Meadow Vista vs Sunnyside-Tahoe City

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

Meadow Vista 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.

Meadow Vista has the higher population (3,343 vs 1,658 in Sunnyside-Tahoe City). Sunnyside-Tahoe City has the higher median household income ($121,154 vs $95,998 in Meadow Vista). Sunnyside-Tahoe City has the higher median home value ($1,032,700 vs $609,700 in Meadow Vista).

Population, income & housing

	Meadow Vista	Sunnyside-Tahoe City
Population	3,343	1,658
Median age	53.7 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$95,998	$121,154
Median home value	$609,700	$1,032,700
Median gross rent	$1,496	$1,625
Housing units	1,416	2,300
Homeownership rate	84.9%	74.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.9%	60.2%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Meadow Vista	Sunnyside-Tahoe City
Population	3,679 → 3,343 (-9.1%)	1,164 → 1,658 (+42.4%)
Median household income	$92,411 → $95,998 (+3.9%)	$79,145 → $121,154 (+53.1%)
Median home value	$503,400 → $609,700 (+21.1%)	$613,300 → $1,032,700 (+68.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,750 → $1,496 (-14.5%)	$1,095 → $1,625 (+48.4%)

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

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)

	Meadow Vista	Sunnyside-Tahoe City
Under 5	6.7%	9.2%
5 to 17	12.4%	12.7%
18 to 24	3.3%	0.3%
25 to 34	11.8%	14.1%
35 to 44	7.6%	21.1%
45 to 54	8.8%	7.5%
55 to 64	17.8%	11.9%
65 to 74	20.4%	16.5%
75 and over	11.0%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Meadow Vista	Sunnyside-Tahoe City
White (non-Hispanic)	79.7%	91.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.4%	2.1%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	11.6%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Meadow Vista	Sunnyside-Tahoe City
No high school diploma	1.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	15.8%	12.3%
Some college or associate's	42.5%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	23.4%	46.0%
Graduate or professional degree	16.5%	14.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Meadow Vista	Sunnyside-Tahoe City
Drove alone	78.5%	67.5%
Carpooled	2.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	3.5%
Walked	0.0%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	3.0%
Worked from home	18.7%	19.2%
Other means	0.0%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Meadow Vista	Sunnyside-Tahoe City
1-unit, detached	92.5%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	13.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	6.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Meadow Vista	Sunnyside-Tahoe City
Poverty rate	3.8%	0.8%
Average household size	2.58	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	30	42
Median year structure built	1978	1972