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South Lake Tahoe, CA

21,346 Population
10.1 square miles 2,120.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.9 ±1.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Metro Area: 38 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in California: 37.3 ±0.1

Economics

$46,093 ±$5,694 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Metro Area: $43,613 ±$346
  • about the same as the amount in California: $45,591 ±$149
$67,686 ±$10,948 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Metro Area: $89,227 ±$678
  • about three-quarters of the amount in California: $91,905 ±$277

13.3% ±3.2% (2,816  ±674) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Metro Area: 12.1% 284,719 (±0.4% / ±8,563)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 12.1% 4,685,272 (±0.1% / ±38,720)

14.6 minutes ±0.9 (148,720  ±13,018) Mean travel time to work
  • about half the figure in the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Metro Area: 27.5 25,494,460 (±0.2 / ±256,888)
  • about half the figure in California: 29.2 463,270,940 (±0.1 / ±1,077,551)

Families

9,125 ±436 Number of households
  • the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Metro Area: 867,690 ±1,681
  • California: 13,315,822 ±16,341
2.3 ±0.1 (21,052  ±62) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Metro Area: 2.7 2,353,589 (±0 / ±586)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in California: 2.9 38,493,080

2.9% ±1.5% (155  ±77) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Metro Area: 4.8% 27,739 (±0.3% / ±1,476)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in California: 4.8% 460,360 (±0.1% / ±5,836)

Housing

16,275 ±542 Number of housing units
  • the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Metro Area: 936,196 ±531
  • California: 14,424,442 ±2,741

$571,700 ±$41,115 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Metro Area: $511,500 ±$3,792
  • about 90 percent of the amount in California: $659,300 ±$1,011

13.1% ±2.4% (2,793  ±512) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Metro Area: 13.4% 318,147 (±0.3% / ±7,172.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 11.6% 4,529,708 (±0.1% / ±25,480.9)

Social

87.8% ±4.6% (14,004  ±,877.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Metro Area: 90% 1,471,222 (±0.6% / ±9,174.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in California: 84.4% 22,656,988 (±0.2% / ±42,808.6)
30.3% ±3.4% (4,832  ±,562.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Metro Area: 35.7% 582,486 (±0.3% / ±5,522.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 35.9% 9,626,973 (±0.1% / ±27,977.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

21.4% ±2.4% (4,562  ±510) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Metro Area: 18.8% 449,965
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 26.5% 10,442,880

3.4% ±0.9% (614  ±159) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Metro Area: 6.3% 116,678 (±0.1% / ±2,533)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in California: 4.7% 1,415,562 (±0% / ±11,195)
614 Total veterans ±159 599 Male ±158 15 Female ±21

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