Alta vs Tahoe Vista

A side-by-side comparison of Alta and Tahoe Vista: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Tahoe Vista has the higher population (821 vs 740 in Alta). Tahoe Vista has the higher median household income ($98,264 vs $94,718 in Alta). Tahoe Vista has the higher median home value ($817,100 vs $468,200 in Alta).

Population, income & housing

	Alta	Tahoe Vista
Population	740	821
Median age	46.8 yrs	60.9 yrs
Median household income	$94,718	$98,264
Median home value	$468,200	$817,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,027
Housing units	390	1,446
Homeownership rate	90.4%	87.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.1%	53.3%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alta	Tahoe Vista
Population	566 → 740 (+30.7%)	1,158 → 821 (-29.1%)
Median household income	$99,141 → $94,718 (-4.5%)	$71,827 → $98,264 (+36.8%)
Median home value	$384,100 → $468,200 (+21.9%)	$612,500 → $817,100 (+33.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,453 → $775 (-46.7%)	$1,319 → $1,027 (-22.1%)

Alta

Population

566740

Median household income

$99,141$94,718

Median home value

$384,100$468,200

Median gross rent

$1,453$775

Tahoe Vista

Population

1,158821

Median household income

$71,827$98,264

Median home value

$612,500$817,100

Median gross rent

$1,319$1,027

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alta	Tahoe Vista
Under 5	3.4%	2.3%
5 to 17	9.1%	1.5%
18 to 24	11.8%	13.3%
25 to 34	14.2%	2.2%
35 to 44	8.8%	7.3%
45 to 54	15.0%	10.8%
55 to 64	19.5%	21.4%
65 to 74	11.9%	33.0%
75 and over	6.5%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alta	Tahoe Vista
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	74.1%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	7.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	24.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alta	Tahoe Vista
No high school diploma	1.6%	12.5%
High school graduate	22.5%	10.3%
Some college or associate's	40.8%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.2%	30.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	23.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alta	Tahoe Vista
Drove alone	61.5%	70.3%
Carpooled	5.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	4.3%
Walked	0.0%	7.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	4.3%
Worked from home	33.2%	13.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alta	Tahoe Vista
1-unit, detached	95.6%	83.9%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Alta	Tahoe Vista
Poverty rate	5.8%	11.4%
Average household size	2.49	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	47	20
Median year structure built	1982	1977