Cameron Park vs South Lake Tahoe

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

Cameron Park 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 17,283 in Cameron Park). Cameron Park has the higher median household income ($97,786 vs $73,940 in South Lake Tahoe). Cameron Park has the higher median home value ($641,100 vs $630,200 in South Lake Tahoe).

Population, income & housing

	Cameron Park	South Lake Tahoe
Population	17,283	21,319
Median age	47.2 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$97,786	$73,940
Median home value	$641,100	$630,200
Median gross rent	$1,795	$1,467
Housing units	7,821	16,436
Homeownership rate	67.0%	46.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.8%	34.0%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cameron Park	South Lake Tahoe
Population	19,171 → 17,283 (-9.8%)	21,939 → 21,319 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$79,814 → $97,786 (+22.5%)	$49,390 → $73,940 (+49.7%)
Median home value	$438,700 → $641,100 (+46.1%)	$403,600 → $630,200 (+56.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,393 → $1,795 (+28.9%)	$1,020 → $1,467 (+43.8%)

Cameron Park

Population

19,17117,283

Median household income

$79,814$97,786

Median home value

$438,700$641,100

Median gross rent

$1,393$1,795

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)

	Cameron Park	South Lake Tahoe
Under 5	3.5%	4.6%
5 to 17	14.6%	12.6%
18 to 24	5.8%	8.4%
25 to 34	12.0%	17.1%
35 to 44	11.9%	15.7%
45 to 54	13.0%	10.1%
55 to 64	13.8%	15.1%
65 to 74	13.0%	11.3%
75 and over	12.3%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cameron Park	South Lake Tahoe
White (non-Hispanic)	77.0%	59.2%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.8%
Asian	3.0%	6.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.0%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	14.0%	28.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cameron Park	South Lake Tahoe
No high school diploma	4.1%	11.0%
High school graduate	17.9%	22.1%
Some college or associate's	40.3%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	24.6%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	13.2%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cameron Park	South Lake Tahoe
Drove alone	69.2%	61.0%
Carpooled	7.9%	11.8%
Public transit	0.3%	2.2%
Walked	1.6%	7.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.3%
Worked from home	20.0%	13.2%
Other means	1.1%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cameron Park	South Lake Tahoe
1-unit, detached	63.4%	62.7%
1-unit, attached	8.0%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	9.5%	14.1%
20 or more units	7.6%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Cameron Park	South Lake Tahoe
Poverty rate	7.6%	12.4%
Average household size	2.30	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	30	16
Median year structure built	1987	1973