The median owner-occupied home in Nevada County had a real-estate tax bill of $4,468 (± $142) a year, compared with $4,926 in California and $2,969 nationwide. The median home value was $602,800 (± $10,330), compared with $695,400 in California and $303,400 nationwide.
| Measure | Nevada County | California | United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 102,452 | 39,242,785 | 332,387,540 |
| Median annual property tax bill (homeowners) | $4,468 ± $142 | $4,926 ± $12 | $2,969 ± $3 |
| Median home value | $602,800 ± $10,330 | $695,400 ± $1,030 | $303,400 ± $362 |
| Median household income | $84,905 ± $4,336 | $96,334 ± $298 | $78,538 ± $176 |
| Property tax as a share of home value (calculated) | 0.74% ± 0.03 points | 0.71% ± under 0.01 points | 0.98% ± under 0.01 points |
| Homes lived in by their owners | 74.4% ± 1.3 points | 55.8% ± 0.3 points | 65.0% ± 0.3 points |
| Owner households headed by someone 65 or older | 46.8% ± 2.1 points | 33.2% ± 0.2 points | 32.6% ± 0.2 points |
| Owners spending 30% or more of income on housing costs | 37.0% ± 2.5 points | 30.9% ± 0.1 points | 22.2% ± 0.1 points |
How to read these numbers
- These are estimates from a survey, not a count. The American Community Survey asks a sample of households. The ± figure is the Census Bureau’s margin of error: the true value is very likely within that range of the estimate. Small places have large margins.
- “Too imprecise to report” means the margin of error is at least half of the estimate, so printing the number would suggest accuracy that does not exist. A “rough guide only” note means the margin is a quarter to a half of the estimate.
- Property tax bill and home value are medians for owner-occupied homes. Half of the homes are above the figure and half below. A median bill is not the rate set by a city or town; the bill combines taxes levied by every local government that serves the home, such as the school district and county.
- “Calculated” rows are worked out by Untax the Roof from the Census figures above them. They compare two medians, so they describe the place, not a particular household.
- Missing is not zero. Where the Census Bureau publishes no figure, this page says so.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2019–2023: tables B25103 (real estate taxes), B25077 (home value), B19013 (household income), B01003 (population), B25003 (owners and renters), B25007 (age of householder), B25091 (housing costs as a share of income); see the Census ACS data page.
Cities, towns and villages in Nevada County (3)
Incorporated places with their own local government. A place that crosses a county line is listed in each county it touches and marked “partly”; its page shows figures for the whole place.
Census-designated places in Nevada County (7)
Unincorporated communities that the Census Bureau defines for statistics. They have no city government of their own.
- Alta Sierra CDP (Nevada County)
- Lake of the Pines
- Lake Wildwood
- North San Juan
- Penn Valley
- Rough and Ready
- Soda Springs
Recognized by the Census Bureau, but no property tax figure published (4)
These places appear in the Census Bureau’s list of places and governmental units in Nevada County, but its 2019–2023 survey publishes no median property tax bill for them (usually because too few households were sampled). They are listed here so that no place is overlooked. The county figures above are the closest available estimate.
- Floriston CDP
- Graniteville CDP
- Kingvale CDP
- Washington CDP
Other named communities in Nevada County (130)
These names come from the U.S. Geological Survey’s Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), which records historical and local names of populated places: small settlements, neighborhoods, rural localities and former towns. The Census Bureau does not report them as cities, towns or census-designated places, so no figures exist for them at this level. The county figures above are the closest available estimate. A name can appear for a place that no longer exists or that lies inside a larger place.
- Alpha (historical)
- Alta Hill
- Alta Sierra Estates
- Alta Sierra Ranches
- Alta Vista Park
- Armstrong
- Badger Hill (historical)
- Baltimore Town
- Banner Crest
- Bear River Pines
- Bear Valley (historical)
- Bella Vista Park
- Big Oak Valley
- Birch Meadow Acres
- Birchville
- Bitney Corner
- Blue Tent
- Boca
- Boston Ravine
- Bridgeport
- Bronco
- Buena Vista (historical)
- Camp Spaulding
- Cascade Shores
- Casey Corner
- Cedar Crest
- Cedar Ridge
- Champion (historical)
- Cherokee
- Cherry Creek Acres
- Coleman
- Crystal Lake
- Crystal Springs (historical)
- Cypress Hill
- Deer Creek Park
- Democrat (historical)
- Dew Drop
- Dillon (historical)
- Donner Lake Village
- Donner Pines Tract
- Donner Woods
- Eagle Bird (historical)
- Echo Ridge Estates
- Echo Ridge Trails
- Evergreen Estates
- Forest Knolls
- Forest Spring (historical)
- French Corral
- Gaston
- Gateway
- Gelatt
- Glenbrook
- Gold Flat
- Higgins Corner
- Highland Park
- Hills Flat
- Hinton
- Hirschdale
- Hobart Mills
- Hunts Hill (historical)
- Iceland
- Jones Bar (historical)
- Junction House
- Kenwood Estates
- Kres
- La Barr Meadows
- Lake City
- Lakeview
- Langs (historical)
- Leduc Acres
- Little York (historical)
- Malakoff (historical)
- Marsh Mill
- Maybert (historical)
- Meadow Lake Park
- Mooney Flat
- Moores Flat
- Mystic
- Newtown
- Norden
- North Bloomfield
- North Columbia
- Olympia Glade
- Olympic Heights
- Omega
- Ophir Hill Acres
- Orleans Flat
- Peardale
- Pinecrest
- Polaris
- Ponderosa Fairway Estates
- Prosser (historical)
- Prosser Lake Heights
- Prosser Lakeview Estates
- Providence (historical)
- Quaker Hill (historical)
- Red Dog
- Relief
- Remington Hill (historical)
- Ridge View
- Sahl Court
- Scotts Flat
- Sebastopol
- Shands (historical)
- Shelby Flat (historical)
- Sherwood Forest
- Sierra Knoll Estates
- Sierra Vista Park
- Snow Point (historical)
- Snow Tent (historical)
- Spring Hill
- Starbright Acres
- Summit City (historical)
- Sunrise Heights
- Sunset View
- Sweetland
- The Oaks
- Timber Trails
- Town Talk
- Union Hill
- Union Mills
- Weeks Tract
- White Spot
- Willaura Estates
- Willow Valley
- Wokodot (historical)
- Wolf
- Woolsey Flat
- You Bet
- Yuba Pass