Kings Beach vs Sunnyside-Tahoe City

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

Kings Beach 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.

Kings Beach has the higher population (2,493 vs 1,658 in Sunnyside-Tahoe City). Sunnyside-Tahoe City has the higher median household income ($121,154 vs $53,964 in Kings Beach). Sunnyside-Tahoe City has the higher median home value ($1,032,700 vs $680,200 in Kings Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Kings Beach	Sunnyside-Tahoe City
Population	2,493	1,658
Median age	44.9 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$53,964	$121,154
Median home value	$680,200	$1,032,700
Median gross rent	$1,245	$1,625
Housing units	2,236	2,300
Homeownership rate	58.0%	74.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.3%	60.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kings Beach	Sunnyside-Tahoe City
Population	3,044 → 2,493 (-18.1%)	1,164 → 1,658 (+42.4%)
Median household income	$49,485 → $53,964 (+9.1%)	$79,145 → $121,154 (+53.1%)
Median home value	$471,000 → $680,200 (+44.4%)	$613,300 → $1,032,700 (+68.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,183 → $1,245 (+5.2%)	$1,095 → $1,625 (+48.4%)

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

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)

	Kings Beach	Sunnyside-Tahoe City
Under 5	2.4%	9.2%
5 to 17	13.1%	12.7%
18 to 24	7.1%	0.3%
25 to 34	9.0%	14.1%
35 to 44	18.8%	21.1%
45 to 54	21.4%	7.5%
55 to 64	13.3%	11.9%
65 to 74	11.4%	16.5%
75 and over	3.4%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kings Beach	Sunnyside-Tahoe City
White (non-Hispanic)	49.5%	91.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	2.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	47.6%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kings Beach	Sunnyside-Tahoe City
No high school diploma	25.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	19.9%	12.3%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	46.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kings Beach	Sunnyside-Tahoe City
Drove alone	71.9%	67.5%
Carpooled	18.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	3.5%
Walked	1.9%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	19.2%
Other means	4.3%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kings Beach	Sunnyside-Tahoe City
1-unit, detached	58.7%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	14.6%	13.7%
5 to 19 units	15.0%	1.3%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kings Beach	Sunnyside-Tahoe City
Poverty rate	11.3%	0.8%
Average household size	2.14	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	21	42
Median year structure built	1974	1972