 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.
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
Interesting Demographic Information about Truckee
Population (year 2000): 13,864
Males: 7,328 (52.9%), Females: 6,536 (47.1%)
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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