Foresthill vs Sunnyside-Tahoe City

A side-by-side comparison of Foresthill and Sunnyside-Tahoe City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Sunnyside-Tahoe City has the higher population (1,658 vs 1,455 in Foresthill). Sunnyside-Tahoe City has the higher median household income ($121,154 vs $102,632 in Foresthill). Since 2019, Sunnyside-Tahoe City's population has grown faster (+42.4% vs -21.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Foresthill	Sunnyside-Tahoe City
Population	1,455	1,658
Median age	39.1 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$102,632	$121,154
Median home value	—	$1,032,700
Median gross rent	$2,274	$1,625
Housing units	510	2,300
Homeownership rate	60.0%	74.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	60.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Foresthill	Sunnyside-Tahoe City
Population	1,856 → 1,455 (-21.6%)	1,164 → 1,658 (+42.4%)
Median household income	$53,164 → $102,632 (+93.0%)	$79,145 → $121,154 (+53.1%)
Median home value	$376,100 → $648,300 (+72.4%)	$613,300 → $1,032,700 (+68.4%)
Median gross rent	$846 → $2,274 (+168.8%)	$1,095 → $1,625 (+48.4%)

Foresthill

Population

1,8561,455

Median household income

$53,164$102,632

Median home value

$376,100$648,300

Median gross rent

$846$2,274

Sunnyside-Tahoe City

Population

1,1641,658

Median household income

$79,145$121,154

Median home value

$613,300$1,032,700

Median gross rent

$1,095$1,625

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Foresthill	Sunnyside-Tahoe City
Under 5	0.0%	9.2%
5 to 17	40.0%	12.7%
18 to 24	4.5%	0.3%
25 to 34	0.0%	14.1%
35 to 44	23.2%	21.1%
45 to 54	5.9%	7.5%
55 to 64	19.0%	11.9%
65 to 74	6.5%	16.5%
75 and over	0.8%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Foresthill	Sunnyside-Tahoe City
White (non-Hispanic)	43.7%	91.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	2.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	51.3%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Foresthill	Sunnyside-Tahoe City
No high school diploma	9.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	36.4%	12.3%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	46.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Foresthill	Sunnyside-Tahoe City
Drove alone	73.2%	67.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	3.5%
Walked	0.0%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	19.2%
Other means	22.2%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Foresthill	Sunnyside-Tahoe City
1-unit, detached	56.7%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	13.7%
5 to 19 units	24.3%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	16.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Foresthill	Sunnyside-Tahoe City
Poverty rate	8.2%	0.8%
Average household size	2.85	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	33	42
Median year structure built	1977	1972