Home values, rents and more in South Lake Tahoe, CA
September 2026 figures from Zillow and the U.S. Census Bureau · updated 2026-11-07
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How South Lake Tahoe compares
The typical home in South Lake Tahoe, CA is worth about $657,000, according to the Zillow Home Value Index for September 2026. Home values in South Lake Tahoe are 15% above the typical value in the Sacramento metro area ($573,000) and 1.8 times the U.S. typical value ($366,000).
Over the past year, home values in South Lake Tahoe rose 2.2%, compared with 0.0% in the Sacramento metro area and +1.2% nationally.
Typical rent is $2,377 a month (Zillow Observed Rent Index), 5% above the Sacramento metro area ($2,269) and 23% above the U.S. ($1,932). Rents rose 6.4% over the past year.
The median household income is $82,002, against $97,188 in the Sacramento metro area and $80,734 in the U.S. (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–24).
About 21,269 people live in South Lake Tahoe (American Community Survey 2020–24).
South Lake Tahoe has the 18th-highest typical home value of the 54 cities in the Sacramento metro area and the 403rd-highest of 886 in California with Zillow figures.
Part of: El Dorado County, CA · Sacramento metro area · California
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Sources
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), all homes, middle tier, smoothed and seasonally adjusted, September 2026. Rents: Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), seasonally adjusted. Population: Census population estimates (July 2025) for states, metros and counties; ACS 2020–24 for cities and ZIP codes. Income: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–24 5-year estimates. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files. Compiled by Home Economics.
"Typical" is Zillow's middle-tier value (homes between the 35th and 65th percentiles), not a median sale price. Changes are over the 12 months to September 2026.