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Pine Mountain Lake, California.

A community in Tuolumne County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Tuolumne County’s.

Living in Pine Mountain Lake, Tuolumne County, California

Pine Mountain Lake, in Tuolumne County, had 2,636 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $79,387 a year and half less, against $77,404 across Tuolumne County; 6% of its people live below the poverty line. 90% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 10% are rented. Unemployment in Tuolumne County was 5.6% in August 2026, and the county had 0.9% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Tuolumne County work in schools and health care, then restaurants and hotels.

People 2,636 in the 2020 census; median age 62.8
Household income $79,387 the median, give or take $13,133 · Tuolumne County: $77,404
Unemployment 5.6% Tuolumne County, August 2026; 5.6% a year before
Homes 90% lived in by their owners; 10% rented
  • 1,246households
  • 34%of adults have a degree
  • 6%below the poverty line
  • 15%work from home

What people in Tuolumne County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care25%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment14%
  • Professional and business services10%
  • Government10%
  • Shops (retail)9%
  • Building trades9%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Tuolumne County had 18,392 jobs in 2025, 0.9% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 52° and 31°; warmest in July, 91° and 56° 40° 60° 80° 100° J F M A M J J 91° 56° A S O N D 52° 31°
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 52° and 31°; warmest in July, 91° and 56° 40° 60° 80° 100° J F M A M J J 91° 56° A S O N D 52° 31°

Coldest in December, with highs near 52° and lows near 31°; warmest in July, with highs near 91° and lows near 56°. About 4 inches of snow and 39 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Groveland weather station, 3 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Tuolumne County

  1. Adventist Health SonoraGeneral hospital872FTE
  2. Chicken Ranch Casino721120 casino hotels786
  3. casinoCasinos488
  4. Rush Creek LodgeHotels with golf courses, tennis courts, and/or other health spa facilities350
  5. WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters340
  6. Evergreen LodgeHotels with golf courses, tennis courts, and/or other health spa facilities247
  7. Columbia CollegeTwo-year college204
  8. SPISawmills180

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 32 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 4,732 people in all across the county; Pine Mountain Lake has none of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. WildfireVery high
  2. Inland floodingRelatively high
  3. LandslidesRelatively moderate
  4. Heat wavesRelatively moderate
  5. LightningRelatively moderate
  6. EarthquakesRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Pine Mountain Lake’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Tuolumne County.