South Lake Tahoe, California

South Lake Tahoe population, 2020 to 2024

South Lake Tahoe lost 78 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.4%. In the latest year it moved by +72. Among 429 California places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 177th; the median place changed by -1.1%. The median place of 5,000+ in California has 37,056 people, so South Lake Tahoe is 57% of it.

South Lake Tahoe covers 10.07 square miles of land and 0.29 of water, for 2,108 people per square mile of land. The median California place of 5,000+ has 3,725, so South Lake Tahoe is less dense than the typical town.

What county South Lake Tahoe is in

All of South Lake Tahoe's residents live in El Dorado County, which had 192,823 residents in 2024. South Lake Tahoe holds 11.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in South Lake Tahoe

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps South Lake Tahoe by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 96150. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where South Lake Tahoe is

The Census internal point of South Lake Tahoe is at 38.928200, -119.981000. Sacramento, the capital, is 85.1 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Carson City, NV (58,148 people), 19.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Reno, NV, 43.5 miles away.

Daylight in South Lake Tahoe

At 38.93° N, South Lake Tahoe gets about 14 h 54 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 26 min around the December solstice, a swing of 5 h 28 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near South Lake Tahoe

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in California, measured between internal points. The closest is Truckee, 31.3 miles away, with 17,240 people.