

For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.7 males. For every 100 females, there were 97.5 males. There were 2,100 families (74.2% of all households) the average family size was 2.78. 580 households (20.5%) were made up of individuals, and 305 (10.8%) had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. There were 127 (4.5%) unmarried opposite-sex partnerships, and 29 (1.0%) same-sex married couples or partnerships. There were 2,830 households, out of which 726 (25.7%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 1,794 (63.4%) were opposite-sex married couples living together, 197 (7.0%) had a female householder with no husband present, 109 (3.9%) had a male householder with no wife present. The Census reported that 6,890 people (99.7% of the population) lived in households, 0 (0%) lived in non-institutionalized group quarters, and 21 (0.3%) were institutionalized. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 488 persons (7.1%). The racial makeup of Alta Sierra was 6,436 (93.1%) White, 18 (0.3%) African American, 55 (0.8%) Native American, 73 (1.1%) Asian, 9 (0.1%) Pacific Islander, 122 (1.8%) from other races, and 198 (2.9%) from two or more races. The population density was 828.9 inhabitants per square mile (320.0/km 2). The 2010 United States Census reported that Alta Sierra had a population of 6,911. There is also another community called Alta Sierra in northcentral Kern County, CA near Lake Isabella.ĭemographics Historical population Census Īccording to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 8.3 square miles (21 km 2), of which, 8.3 square miles (21 km 2) of it is land and 0.02 square miles (0.052 km 2) of it (0.25%) is water. There is a small commercial district with several restaurants, a gas station, a market and personal service businesses. The community is located just east of California State Highway 49, at an elevation of approximately 2300 feet, between the cities of Grass Valley, California to the north and Auburn, California to the south.

The community has a member-owned airport with a 2800 foot runway. Alta Sierra is a golf course community, with homes built around the Alta Sierra Country Club, a semi-private 18 hole course built in 1964. The population was 6,911 at the 2010 census, up from 6,522 at the 2000 census.Īlta Sierra was laid out by property developers in the 1960s. Alta Sierra ( Spanish for "Upper Range") is a census-designated place (CDP) in Nevada County, California, United States.
