South Lake Tahoe, CA
Single-footprint Census roll-up for South Lake Tahoe, CA: 2 USPS ZIPs, population 29,800. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
U.S. Census Bureau, SimpleMaps US ZIP Code Database, delivery-area ZIP coverage
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet SOUTH-LAKE-TAHOE-CA · South Lake Tahoe, CA 2 ZIPs · 29,800 pop · #5798/25278 · El Dorado County
INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FEW · OWN-LOW · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-TOP
- INC-HIGH $92,517
- RANK-UPPER #5798/25278
- PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Pollock Pines
- BOOK-FEW 2 ZIPs
- OWN-LOW 61% owners
- POP-SMALL 29,800
- SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
- HOME-TOP $707,500
Nearest income peer: Pollock Pines, CA ( $1,389 income $)
Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around South Lake Tahoe
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest South Lake Tahoe on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Georgetown · lowest $57,328
Georgetown · lowest
$57,328 median HH income
- Camino · near
Camino · near
$79,780 median HH income
- Somerset · near
Somerset · near
$87,175 median HH income
- Placerville · near
Placerville · near
$89,938 median HH income
- Pollock Pines · near
Pollock Pines · near
$91,128 median HH income
- South Lake Tah · this city
South Lake Tah · this city
$92,517 median HH income
- El Dorado Hill · highest
El Dorado Hill · highest
$165,467 median HH income
What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.
National city placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, South Lake Tahoe, CA sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a small-city population base, across a handful of delivery areas.
- Top 23%
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 29,800
- city population (Census)
- 2
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $92,517
- avg ZIP median income
Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.
High-income footprint on only 2 ZIPs: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $92,517 and home value $707,500 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 40.4%.
Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (61.2%) for this income tier, rent $1,667 may matter more than the home-value average.
Within California, Shandon is the closest lower-income city and Long Beach the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 11 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for South Lake Tahoe.
Population concentration
ZIP 96150 swallows South Lake Tahoe's short list
Across only 2 ZIPs, 96150 still holds about 100% of South Lake Tahoe's 29,800 residents. The secondary codes are thin edges; treat the city average as a near-reprint of the lead ZIP.
Census ZBP business roll-up
Employer-heavy short list in South Lake Tahoe
Citywide ZBP: 1,045 establishments, 10,914 employees , annual payroll $497,314k (~35 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 2 of 2 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 96150 (1,037 units) ; leading NAICS Accommodation and food services (195) · also Construction · Retail trade .
ZIP Codes in South Lake Tahoe, CA
These ZIP codes sit in El Dorado County, which covers 22 ZIP codes in all; 2 of them fall in South Lake Tahoe. See the El Dorado County roll-up →
South Lake Tahoe lands mid-pack among the 12 cities sharing El Dorado County: El Dorado Hills, Shingle Springs and Rescue earn more and Placerville, Diamond Springs and Camino earn less. El Dorado Hills marks the far end of that range at $165,467, 79% above South Lake Tahoe.
Side-by-side: Compare 96150 vs 96155 →
South Lake Tahoe roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving South Lake Tahoe, .