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Grass Valley, CA

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Grass Valley, CA: 2 USPS ZIPs, population 44,940. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet GRASS-VALLEY-CA · Grass Valley, CA 2 ZIPs · 44,940 pop · #8591/25278 · Nevada County

INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-FEW · OWN-MID · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-MOD · HOME-HIGH

  • INC-HIGH $82,085
  • RANK-UPPER #8591/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Penn Valley
  • BOOK-FEW 2 ZIPs
  • OWN-MID 72% owners
  • POP-SMALL 44,940
  • SPREAD-MOD 95945→95949
  • HOME-HIGH $545,150

Nearest income peer: Penn Valley, CA (+ $2,710 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Grass Valley

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Grass Valley on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Grass Valley, CA sits among US cities with an above-median household income, on a small-city population base, across a handful of delivery areas.

Top 34%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
44,940
city population (Census)
2
USPS ZIP codes covered
$82,085
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Above-median income on a short ZIP list (2) - lead code 95945 (25,199 residents). Household income $82,085 is the roll-up; open the ZIP for tenure and commute.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (72.4%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Grass Valley as a pure owner town.

Within California, Indio is the closest lower-income city and Citrus Heights the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 2 and 2 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Grass Valley.

Within-city ZIP comparison

Where the ZIP codes inside Grass Valley differ

The published income range is comparatively compact across the ZIPs in Grass Valley: $65,989 in ZIP 95945 to $98,181 in 95949. The city average is therefore a more representative summary here, though each ZIP page still carries its own housing and demographic record.

Income high-to-low ratio
1.5×

95945 to 95949

Home-value high-to-low ratio
1.0×

95945 to 95949

Poverty-rate spread
4.2 points

95949 to 95945

Derived from the published ACS 2023 ZIP-level records shown on this site. A high-to-low ratio compares the highest and lowest available ZIP values; it is not a score or forecast.

Population concentration

Lead ZIP 95945 skews compact Grass Valley

In this 2-ZIP cluster, 95945 covers about 56% of Grass Valley's 44,940 residents. City averages lean toward that lead; open a thinner sibling ZIP for the contrast the mean hides.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Employer-heavy short list in Grass Valley

Citywide ZBP: 1,381 establishments, 11,904 employees , annual payroll $618,729k (~31 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 2 of 2 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 95945 (1,025 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (211) · also Retail trade · Health care and social assistance .

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ZIP Codes in Grass Valley, CA

These ZIP codes sit in Nevada County, which covers 8 ZIP codes in all; 2 of them fall in Grass Valley. See the Nevada County roll-up →

Every one of the 5 cities sharing Nevada County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Grass Valley, Truckee, Nevada City and Penn Valley among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Truckee marks the far end of that range at $131,702, 60% above Grass Valley.

Side-by-side: Compare 95945 vs 95949 →

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
95945 25,199 $65,989 1,025 152
95949 19,741 $98,181 356 55
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Grass Valley roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Grass Valley, .