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South Lake Tahoe city, California: commercial real estate data.
South Lake Tahoe city is a Census city of 21,269 people across 10.07 square miles of land, in El Dorado County. Median household income is $82,002, 51.3 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 64 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $57.2 m.
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South Lake Tahoe
What South Lake Tahoe is
- Census place typecity
- Land area10.07 sq mi
- Water area0.29 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,113
- County holding the largest share of its areaEl Dorado County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
South Lake Tahoe
How many people live in South Lake Tahoe
- Population21,269
- Median age41.1
- Population under 183,299
- Share under 1815.5 percent
- Population 65 and over3,866
- Share 65 and over18.2 percent
- Households9,519
- Family households4,969
- Share of households that are families52.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
South Lake Tahoe
Income and work in South Lake Tahoe
- Median household income$82,002
- Per capita income$56,022
- Civilian labor force13,056
- Employed12,582
- Unemployed474 plus or minus 152
- Unemployment rate3.6 percent plus or minus 1.2
- Adults 25 and over16,126
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher89.7 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher35.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree11.7 percent plus or minus 2.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
South Lake Tahoe
Housing in South Lake Tahoe
- Housing units16,662
- Occupied units9,519
- Vacant units7,143
- Vacancy rate42.9 percent
- Owner occupied4,885
- Renter occupied4,634
- Ownership rate51.3 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$682,400
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,606
- Annual rent as a share of median income23.5 percent
- Single family units11,257
- Share single family67.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more4,829
- Share in buildings of two or more29.0 percent
- Mobile homes555 plus or minus 165
- Median year structure built1973
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
South Lake Tahoe
How South Lake Tahoe gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute10,338
- Commuting under 15 minutes6,173
- Share commuting under 15 minutes59.7 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,130 plus or minus 255
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more10.9 percent plus or minus 2.4
- Drove alone60.0 percent
- Carpooled10.6 percent
- Public transport2.3 percent plus or minus 1.2
- Walked6.5 percent plus or minus 2.0
- Worked from home15.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
South Lake Tahoe
SBA 7(a) lending to South Lake Tahoe borrowers
- Approvals64
- Gross approval$57,229,600
- Average approval$894,213
- Median approval$454,500
- Ninetieth percentile approval$2,860,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported607
- Jobs per approval9.5
- Loans with a final outcome13
- Paid in full12
- Charged off1
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans7.7 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more42.2 percent
- Share to franchises6.3 percent
- Distinct lenders29
- Distinct industries by NAICS35
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
South Lake Tahoe
SBA 504 lending to South Lake Tahoe borrowers
- Approvals27
- Gross approval$35,913,000
- Average approval$1,330,111
- Median approval$681,000
- Largest approval$5,500,000
- Jobs supported285
- Loans with a final outcome9
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs8
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
South Lake Tahoe
Flood programme status in South Lake Tahoe
- Listed NFIP communities1
- Of those, participating1
- NFIP community number065060
- Currently effective map date04/03/12
This community carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
FEMA, National Flood Insurance Program Community Status Book, Community Status Book, as retrieved.
El Dorado County, not South Lake Tahoe
El Dorado County context, not South Lake Tahoe figures
These are El Dorado County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as South Lake Tahoe measurements.
- Establishments in El Dorado County5,005
- Employment at those establishments, El Dorado County49,522
- Covered employment, El Dorado County58,585
- Average annual pay, El Dorado County$66,226
- Average weekly wage, El Dorado County$1,274
- Housing units permitted, El Dorado County437
- Of those, single family, El Dorado County435
- County product, 2024, El Dorado County$11,555,433,000
- County product change over the prior year, El Dorado County4.3 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, El Dorado County$120,863
Every figure in this section is published for El Dorado County as a whole and is not a measurement of South Lake Tahoe. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
South Lake Tahoe questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in South Lake Tahoe, California?
21,269, in 9,519 households. South Lake Tahoe city covers 10.07 square miles of land, which is 2,113 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is South Lake Tahoe in?
El Dorado County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in South Lake Tahoe?
$82,002. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $682,400. Median gross rent is $1,606 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to South Lake Tahoe businesses?
64 7(a) approvals totalling $57.2 m, across 29 lenders, median approval $454,500, plus 27 504 approvals worth $35.9 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in South Lake Tahoe, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to South Lake Tahoe borrowers get paid back?
Of the 13 loans that have reached a final outcome, 12 were paid in full and 1 charged off, a charge off rate of 7.7 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Is South Lake Tahoe in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. South Lake Tahoe appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as community 065060, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page South Lake Tahoe figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for El Dorado County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of South Lake Tahoe.
Is zoning published for South Lake Tahoe?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.