Pollock Pines vs South Lake Tahoe

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

Pollock Pines 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 6,056 in Pollock Pines). Pollock Pines has the higher median household income ($74,190 vs $73,940 in South Lake Tahoe). South Lake Tahoe has the higher median home value ($630,200 vs $389,500 in Pollock Pines).

Population, income & housing

	Pollock Pines	South Lake Tahoe
Population	6,056	21,319
Median age	44.4 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$74,190	$73,940
Median home value	$389,500	$630,200
Median gross rent	$1,101	$1,467
Housing units	3,412	16,436
Homeownership rate	69.3%	46.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	34.0%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pollock Pines	South Lake Tahoe
Population	7,156 → 6,056 (-15.4%)	21,939 → 21,319 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$64,216 → $74,190 (+15.5%)	$49,390 → $73,940 (+49.7%)
Median home value	$289,800 → $389,500 (+34.4%)	$403,600 → $630,200 (+56.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,100 → $1,101 (+0.1%)	$1,020 → $1,467 (+43.8%)

Pollock Pines

Population

7,1566,056

Median household income

$64,216$74,190

Median home value

$289,800$389,500

Median gross rent

$1,100$1,101

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)

	Pollock Pines	South Lake Tahoe
Under 5	5.5%	4.6%
5 to 17	11.7%	12.6%
18 to 24	7.8%	8.4%
25 to 34	14.8%	17.1%
35 to 44	10.8%	15.7%
45 to 54	12.0%	10.1%
55 to 64	18.4%	15.1%
65 to 74	10.7%	11.3%
75 and over	8.3%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pollock Pines	South Lake Tahoe
White (non-Hispanic)	77.0%	59.2%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.8%
Asian	1.5%	6.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.3%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.5%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	16.9%	28.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pollock Pines	South Lake Tahoe
No high school diploma	12.0%	11.0%
High school graduate	23.8%	22.1%
Some college or associate's	42.7%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.5%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pollock Pines	South Lake Tahoe
Drove alone	77.4%	61.0%
Carpooled	7.5%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	2.2%
Walked	0.0%	7.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.3%
Worked from home	11.7%	13.2%
Other means	3.5%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pollock Pines	South Lake Tahoe
1-unit, detached	75.4%	62.7%
1-unit, attached	0.1%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	11.9%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	14.1%
20 or more units	2.0%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	11.3%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Pollock Pines	South Lake Tahoe
Poverty rate	17.6%	12.4%
Average household size	2.22	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	32	16
Median year structure built	1978	1973