Auburn Lake Trails vs South Lake Tahoe

A side-by-side comparison of Auburn Lake Trails and South Lake Tahoe: population, income, housing, and more.

Auburn Lake Trails and South Lake Tahoe are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

South Lake Tahoe has the higher population (21,319 vs 3,861 in Auburn Lake Trails). Auburn Lake Trails has the higher median household income ($128,500 vs $73,940 in South Lake Tahoe). South Lake Tahoe has the higher median home value ($630,200 vs $483,000 in Auburn Lake Trails).

Population, income & housing

	Auburn Lake Trails	South Lake Tahoe
Population	3,861	21,319
Median age	50.5 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$128,500	$73,940
Median home value	$483,000	$630,200
Median gross rent	$2,665	$1,467
Housing units	1,524	16,436
Homeownership rate	91.8%	46.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.6%	34.0%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Auburn Lake Trails	South Lake Tahoe
Population	3,664 → 3,861 (+5.4%)	21,939 → 21,319 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$100,541 → $128,500 (+27.8%)	$49,390 → $73,940 (+49.7%)
Median home value	$392,300 → $483,000 (+23.1%)	$403,600 → $630,200 (+56.1%)
Median gross rent	$2,051 → $2,665 (+29.9%)	$1,020 → $1,467 (+43.8%)

Auburn Lake Trails

Population

3,6643,861

Median household income

$100,541$128,500

Median home value

$392,300$483,000

Median gross rent

$2,051$2,665

South Lake Tahoe

Population

21,93921,319

Median household income

$49,390$73,940

Median home value

$403,600$630,200

Median gross rent

$1,020$1,467

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Auburn Lake Trails	South Lake Tahoe
Under 5	4.8%	4.6%
5 to 17	16.8%	12.6%
18 to 24	2.8%	8.4%
25 to 34	8.4%	17.1%
35 to 44	11.7%	15.7%
45 to 54	12.3%	10.1%
55 to 64	19.1%	15.1%
65 to 74	12.7%	11.3%
75 and over	11.5%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Auburn Lake Trails	South Lake Tahoe
White (non-Hispanic)	81.9%	59.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	1.8%	6.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.2%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	13.1%	28.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Auburn Lake Trails	South Lake Tahoe
No high school diploma	2.6%	11.0%
High school graduate	28.6%	22.1%
Some college or associate's	37.2%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	14.9%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Auburn Lake Trails	South Lake Tahoe
Drove alone	64.9%	61.0%
Carpooled	2.6%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	2.2%
Walked	0.0%	7.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.3%
Worked from home	29.9%	13.2%
Other means	2.7%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Auburn Lake Trails	South Lake Tahoe
1-unit, detached	94.9%	62.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	14.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Auburn Lake Trails	South Lake Tahoe
Poverty rate	6.6%	12.4%
Average household size	2.63	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	44	16
Median year structure built	1985	1973