Penryn vs Tahoe Vista

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

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

Penryn has the higher population (1,059 vs 821 in Tahoe Vista). Penryn has the higher median household income ($121,302 vs $98,264 in Tahoe Vista). Tahoe Vista has the higher median home value ($817,100 vs $731,300 in Penryn).

Population, income & housing

	Penryn	Tahoe Vista
Population	1,059	821
Median age	57.3 yrs	60.9 yrs
Median household income	$121,302	$98,264
Median home value	$731,300	$817,100
Median gross rent	$1,331	$1,027
Housing units	500	1,446
Homeownership rate	86.4%	87.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.1%	53.3%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Penryn	Tahoe Vista
Population	818 → 1,059 (+29.5%)	1,158 → 821 (-29.1%)
Median household income	$61,905 → $121,302 (+95.9%)	$71,827 → $98,264 (+36.8%)
Median home value	$540,900 → $731,300 (+35.2%)	$612,500 → $817,100 (+33.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,458 → $1,331 (-8.7%)	$1,319 → $1,027 (-22.1%)

Penryn

Population

8181,059

Median household income

$61,905$121,302

Median home value

$540,900$731,300

Median gross rent

$1,458$1,331

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)

	Penryn	Tahoe Vista
Under 5	4.4%	2.3%
5 to 17	16.1%	1.5%
18 to 24	2.7%	13.3%
25 to 34	3.2%	2.2%
35 to 44	13.6%	7.3%
45 to 54	6.5%	10.8%
55 to 64	23.9%	21.4%
65 to 74	14.6%	33.0%
75 and over	14.8%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Penryn	Tahoe Vista
White (non-Hispanic)	80.1%	74.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	10.8%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	24.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Penryn	Tahoe Vista
No high school diploma	7.1%	12.5%
High school graduate	10.3%	10.3%
Some college or associate's	42.4%	23.9%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	30.2%
Graduate or professional degree	19.6%	23.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Penryn	Tahoe Vista
Drove alone	64.5%	70.3%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	4.3%
Walked	0.0%	7.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	4.3%
Worked from home	31.7%	13.9%
Other means	3.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Penryn	Tahoe Vista
1-unit, detached	72.6%	83.9%
1-unit, attached	25.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Penryn	Tahoe Vista
Poverty rate	2.0%	11.4%
Average household size	2.24	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1987	1977