Truckee is a somewhat small town located in the state of California. With a population of 13,967 people and four constituent neighborhoods, Truckee is the 366th largest community in California.

Truckee is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Truckee is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Truckee who work in sales jobs (13.74%), office and administrative support jobs (11.00%), and management occupations (9.70%).

Of important note, Truckee is also a town of artists. Truckee has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Truckee's character.

Truckee is a major vacation destination. Much of the town's population is seasonal: many people own second homes and only live there part-time, during the vacation season. The effect on the local economy is that many of the businesses are dependant on tourist dollars, and may operate only during the high season. As the vacation season ends, Truckee's population drops significantly, such that year-round residents will notice that the city is a much quieter place to live.

Being a small town, Truckee does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Truckee Information and Demographics

The education level of Truckee citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (14.96%): 33.00% of adults in Truckee have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Truckee in 2000 was $26,786, which is upper middle income relative to California, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $107,144 for a family of four. However, Truckee contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Truckee is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Truckee home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Truckee is White, followed by Asian. Truckee also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.42% of the town's residents. Important ancestries of people in Truckee include German, English, Irish, Italian, French, Norwegian, Scottish, and European.

The most common language spoken in Truckee is English. Some people also speak Spanish.