Placerville vs South Lake Tahoe

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

Placerville 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 10,730 in Placerville). South Lake Tahoe has the higher median household income ($73,940 vs $70,602 in Placerville). South Lake Tahoe has the higher median home value ($630,200 vs $450,600 in Placerville).

Population, income & housing

	Placerville	South Lake Tahoe
Population	10,730	21,319
Median age	46.2 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$70,602	$73,940
Median home value	$450,600	$630,200
Median gross rent	$1,229	$1,467
Housing units	4,902	16,436
Homeownership rate	57.1%	46.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.1%	34.0%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Placerville	South Lake Tahoe
Population	10,970 → 10,730 (-2.2%)	21,939 → 21,319 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$59,247 → $70,602 (+19.2%)	$49,390 → $73,940 (+49.7%)
Median home value	$355,500 → $450,600 (+26.8%)	$403,600 → $630,200 (+56.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,099 → $1,229 (+11.8%)	$1,020 → $1,467 (+43.8%)

Placerville

Population

10,97010,730

Median household income

$59,247$70,602

Median home value

$355,500$450,600

Median gross rent

$1,099$1,229

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)

	Placerville	South Lake Tahoe
Under 5	4.8%	4.6%
5 to 17	14.6%	12.6%
18 to 24	5.2%	8.4%
25 to 34	12.9%	17.1%
35 to 44	11.5%	15.7%
45 to 54	11.4%	10.1%
55 to 64	17.1%	15.1%
65 to 74	12.9%	11.3%
75 and over	9.6%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Placerville	South Lake Tahoe
White (non-Hispanic)	68.4%	59.2%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.8%
Asian	1.3%	6.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	5.1%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	23.5%	28.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Placerville	South Lake Tahoe
No high school diploma	10.6%	11.0%
High school graduate	25.3%	22.1%
Some college or associate's	39.0%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Placerville	South Lake Tahoe
Drove alone	69.1%	61.0%
Carpooled	10.6%	11.8%
Public transit	0.5%	2.2%
Walked	1.1%	7.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.3%
Worked from home	17.4%	13.2%
Other means	1.4%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Placerville	South Lake Tahoe
1-unit, detached	61.3%	62.7%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	21.1%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	14.1%
20 or more units	5.2%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Placerville	South Lake Tahoe
Poverty rate	15.7%	12.4%
Average household size	2.21	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	28	16
Median year structure built	1974	1973