Kings Beach vs Meadow Vista

A side-by-side comparison of Kings Beach and Meadow Vista: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Meadow Vista has the higher population (3,343 vs 2,493 in Kings Beach). Meadow Vista has the higher median household income ($95,998 vs $53,964 in Kings Beach). Kings Beach has the higher median home value ($680,200 vs $609,700 in Meadow Vista).

Population, income & housing

	Kings Beach	Meadow Vista
Population	2,493	3,343
Median age	44.9 yrs	53.7 yrs
Median household income	$53,964	$95,998
Median home value	$680,200	$609,700
Median gross rent	$1,245	$1,496
Housing units	2,236	1,416
Homeownership rate	58.0%	84.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.3%	39.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kings Beach	Meadow Vista
Population	3,044 → 2,493 (-18.1%)	3,679 → 3,343 (-9.1%)
Median household income	$49,485 → $53,964 (+9.1%)	$92,411 → $95,998 (+3.9%)
Median home value	$471,000 → $680,200 (+44.4%)	$503,400 → $609,700 (+21.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,183 → $1,245 (+5.2%)	$1,750 → $1,496 (-14.5%)

Kings Beach

Population

3,0442,493

Median household income

$49,485$53,964

Median home value

$471,000$680,200

Median gross rent

$1,183$1,245

Meadow Vista

Population

3,6793,343

Median household income

$92,411$95,998

Median home value

$503,400$609,700

Median gross rent

$1,750$1,496

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kings Beach	Meadow Vista
Under 5	2.4%	6.7%
5 to 17	13.1%	12.4%
18 to 24	7.1%	3.3%
25 to 34	9.0%	11.8%
35 to 44	18.8%	7.6%
45 to 54	21.4%	8.8%
55 to 64	13.3%	17.8%
65 to 74	11.4%	20.4%
75 and over	3.4%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kings Beach	Meadow Vista
White (non-Hispanic)	49.5%	79.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.8%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.4%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	1.2%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	47.6%	11.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kings Beach	Meadow Vista
No high school diploma	25.7%	1.7%
High school graduate	19.9%	15.8%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	42.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	23.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	16.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kings Beach	Meadow Vista
Drove alone	71.9%	78.5%
Carpooled	18.3%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	18.7%
Other means	4.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kings Beach	Meadow Vista
1-unit, detached	58.7%	92.5%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	14.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	15.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Kings Beach	Meadow Vista
Poverty rate	11.3%	3.8%
Average household size	2.14	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	21	30
Median year structure built	1974	1978