Sierra VillageCA
It is a town of 150 residents in California.
Is Sierra Village a good place to live?
13% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Sierra Village, below both California’s towns (29%) and U.S. towns (29%). 17% of the land in Sierra Village is conserved, against 4.3% in California’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. Sierra Village has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
150 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Sierra Village: who provides what
Sierra Village is unincorporated, so Tuolumne County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Sierra Village.
Sierra Village faces a very high natural-hazard risk, led by wildfire
Expected damage from storms and floods is higher here than in 99% of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects in Sierra Village, 66% come from wildfires and 31% from inland flooding.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most of Sierra Village’s workers commute out: the town has 0.2 jobs for each of them
Sierra Village’s average commute is 22 minutes. Commuting out is the norm in the town: 1% of working residents work locally. The top destinations are Sonora (6%), Fresno (5%) and San Jose (3%). For half of commuters, work is under 76 miles away.
| Sierra Village | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $69,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.1% | 6.6% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Sierra Village keeps 17.2% of its land conserved
3.6 miles of trail. For Sierra Village, the trail density is 1.4 miles per square mile.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Expect snowy winters and pleasant summers in Sierra Village
Summer afternoons peak near 85° in July, and January nights bottom out around 33°; snowfall runs to about 51 inches a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Sierra Village is
CDC measures, 32 in all: Sierra Village beats California on 15 and trails on 3. 30% of Sierra Village adults feel lonely.
| Sierra Village | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 29% | 35% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 36% | 33% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 7.3% | 16% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 22% | 19% |
| What stands out | Sierra Village | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7.3% | 17.9% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 4.4% | 10.6% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11.1% | 6.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
A home in Sierra Village sells for about $243K at the median
Among households in Sierra Village, 60% own their home.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Yosemite National Park and 15 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Sierra Village. Close and well known come first.
Big draw15 mi National ParkYosemite National Park4.3M visitors a year
22 mi LakeHetch Hetchy
15 mi State parkCalaveras Big Trees State Park
38 mi WaterfallYosemite Falls
15 mi National forestStanislaus National Forest
14 mi Ski areaDodge Ridge Ski Area61 runs · 1,576 ft verticalPhoto credits
Yosemite National Park: Thomas Wolf, www.foto-tw.de, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hetch Hetchy: Vulpinus2, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Calaveras Big Trees State Park: John J. O'Brien (talk · contribs), Public domain · Yosemite Falls: King of Hearts, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Stanislaus National Forest: U.S. National Park Service, Public domain · Dodge Ridge Ski Area: IanGad, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Everything we know about Sierra Village
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Sierra Village
About 0 of every 100 Sierra Village residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across California.
99% of working residents leave Sierra Village for work
Where Sierra Village’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Questions about Sierra Village
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Sierra Village, CA a good place to live?
Sierra Village has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.