Valley Ranch is a census-designated place in Plumas County, California, United States. The population was 128 at the 2020 census, up from 109 at the 2010 census.
Geography
Valley Ranch is located at (39.738392, -120.567839).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , all land.
Demographics
Valley Ranch first appeared as a census designated place in the 2000 U.S. census.
!Pop 2010
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |Pop 2020
!% 2000
!% 2010
!style="background-color: #ffffb3;" |% 2020
|-
|White alone (NH)
|90
|106
|style='background: #ffffe6; |123
|97.83%
|97.25%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |96.09%
|-
|Black or African American alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.56%
|-
|Asian alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |2
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1.56%
|-
|Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Other race alone (NH)
|0
|0
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|0.00%
|0.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Mixed race or Multiracial (NH)
|0
|1
|style='background: #ffffe6; |1
|0.00%
|0.92%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.78%
|-
|Hispanic or Latino (any race)
|2
|2
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0
|2.17%
|1.83%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |0.00%
|-
|Total
|92
|109
|style='background: #ffffe6; |128
|100.00%
|100.00%
|style='background: #ffffe6; |100.00%
|}
The 2020 United States census reported that Valley Ranch had a population of 128. The population density was . The racial makeup of Valley Ranch was 123 (96.1%) White, 2 (1.6%) Native American, 2 (1.6%) Asian, and 1 (0.8%) from two or more races. No residents were Hispanic or Latino.
The whole population lived in households. There were 66 households, out of which 11 (16.7%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 38 (57.6%) were married-couple households, 3 (4.5%) were cohabiting couple households, 11 (16.7%) had a female householder with no partner present, and 14 (21.2%) had a male householder with no partner present. 20 households (30.3%) were one person, and 12 (18.2%) were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 1.94.
The age distribution was 8 people (6.2%) under the age of 18, 1 people (0.8%) aged 18 to 24, 25 people (19.5%) aged 25 to 44, 26 people (20.3%) aged 45 to 64, and 68 people (53.1%) who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 65.5years. There were 62 males and 66 females. and .
Federally, Valley Ranch is in .
Education
The school district is Plumas Unified School District.