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Palo Cedro, CA vs Truckee, CA

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Is it cheaper to live in Truckee or is it cheaper to live in Palo Cedro?
- Truckee is 29.0% more expensive than Palo Cedro.

Which city has more affordable housing, Truckee or Palo Cedro?
- Truckee housing costs are 83.9% more expensive than Palo Cedro housing costs.

Is Health Care more affordable in Palo Cedro or is Health Care more affordable in Truckee.
- Health related expenses are 1.4% less in Truckee.
 Palo Cedro, CATruckee, CAUnited States
 Overall  Unlock138.2100
 Food & Groceries103.6  Unlock100
 Health  Unlock120.6100
 Housing176.1  Unlock100
 Median Home Cost  Unlock$981,700$338,100
 Utilities114  Unlock100
 Transportation  Unlock89.0100
 Miscellaneous110.4  Unlock100
100 = National Average (Below 100 means cheaper than the US average. Above 100 means more expensive.)
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Reviews for Palo Cedro    3 Reviews

A good small community to live in overall. Not many of the homeless make it out that far from Redding so it has a better quality of life to it. All good school  More

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Over 12 years ago

I spent my entire childhood in Palo Cedro, and went to North Cow Creek School. By all accounts, it is still one of the top schools in the state. They have low teacher to  More

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Over 16 years ago

Good place to live, you get use to the heat in the summer and the rest of the year is great. What I could not get use to is the dust. It's just always dusty no matter  More

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Reviews for Truckee    3 Reviews

I came to Truckee California about a month prior to this Covid-19 pandemic, to relocate here. Due to this unfortunate circumstance I was temporarily laid off  More

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I moved to Truckee with my soon-to-be ex-wife and two sons in June 2012 and left Truckee in June 2015 with only my sons. My wife got drawn into what I later learned  More

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Yes, it costs more to live in California. And you don't get paid more necessarily if you live in the mountains- but there are some great jobs here if you have the right  More

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