California · Census place 0680588
Truckee, California
Truckee is a town in Nevada County, California with an estimated 17,240 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 315th largest of 468 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 17,240
- #315 of 468 in California
- Change since 2020
- +2.8%
- +471 people
- Land area
- 32.3 sq mi
- + 1.33 sq mi water
- Density
- 533 / sq mi
- State median 3,725
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Truckee population, 2020 to 2024
Truckee added 471 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.8%. In the latest year it moved by +139. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 77th; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so Truckee is 47% of it.
Truckee covers 32.33 square miles of land and 1.33 of water, for 533 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so Truckee is less dense than the typical town.
What county Truckee is in
All of Truckee's residents live in Nevada County, which had 102,195 residents in 2024. Truckee holds 16.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Truckee
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Truckee by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 96161. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Truckee is
The Census internal point of Truckee is at 39.350500, -120.193900. Sacramento, the capital, is 87.9 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Reno, NV (281,714 people), 22.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 39.350500, -120.193900
- DMS
- 39°21'1.80"N 120°11'38.04"W
- UTM
- 10N 741800.9E 4359429.2N
- Geohash
- 9qfxbgt3r
- Plus code
- 84FX9R24+6C
Daylight in Truckee
At 39.35° N, Truckee gets about 14 h 57 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 24 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 33 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Truckee
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is South Lake Tahoe, 31.3 miles away, with 21,225 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Truckee, CA?
17,240 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 471 (2.8%) from 16,769 in July 2020.
What county is Truckee in?
Nevada County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Truckee?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 96161.
How far is Truckee from Sacramento?
87.9 miles (141.5 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Truckee.
What is the nearest larger city to Truckee?
Reno, NV, with 281,714 residents, 22.9 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.