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Sunnyside-Tahoe City is a small town of 1,599 people in Placer County, California. It's about 23 miles from Carson City, NV and 81 miles from Sacramento, CA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 75°F and winter highs 37°F, with about 180 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $1.0M and rent runs about $2k a month.
1,599people
$1.0MTypical home
$1,745/moRent
75° / 37°Summer / winter
180"Snow
283Sunny days
83Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,599
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 459 people per sq mi
- 81 mi to Sacramento, CA
- 23 mi to Carson City, NV
- 14 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $1.0M (≈$6,428/mo)
- Median rent $1,745/mo
- Median household income $118k
- Property tax about 0.8% of value
- 1.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 75°F
- Winter highs around 37°F
- Dry summers (dew point 35°F)
- 283 sunny days a year (170 totally clear)
- 82 cloudy days a year
- 35 of 90 winter days are gray
- 83 days a year with rain or snow
- 180" of snow a year
- 34 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 11 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (203 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (931 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 40
- 35% of households have kids
- 16% are 65 or older
- 54% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 29 min
- 7% walk or take transit to work
- 12 mi to TKF airport
- 32 mi to RNO (major hub)
- 12 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 85% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1973
- 99% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 7,034 ft
- 104 mi to the ocean
- 2 mi to a big lake
- Trailhead in town
- Ski area in town
- Campground in town
- 29 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 262 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 38 bars within 25 mi
- 73 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 2 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 19 museums within 25 mi
- 6 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 22 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 20% of California districts (reading)
- 2 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 14 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 32 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 12 mi to the nearest vet
- 9 mi to the nearest dog park
- 4 congregations per 10k people
- 28 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Placer County: R+9 in 2024
- California: D+20 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- High wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- High drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk