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Ladera Ranch vs Truckee

425 miles apart. The biggest differences: street grid (8.4× in Ladera Ranch) and trails (4.6× in Truckee).

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Ladera Ranch, CAAn outdoors townCalifornia · 23,793 people
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Truckee, CAAn outdoors townCalifornia · 17,066 people
Where each one shines

Two towns, two different strengths

What each town does better than most of its state (not better than each other). Tap one to see the page behind it.

The biggest differences

Where they part ways

The rows below where the towns are furthest apart, beyond the Census margin of error. The full table is further down.

★ What stands out · Monthly cost

A typical home costs $2,120 more a month in Ladera Ranch

A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Ladera Ranch$8,150/mo
Typical home $1.37M (Zillow) · tax rate 0.87%+ · or rent about $3,350/mo · Housing →
Truckee$6,040/mo
Typical home $1.03M (Zillow) · tax rate 0.73% · or rent about $1,961/mo · Housing →

The difference: $2,120 a month, about $25,400 a year, between Ladera Ranch and Truckee.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value; “+” means the Census top-codes that town’s bill at $10,000, so its real rate is higher.

Life in each

Truckee gets 183 more inches of snow a year

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons
Ladera RanchTruckee
Snow a year0″183″
January low49°F17°F
July high83°F82°F
Growing season (days)365d81d
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)77th88th
Outdoors & history
Ladera RanchTruckee
Conserved land19.4%16.9%
Settled1999—
National Register places—5
Archive photos—9
Famous people born here—26
Community
Ladera RanchTruckee
Library hours a week44 hrs46 hrs
Posts this month00
Neighbors joined00

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Report cards

Ladera Ranch places higher on 13 of 19 CA lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every California ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Where they are

425 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Ladera Ranch ↔ Truckee425 miles apart
Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Ladera RanchTruckee
People
Population 23,793Highest 17,066Lowest
Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +13.9%Highest CA: +6.1% +3.4%Lowest CA: +6.1%
Median age 35.1±2.9Lowest 7% below CA 42±1.9Highest 11% above CA
Kids under 18 35.2%±2.9Highest CA: 22% 22.3%±2.5Lowest CA: 22%
Age 65+ 7.1%±1.2Lowest CA: 15.7% 14.5%±2.4Highest CA: 15.7%
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 68%Highest CA: 37.1% 60.8%Lowest CA: 37.1%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6.5%±1.5Highest CA: 7.6% 3.1%±1.3Lowest CA: 7.6%
Cost of living
Household incomemedian $184,458±$26kHighest 86% above CA $130,462±$18kLowest 32% above CA
Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $1,151,000±$96kHighest 57% above CA $947,900±$48kLowest 29% above CA
Rentmedian gross, monthly $3,350±$202Highest 65% above CA $1,961±$230Lowest 4% below CA
Property taxmedian, yearly $10,000+Highest at least 95% above CA $6,897Lowest 35% above CA
Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 68.9%±13.1Highest CA: 55.3% 54.9%±11.3Lowest CA: 55.3%
Ladera Ranch and Truckee are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Below poverty line 4.2%Lowest CA: 12% 9%Highest CA: 12%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes 74.1%Highest CA: 55.9% 73.4%Lowest CA: 55.9%
Typical home builtmedian year 2005Highest 29 yrs newer than CA 1989Lowest 13 yrs newer than CA
Getting to work
Average commuteone way 27 minHighest 5% below CA 21 minLowest 26% below CA
Work from home 27.9%±3.8Lowest CA: 17.2% 30.4%±5.4Highest CA: 17.2%
Truckee and Ladera Ranch are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Work in townworking residents 4.2%Lowest 40.2%Highest
Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 16.3 miHighest 9.3 miLowest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.33Lowest 1.04Highest
Top workplaceoutside town Irvine (16%)Reno (5%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in TruckeeFew work in Ladera Ranch
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 19.4%Highest 16.9%Lowest
Trailsmapped miles 25.5 miLowest 118.3 miHighest
Trail densitymiles per sq mi 5.2 miHighest 3.5 miLowest
Parks & preservesnamed on the map 11Lowest 20Highest
Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 201Highest 23.8Lowest
Schools
Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading —#100 of 574 in CA
School district Capistrano UnifiedSierra Expeditionary Learning District · Tahoe-Truckee Unified
High school in town None in townTahoe Truckee High
Students per teacherat that high school — 20.0
California average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

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