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South Lake Tahoe, CA

21,269 Population
10.1 square miles 2,112.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.1 ±2.6 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Metro Area: 38.5 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in California: 37.9 ±0.1

Economics

$56,022 ±$6,851 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Metro Area: $47,193 ±$426
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in California: $49,513 ±$168
$82,002 ±$8,109 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Metro Area: $97,188 ±$815
  • about 80 percent of the amount in California: $99,122 ±$310

9.3% ±2.1% (1,966  ±445) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Metro Area: 11.5% 275,672 (±0.3% / ±7,433)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in California: 12% 4,632,248 (±0.1% / ±34,481)

16.6 minutes ±2 (171,080  ±23,317) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Metro Area: 27.1 24,215,704 (±0.2 / ±280,982)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in California: 28.7 436,266,100 (±0 / ±1,099,829)

Families

9,519 ±398 Number of households
  • the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Metro Area: 881,889 ±2,127
  • California: 13,548,091 ±17,724
2.2 ±0.1 (20,938  ±65) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Metro Area: 2.7 2,384,093 (±0 / ±1,166)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in California: 2.8 38,419,212

2.1% ±1.2% (111  ±66) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Metro Area: 5% 29,090 (±0.3% / ±1,445)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in California: 4.8% 455,771 (±0.1% / ±6,129)

Housing

16,662 ±572 Number of housing units
  • the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Metro Area: 954,751 ±490
  • California: 14,644,735 ±1,665

$682,400 ±$35,551 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Metro Area: $589,500 ±$2,776
  • about 90 percent of the amount in California: $734,700 ±$1,307

12.3% ±2.7% (2,601  ±580.7) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Metro Area: 12.2% 291,896 (±0.3% / ±6,717.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 10.8% 4,206,887 (±0.1% / ±26,182)

Social

89.7% ±5% (14,466  ±889.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Metro Area: 90.1% 1,503,674 (±0.6% / ±9,513.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in California: 84.7% 22,936,996 (±0.2% / ±44,650.5)
35.9% ±3.5% (5,782  ±576.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Metro Area: 37.1% 618,871 (±0.4% / ±5,769.1)
  • a little less than the rate in California: 37.1% 10,039,805 (±0.1% / ±28,607.4)

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

19.2% ±3% (4,092  ±632) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Metro Area: 19.5% 471,995
  • about two-thirds of the rate in California: 27% 10,598,301

3% ±0.8% (531  ±137) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Metro Area: 5.8% 109,240 (±0.1% / ±2,183)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in California: 4.3% 1,305,453 (±0% / ±10,059)
531 Total veterans ±137 498 Male ±136 33 Female ±39

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