truckee-Grass Valley, CA Micro Area: 53,981 ±70
  • California: 14,532,683 ±1,118

$560,600 ±$36,225 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Truckee-Grass Valley, CA Micro Area: $602,800 ±$10,330
  • about 80 percent of the amount in California: $695,400 ±$1,030

5.6% ±3% (393  ±215.7) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Truckee-Grass Valley, CA Micro Area: 8.1% † 8,245 (±1% / ±1,028.2)
  • about half the rate in California: 11.2% 4,339,762 (±0.1% / ±29,112.5)

Social

96.5% ±4.4% (5,450  ±681.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Truckee-Grass Valley, CA Micro Area: 95.1% 75,320 (±2.8% / ±2,219.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 84.6% 22,792,052 (±0.2% / ±42,908.7)
42% ±6.4% (2,370  ±456.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Truckee-Grass Valley, CA Micro Area: 39.5% 31,263 (±1.8% / ±1,406.1)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in California: 36.5% 9,834,361 (±0.1% / ±27,165.3)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3.3% ±1.7% (233  ±122) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in the Truckee-Grass Valley, CA Micro Area: 6.5% 6,685
  • about 10 percent of the rate in California: 26.7% 10,479,526

11.9% ±4.7% (713  ±290) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Truckee-Grass Valley, CA Micro Area: 8.5% 7,223 (±0.7% / ±590)
  • more than double the rate in California: 4.5% 1,355,918 (±0% / ±10,743)
713 Total veterans ±290 644 Male ±292 69 Female ±86

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