Truckee
Truckee: Historically Rich Mountain Community
Truckee, California is everything you seek in a mountain community. Located between Sacramento and Reno on Highway 80, Truckee is convenient yet provides an unbounded get-a-way in the Sierras.
Shopping, dining, beautiful scenery, pubs, a happening music scene with free concerts throughout the summer months, Truckee truly offers something for the whole family.
Living in Truckee provides adventure and also serenity. In this mountain community you will find plenty to enjoy:
- Backpacking
- Back Road Exploration
- Biking & Rentals
- Camping
- Cross Country Skiing
- Donner Lake
- Donner Summit
- Truckee Valley
- Squaw Valley and other Ski Resorts
- Gold Lake
- Fishing
- Hiking
- Historic Donner Pass
- Horse Pack Trips
- Mountain Biking
- Snow Skiing
- Snow Boarding
- Toiyabe National Forest
- Tahoe National Forest
- Golfing
- Beaches
- Kayaking
Interesting Demographic Information about Truckee
Population (year 2009): 16,000
Elevation: 5840 feet
County: Nevada County, California
Land area: 32.5 square miles
Zip codes: 96160 – 96162.
Median resident age: 35.3 years
Median household income: $58,848 (year 2000)
Median house value: $247,800 (year 2000)
Ancestries: German (20.3%), English (18.0%), Irish (17.9%), Italian (8.5%), French (5.6%), United States (5.1%).
For population 25 years and over in Truckee:
High school or higher: 89.9%
Bachelor’s degree or higher: 33.0%
Graduate or professional degree: 8.4%
Unemployed: 3.9%
Mean travel time to work: 23.1 minutes
For population 15 years and over in Truckee town:
Never married: 26.4%
Now married: 59.6%
Separated: 1.0%
Widowed: 2.8%
Divorced: 10.2%
9.0% Foreign born (6.8% Latin America, 1.1% Europe).
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Reno, NV (29.2 miles, pop. 180,480).
Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Sacramento, CA (102.6 miles, pop. 407,018).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Los Angeles, CA (384.6 miles, pop. 3,694,820).
Nearest cities: Dollar Point, CA (12.5 miles), Tahoe Vista, CA (12.5 miles), Sunnyside-Tahoe City, CA (13.8 miles), Kings Beach, CA (14.2 miles), Incline Village-Crystal Bay, NV (18.7 miles), Verdi-Mogul, NV (20.7 miles), Loyalton, CA (23.3 miles), Cold Springs, NV (28.3 miles).
Industries providing employment: Arts,entertainment,recreation,accommodation and food services (19.3%), Construction (16.8%), Educational,health and social services (14.4%), Retail trade (11.6%).
For more information about real estate opportunities in Truckee, contact Lynn Flynn.
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