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Nevada City, CA vs Pacific Grove, CA

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- Pacific Grove is 0% more densely populated than Nevada City.
- People are 65.9% more likely to be married in Pacific Grove.
- The Median Age is 11.2 years younger in Pacific Grove.
 Nevada City, CAPacific Grove, CAUnited States
 Population  Unlock15,169329,725,481
 Female Population52.1%  Unlock50.5%
 Male Population47.9%  Unlock49.5%
 Median Age  Unlock4838.4
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 Population - 20103,122  Unlock309,327,143
 Population - 2000  Unlock15,522285,036,114
 Population - 19902,855  Unlock251,960,433
 Pop. 2000 to Now  Unlock-1.4%15.6%
 Pop. 1990 to Now9.5%  Unlock30.8%
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 Population Density  Unlock5,305.793.4
 Land Area2.2  Unlock3,531,905.4
 Water Area  Unlock1.1264,836.8
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 Est. Total Population By Age
 Nevada City, CAPacific Grove, CAUnited States
 Age 0 to 42.7%  Unlock5.9%
 Age 5 to 9  Unlock6.2%6.1%
 Age 10 to 142.6%  Unlock6.6%
 Age 15 to 17  Unlock3.4%3.9%
 Age 18 to 204.7%  Unlock4.0%
 Age 21 to 24  Unlock2.4%5.2%
 Age 25 to 347.6%  Unlock13.8%
 Age 35 to 44  Unlock10.2%12.9%
 Age 45 to 5411.0%  Unlock12.6%
 Age 55 to 59  Unlock7.1%6.7%
 Age 60 to 648.1%  Unlock6.3%
 Age 65 to 74  Unlock16.3%9.6%
 Age 75 to 845.5%  Unlock4.5%
 Age 85 and over  Unlock3.1%1.9%
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 Race
 Nevada City, CAPacific Grove, CAUnited States
 White87.6%  Unlock59.4%
 Black  Unlock0.7%12.2%
 Asian0.8%  Unlock5.6%
 Native American  Unlock0.4%0.6%
 Hawaiian, Pacific Islander0.0%  Unlock0.2%
 Other  Unlock0.2%0.4%
 Two or More Races5.0%  Unlock3.2%
 Hispanic  Unlock11.4%18.4%
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 Marriage & Family
 Nevada City, CAPacific Grove, CAUnited States
 Married Population32.7%  Unlock49.8%
     Currently Married  Unlock52.6%48.0%
 Married but Separated1.1%  Unlock1.8%
 Single Population  Unlock45.7%50.2%
 Never Married35.2%  Unlock33.8%
 Divorced  Unlock13.4%10.8%
 Widowed4.7%  Unlock5.6%
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 Household Size  Unlock2.212.60
 Households1,438  Unlock124,010,992
 Family Households  Unlock3,88580,755,759
     Married couple, w/children5.3%  Unlock30.5%
     Married couple, no children  Unlock53.3%42.9%
 Non Family Households857  Unlock43,255,233
     Single householder, w/children  Unlock9.5%15.8%
     Single householder, no children15.0%  Unlock10.8%
Reviews for Nevada City    6 Reviews

Over 7 years ago

I lived in Y.C Ca for 14 yrs and Nevada City became my favorite town to visit. The restaurants are great, the night life is mellow but you get a variety of music...shoos  More

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We are seriously considering a move to Nevada City. I have a lot of questions about what it will be like for a liberal-minded family with a teenage son. Will he find  More

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Over 9 years ago

I have been coming here since I was a child. I am from the bay area, the town I grew up in was small and I met my husband there. We raised our children there. The  More

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Reviews for Pacific Grove    3 Reviews

We had vacationed in the Monterey Bay Area for 40 years and really liked it, so we leased an apartment in Pacific Grove for a year to see if we would like to purchase  More

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Over 19 years ago

PG is a wonderful town, although with a four-year old child, the town feels old. It is prohibitively expensive to live in PG with the Average home close to a million  More

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We were welcomed to the community and had great  More

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