POPULATION: 11,000 permanent residents

ELEVATION: 5,900 feet above sea level

MILEAGE TO:

North Lake Tahoe..... 12 miles

South Lake Tahoe.... 50 miles

Reno................ 30 miles

Sacramento.......... 100 miles

San Francisco....... 200 miles

GOVERNMENT: Incorporated 5-member Town Council

NEWSPAPER: Sierra Sun, Published Weekly on Thursday

WEB SITE: Highsierra.Com

WEATHER: Summer Temperature... 75 - 90 degrees

Winter Temperature... 10 - 55 degrees A

verage Rainfall..... 8.3 inches

Average Snowpack..... 8 - 10 feet

Over 300 days of sun a year!

NEARBY LAKES AND RIVERS: Boca, Donner, Martis, Prosser, Stampede, Tahoe, Truckee River

HISTORIC AREAS: Historic Downtown Truckee and Jail,

Rocking Stone, Donner Memorial Park,

and Gray's Toll Station

Population by age group:

0-4 - 9 percent

5-15 - 22 percent

19-64 - 66 percent

65+ - 3 percent

Population growth 1995-96: 10% annualy

Income per capita: $17,568 (per Town Plan, 1994)

Median Household Income: $40,012 (per Town Plan, 1994)

Housing Units: 9,153 (estimates Nevada County Population/Housing 1/1/96)

Median cost of a home: $132,865

Median monthly rent: $690

Persons per household: 2.625

Housing structure:

Single family units 88 percent or 7,914

Multi-family units 8 percent or 953

Mobile homes 4 percent or 286

Second Home Development: 30% of homes are used seasonally (52.64% vacancy)

EMPLOYMENT Where are the jobs?

Retail trade Services, Construction/real estate, Home- based/telecommuter, A few major employers, Commuters to job sites in Reno and Sacramento

Unemployment rate: 5.1% (6/96 EDD Economic Research Group)

Major employers:

Year-round: Tahoe Forest Hospital, Sierra Tahoe Bancorp, Safeway/Albertson's, Town government/school district

Seasonal: Resort at Squaw Creek, Park & Forest Service, Ski Areas, Cal Trans, Railroad

Average Minimum Wage: $6.00

Trends: Many opportunities for seasonal employment. More small niche positions open. Many home-based businesses are using advanced technology available in Truckee to telecommute to their own or other employers.

BUSINESS Employment by industry:

Agriculture, forestry, fisheries: 1 percent

Construction and mining: 1 percent

Manufacturing: 3 percent

Transportation, communication, utilities: 1 percent

Wholesale trade: 1 percent

Retail trade: 2 percent