Census-designated place · Placer County, California

Tahoe Vista, California

Tahoe Vista is a census-designated place in Placer County, California, part of the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA metro area. It has 1,048 residents. Tahoe Vista, California has a quality-of-life score of 72 out of 100 (high), ranking #4,346 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within California it ranks #174 of 1,062 cities and towns. It ranks best on distance to an Amtrak station (low), hospital quality rating (high) and primary care physicians (high). It ranks worst on students per teacher (high), home price to income ratio (high) and high school diploma or higher (low).

72High

Quality-of-life score: #4,346 of 15,651 cities and towns
California: #174 of 1,062 in CA
Population: 1,048 (2020-2024)
Land area: 3 mi²
Density: 385.9 /mi²
FIPS code: 0677700

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 75 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

Open in the map

Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety75#3,907/15,637
Economy83#2,723/15,631
Housing8#13,727/14,977
Health90#1,543/15,609
Healthcare90#1,574/15,650
Environment31#10,726/15,453
Education55#7,012/15,649
Infrastructure62#6,015/15,650
Community65#5,479/15,651
Leisure & amenities72#4,352/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Tahoe Vista, California ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Placer County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Distance to an Amtrak station · low4 mi
99/100California 10 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauPlacer County value
Hospital quality rating · high4.7
96/100California 3.1United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesPlacer County value
Primary care physicians · high122 /100k
93/100California 83 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePlacer County value
Premature death · low5,005 /100k
93/100California 6,570 /100kUnited States 8,123 /100k2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePlacer County value
Dentists · high105 /100k
91/100California 95 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePlacer County value
Life expectancy · high81.3 yrs
91/100California 79.7 yrsUnited States 77.6 yrs2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePlacer County value

Weaknesses

Students per teacher · high22.3×
2/100California 21.7×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsPlacer County value
Home price to income ratio · high9.2×
3/100California 7.4×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077High uncertainty
High school diploma or higher · low89.8%
5/100California 84.7%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
High ozone days · high11 days
5/100California 38 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyPlacer County value
Rent-burdened households · high53.5%
12/100California 55.3%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070High uncertainty
Median Air Quality Index · high52
12/100California 602025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyPlacer County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationFalling
1,158 (2015-2019) → 1,048 (2020-2024)
−9.5%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Child poverty rateImproving
22.2% (2015-2019) → 0.0% (2020-2024)
−22 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
72.9% (2015-2019) → 53.5% (2020-2024)
−19 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
46.4% (2015-2019) → 62.6% (2020-2024)
+16 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Median household incomeImproving
$71,827 (2015-2019) → $113,314 (2020-2024)
+58%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Rent as share of incomeImproving
38.8% (2015-2019) → 30.8% (2020-2024)
−8 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Tahoe Vista, California improved on 1 of 5 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 4 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved1

Household income+58%$71,827 → $113,314

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 5 measures

Change of every measure of Tahoe Vista, California between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.4%2015-2019	62.6%2020-2024	+16 points	Within the margin of error	98%
Broadband subscriptions	86.8%2015-2019	83.1%2020-2024	−3.6 points	Within the margin of error	3%
High school diploma or higher	90.2%2015-2019	89.8%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Within the margin of error	29%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4122015-2019	0.4032020-2024	−0.009	Within the margin of error	58%
Median household income	$71,8272015-2019	$113,3142020-2024	+58%	Improved	89%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Tahoe Vista, California five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Tahoe Vista, California in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Tahoe Vista, California itself moved −7.8 points in standing on average over the same 5 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,048 residents (±372)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 60–69 men (+12.5 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,048 residents (±372)

Tahoe Vista, California
California share

White80%†834
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino20%†206

Education

863 residents (±282)

Tahoe Vista, California
California share

No high school diploma10%†88
High school or GED8.0%†69
Some college15%†

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

439 households (±129)

Tahoe Vista, California
California share

Under $25k4.6%†20
$25k–50k13%†55
$50k–75k19%†84
$75k–100k4.8%†21
$100k–150k34%†150
$150k–200k4.8%†21
$200k or more20%†88

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $100k–150k (+30.3 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

439 households (±129)

Tahoe Vista, California
California share

Own90%†396
Rent9.8%†43

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+26.3 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

43 households (±39)

Tahoe Vista, California
California share

Under $75047%†20
$750–1,0000.0%0
$1,000–1,50033%†14

Home values

396 homes (±125)

Tahoe Vista, California
California share

Under $150k8.3%†33
$150k–250k5.1%†20
$250k–400k0.0%0

Age of homes

1,527 homes (±149)

Tahoe Vista, California
California share

2010 or later1.6%†25
2000–200911%†172
1980–199929%448

Size of homes

1,527 homes (±149)

Tahoe Vista, California
California share

Studio6.6%†101
1 bedroom12%†185
2 bedrooms9.2%†140

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

605 workers (±246)

Tahoe Vista, California
California share

Drive alone66%†400
Carpool0.0%0
Public transit3.3%†20
Walk5.5%†33
Bike7.3%†44
Work from home18%†108
Other0.0%0

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Bike (+7.3 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

497 workers (±244)

Tahoe Vista, California
California share

Under 15 min30%†149
15–29 min33%†162
30–44 min37%†186

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Placer County, the county holding most of Tahoe Vista's residents.

Placer County has 12,180 employer establishments, 286 for every 10,000 residents (1.15× the US rate of 248; 1.09× California's), with 167,628 paid employees at an average annual pay of $67,699. The Census Bureau also counts 39,560 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 12,180; 39,560 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 286; US 248 · California 263
Paid employees: 167,628
Average annual pay: $67,699; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Placer County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	1,096	25.8	1.24×About typical	14,906	$104,112	1,536
Specialty trade contractors	976	23	1.48×More than typical	10,322	$77,610	1,781
Restaurants and other eating places	922	21.7	1.18×About typical	18,344	$27,188	116
Lessors of real estate	837	19.7	1.60×More than typical	3,361	$65,439	4,846
Construction of buildings	572	13.5	1.78×More than typical	5,537	$93,515	1,265
Real estate agents and brokers	419	9.9	2.02×More than typical	851	$79,669	1,900
Management, scientific and technical consulting	404	9.5	1.42×More than typical	1,469	$83,317	1,764
Building equipment contractors	396	9.3	1.55×More than typical	4,300	$79,760	410
Limited-service restaurants	395	9.3	1.16×About typical	7,758	$23,639	57
Services to buildings and dwellings	392	9.2	1.37×More than typical	3,330	$47,728	1,418
Full-service restaurants	364	8.6	1.11×About typical	8,182	$32,257	39
Offices of other health practitioners	312	7.3	1.21×About typical	1,846	$40,784	802

Rank places for an industry Open Placer County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 425,195 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Tahoe Vista, California: $0 per resident (US $2,007).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $2,007
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.7%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

118.8FY2019
8KFY2022

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 9, 2026, loaded Oct 9, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Tahoe Vista, California, so they do not add up across cities.

Tahoe Vista, California's figures are part of those of Placer County, CA ($21.3M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Tahoe Vista is mostly in Placer County.

See federal money in Placer County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Tahoe Vista, California is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Kevin KileyI-CA-3 · 100% of residentsWith party 92%Missed 0.9%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Placer County84100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA65

Other cities and towns in Placer County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

JSON · /api/v1/places/0677700