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Nevada County, CA
| Population | 102,481 | B01003 |
|---|---|---|
| Population, 2020 census | 102,241 | P1 |
| Median age | 50.1 | B01002 |
| Under 18 | 17.0% | B01001 |
| 65 and over | 29.3% | B01001 |
| Households | 42,865 | B11001 |
| Foreign born | 6.4% | B05002 |
| Median household income | $89,882 | B19013 |
|---|---|---|
| Median family income | $111,185 | B19113 |
| Per capita income | $53,364 | B19301 |
| Poverty rate | 11.0% | B17001 |
| Unemployment rate | 5.4% | B23025 |
| Civilian labor force | 46,582 | B23025 |
| Mean commute (minutes) | 23.6 | B08013 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 41.5% | B15003 |
|---|
| Housing units | 54,309 | B25001 |
|---|---|---|
| Owner-occupied | 75.5% | B25003 |
| Renters | 24.5% | B25003 |
| Median home value | $621,800 | B25077 |
| Median gross rent | $1,677 | B25064 |
| White, not Hispanic | 80.7% | B03002 |
|---|---|---|
| Black | 0.3% | B03002 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 10.7% | B03002 |
| Asian | 1.6% | B03002 |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% | B03002 |
Figures from the 2020-2024 American Community Survey five-year estimates (table codes link to the same table for this area at data.census.gov) and the 2020 census (P1), via IPUMS NHGIS. Estimates for small areas carry wide margins of error; a tract's figures describe its residents, not any one organization.
Against the state: median household income here is 91% of California's ($99,122); poverty 11.0% against 12.0%; 0.3% of the state's people live here.
Census tracts
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Places in the county
- Truckee 17,066 · median household income $130,462
- Grass Valley 14,113 · median household income $51,764
- Alta Sierra CDP (Nevada County) 7,361 · median household income $105,603
- Lake of the Pines 5,461 · median household income $121,682
- Lake Wildwood 4,792 · median household income $85,771
- Nevada City 3,172 · median household income $75,792
- Penn Valley 1,678 · median household income $64,737
- Rough and Ready 736 · median household income $102,725
- North San Juan 179 · median household income $-666,666,666
- Soda Springs 150 · median household income $-666,666,666
- Washington 129 · median household income $-666,666,666
- Floriston 26 · median household income $-666,666,666
- Graniteville 0 · median household income $-666,666,666
- Kingvale 0 · median household income $-666,666,666
FURP records in Nevada County, CA
| Records | How many | Total | Biggest |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nonprofits | 1,384 | $406,360,918 revenue (latest return) | TAHOE DONNER ASSOCIATION ($36,175,733) |
| Nonprofit contractors | 163 | $138,630,768 paid by nonprofits | Mainsl California LLC ($11,282,641) |
| Colleges and schools | 1 | 9 enrollment | Paul Mitchell the School-North Tahoe (9) |
| Form D issuers | 46 | $495,818,632 amount sold | OP Waterleaf, LLC ($62,741,750) |
| Political committees | 21 | UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA | |
| Form 5500 plan sponsors | 816 | 894 plans | NORTH TAHOE RADIOLOGY MEDICAL GROUP, INC. (5) |
| Open Payments recipients | 358 | $821,024 industry payments | RETINA CENTER OF GRASS VALLEY, INC ($243,418) |
| Food recall firms | 2 | 3 recalls | CaCoCo, Inc. (2) |
| Patent and trademark owners | 597 | 1,604 patents and marks | Savenseal.com Ltd. (51) |
| IPO registrants | 4 | 22 filings | Kelvin Medical, Inc. (10) |
| Federal award recipients | 6,379 | $586,839,840 federal awards | FURNITURE BY THURSTON ($102,313,547) |
| State business registrations | 872 | HILLSIDE JJB INC |
Cross-reference: 1,384 nonprofits for 102,481 residents is 135.0 per 10,000 people; their latest-year revenue of $406,360,918 is $3,965 per resident, 10.5% of all household income here (households at the median income).
Highest-paid people on nonprofit returns here
| # | Name | Title | Organization | Pay | Year | Times the median household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | HARRY WEIS | FORMER OFFICER | TAHOE FOREST HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION | $1,240,924 | 2024 | 13.8x |
| 2 | ROB ETNYRE | GENERAL MANAGER | TAHOE DONNER ASSOCIATION | $735,567 | 2019 | 8.2x |
| 3 | LOUIS WARD - INTERIM | CEO, TFHD & DIRECTOR (THRU 03/25) | TAHOE FOREST HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION | $703,814 | 2024 | 7.8x |
| 4 | CRYSTAL FELIX | CFO, TFHD & TREASURER | TAHOE FOREST HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION | $639,472 | 2024 | 7.1x |
| 5 | LOUIS WARD | INTERIM CEO, TFHD & DIRECTOR | TAHOE FOREST HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION | $535,130 | 2023 | 6.0x |
| 6 | Christopher Genobaga | Physician | WESTERN SIERRA MEDICAL CLINIC INC | $364,864 | 2018 | 4.1x |
| 7 | Serita Cox | CEO | I FOSTER INC | $344,126 | 2024 | 3.8x |
| 8 | ANNIE ROSENFELD | GENERAL MANAGER | TAHOE DONNER ASSOCIATION | $325,106 | 2024 | 3.6x |
| 9 | JAYE CHASSEUR | CONTROLLER, TFHD | TAHOE FOREST HEALTH SYSTEM FOUNDATION | $320,085 | 2024 | 3.6x |
| 10 | ROBB ETNYRE | GENERAL MANAGER; ASSISTANT | TAHOE DONNER ASSOCIATION | $319,387 | 2018 | 3.6x |
Each person's latest year on a 990 at a nonprofit placed here (reported pay including related organizations and other compensation); people paid under $50,000 are left out. The median household income here is $89,882.
Nonprofits: biggest by revenue (latest return)
- TAHOE DONNER ASSOCIATION Truckee, CA · $36,175,733
- WESTERN SIERRA MEDICAL CLINIC INC Grass Valley, CA · $21,509,249
- LAKE WILDWOOD ASSOCIATION Penn Valley, CA · $14,802,229
- JOHN MUIR CHARTER SCHOOLS Grass Valley, CA · $12,938,197
- FOREST CHARTER SCHOOL Nevada City, CA · $12,552,440
- TAHOE TRUCKEE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION Truckee, CA · $11,884,531
- TRUCKEE DONNER LAND TRUST Truckee, CA · $10,482,710
- MOUNTAIN VALLEY CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES INC Nevada City, CA · $9,852,336
- PEGGY AND JACK BASKIN FOUNDATION Truckee, CA · $9,426,126
- NEVADA CITY SCHOOL OF THE ARTS Nevada City, CA · $9,267,769
Nonprofit contractors: biggest by paid by nonprofits
- Mainsl California LLC Chico, CA · $11,282,641
- SIERRA NEVADA ANESTHESIA Grass Valley, CA · $10,090,161
- ROBINSON ENTERPRISES INC Nevada City, CA · $8,527,881
- TRULINE BUILDERS Grass Valley, CA · $6,375,726
- Colantuono Highsmith & Whatley PC Grass Valley, CA · $5,460,577
- TINTLE INC Nevada City, CA · $5,153,734
- STREAMLINE CONSTRUCTION Grass Valley, CA · $4,201,723
- HANSEN BROS ENTERPRISES Grass Valley, CA · $3,700,293
- New Leaders Ventures LLC Truckee, CA · $3,558,943
- DAN GODDARD CONSTRUCTION Truckee, CA · $3,000,848
Colleges and schools: biggest by enrollment
- Paul Mitchell the School-North Tahoe Truckee, CA · 9
Form D issuers: biggest by amount sold
- OP Waterleaf, LLC Truckee, CA · $62,741,750
- EAGLE PEAK FUND L P Truckee, CA · $52,450,115
- OP Cherry Grove, LLC Truckee, CA · $44,074,503
- OP Flats, LLC Truckee, CA · $40,171,453
- OP Outlook Investor, LLC Truckee, CA · $39,326,224
- OP Discovery, LLC Truckee, CA · $36,016,070
- Vibrant Planet, PBC Truckee, CA · $31,146,605
- OP Lake Forest LLC Truckee, CA · $26,251,923
- Rise Gold Corp. Grass Valley, CA · $20,024,722
- OP Station 21, LLC Truckee, CA · $19,630,000
Political committees
- ALL PEOPLE'S COMMITTEE (ATKINSON) Nevada City, CA
- BEN EMERY FOR CONGRESS Nevada, CA
- BILL STEELE FOR CONGRESS Nevada City, CA
- CALIFORNIANS FOR EFFECTIVE REPRESENTATION Nevada City, CA
- CD 1 ALLIANCE Penn Valley, CA
- COMMITTEE TO ELECT TIM GEIST FOR CONGRESS Nevada City, CA
- CRUSHPAC Truckee, CA
- DAVID C PETERSON FOR CONGRESS Grass Valley, CA
- DEMOCRACY THROUGH VOTING Truckee, CA
- GOD PLEASE SAVE US I REPEAT PHIL MURPHY VS BERNIE SANDERS Truckee, CA
Form 5500 plan sponsors: biggest by plans
- NORTH TAHOE RADIOLOGY MEDICAL GROUP, INC. Truckee, CA · 5
- WESTERN SIERRA MEDICAL CLINIC INC Grass Valley, CA · 5
- C&D CONTRACTORS, INC. Nevada City, CA · 4
- COLANTUONO, HIGHSMITH & WHATLEY Grass Valley, CA · 4
- GRASS VALLEY USA, LLC Nevada City, CA · 4
- AJA VIDEO SYSTEMS, INC. Grass Valley, CA · 3
- BLUE EAGLE CONTRACTING, INC. Grass Valley, CA · 3
- MICRO PRECISION CALIBRATION, INC. Grass Valley, CA · 3
- APPLIED SCIENCE, INC. Grass Valley, CA · 2
- BASSETT FLOORING, INC. Truckee, CA · 2
Open Payments recipients: biggest by industry payments
- RETINA CENTER OF GRASS VALLEY, INC Grass Valley, CA · $243,418
- BRIAN EVANS Grass Valley, CA · $121,795
- LAURENCE HEIFETZ Truckee, CA · $67,544
- MEENA ZAREH Grass Valley, CA · $49,049
- GARRETT M ECKERLING Grass Valley, CA · $42,231
- TAHOE SIERRA EYE & OPTICAL Truckee, CA · $20,000
- NATHAN PAYNE Grass Valley, CA · $10,004
- JUSTIN JOSE RIVERA Grass Valley, CA · $9,371
- MARC T CLAYDON Grass Valley, CA · $9,270
- LYSTRA WILSON CELESTINE Grass Valley, CA · $8,935
Food recall firms: biggest by recalls
- CaCoCo, Inc. Grass Valley, CA · 2
- River Canyon Retreat Grass Valley, CA · 1
Patent and trademark owners: biggest by patents and marks
- Savenseal.com Ltd. Nevada City, CA · 51
- Jaquish Biomedical Corporation Nevada City, CA · 44
- TELESTREAM, LLC Nevada City, CA · 42
- Truckee Craft Brewing Truckee, CA · 39
- GRASS VALLEY USA, LLC Grass Valley, CA · 34
- Sound Research Corporation Truckee, CA · 30
- Crystal World Holdings, Inc. Grass Valley, CA · 25
- BIGTRUCK BRAND, INC. Truckee, CA · 19
- Floracopeia, Inc. Grass Valley, CA · 19
- Forever Flowering, LLC Grass Valley, CA · 17
IPO registrants: biggest by filings
- Kelvin Medical, Inc. Nevada City, NV · 10
- Citizens Bancorp Nevada City, CA · 6
- BrewBilt Manufacturing Inc. Grass Valley, CA · 5
- Ruby Gold, Inc. Nevada City, CA · 1
Federal award recipients: biggest by federal awards
- FURNITURE BY THURSTON Grass Valley, CA · $102,313,547
- COUNTY OF NEVADA Nevada City, CA · $57,081,789
- WESTERN SIERRA MEDICAL CLINIC, INC. Grass Valley, CA · $31,869,446
- TRUCKEE-TAHOE AIRPORT DISTRICT Truckee, CA · $27,637,797
- LEGEND CONSTRUCTION AND PAINTING INC Grass Valley, CA · $27,035,447
- NATIONAL RURAL ACCOUNTABLE CARE CONSORTIUM Nevada City, CA · $24,575,791
- SIERRA TAHOE INVESTIGATIONS Truckee, CA · $17,040,841
- APRIA HEALTHCARE LLC Grass Valley, CA · $14,140,040
- SUNFLOW ENERGY CORP Truckee, CA · $12,618,932
- ALL POWER INC Grass Valley, CA · $11,830,539
All 26 tracts
Every tract with its figures is in the CSV and GeoJSON downloads.
| Tract | Population | Median household income | Poverty rate | Median age |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Census Tract 7.01 | 7,981 | $101,454 | 7.6% | 53.0 |
| Census Tract 1.02 | 7,089 | $101,629 | 6.5% | 54.3 |
| Census Tract 1.07 | 6,478 | $103,698 | 12.5% | 45.6 |
| Census Tract 8.02 | 6,317 | $88,455 | 7.2% | 58.6 |
| Census Tract 12.07 | 5,664 | $91,971 | 10.9% | 38.2 |
| Census Tract 4.01 | 5,406 | $86,250 | 7.4% | 61.1 |
| Census Tract 8.01 | 5,203 | $93,056 | 9.7% | 50.5 |
| Census Tract 5.04 | 4,953 | $74,214 | 19.9% | 54.8 |
| Census Tract 12.05 | 4,920 | $144,324 | 10.8% | 41.2 |
| Census Tract 6.02 | 4,681 | $49,047 | 14.1% | 46.4 |
| Census Tract 5.02 | 4,588 | $60,397 | 15.5% | 43.0 |
| Census Tract 4.04 | 4,389 | $78,417 | 9.8% | 58.1 |
| Census Tract 7.02 | 4,062 | $82,181 | 9.0% | 54.4 |
| Census Tract 9 | 3,902 | $59,628 | 21.8% | 56.2 |
| Census Tract 1.04 | 3,368 | $76,389 | 11.5% | 59.5 |
| Census Tract 3 | 2,857 | $113,398 | 11.4% | 50.7 |
| Census Tract 1.05 | 2,746 | $113,750 | 7.9% | 53.1 |
| Census Tract 6.01 | 2,739 | $33,596 | 28.5% | 53.4 |
| Census Tract 2 | 2,588 | $109,081 | 13.7% | 56.4 |
| Census Tract 4.03 | 2,286 | $102,500 | 8.3% | 43.9 |
| Census Tract 1.06 | 1,989 | $124,821 | 4.6% | 60.1 |
| Census Tract 12.08 | 1,942 | $187,939 | 5.0% | 57.4 |
| Census Tract 12.10 | 1,820 | $196,875 | 8.5% | 42.4 |
| Census Tract 12.09 | 1,752 | $107,787 | 2.2% | 50.4 |
| Census Tract 5.03 | 1,643 | $103,676 | 13.3% | 39.0 |
| Census Tract 12.11 | 1,118 | $143,487 | 9.2% | 53.0 |
Census figures are from IPUMS NHGIS: the American Community Survey 2020-2024 five-year estimates (ACS table codes shown with each figure) and the 2020 decennial census (Demographic and Housing Characteristics), by state, county, place and census tract. FURP records are placed by ZIP code (the Census Bureau's 2020 ZCTA-to-county and ZCTA-to-tract relationship files: the county or tract holding most of the ZIP's land) and by city name (Census place names, normalized), so a record's tract is its ZIP's main tract, not its street's. Cite: Jonathan Schroeder, David Van Riper, Steven Manson, Grace Cooper, Zachary Krause, Tracy Kugler, Tsu Zhu, and Steven Ruggles. IPUMS National Historical Geographic Information System: Version 21.0 [dataset]. Minneapolis, MN: IPUMS. 2026. http://doi.org/10.18128/D050.V21.0