Tahoma, California.
Typical home $947,278 (+5.2% in a year), asking rent $3,750 . Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$2,655 (+115%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $46,396 +5%
- $900,882$947,278 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $1,243 +0%
- $946,035$947,278 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Tahoma$4,972
- California$3,997
- United States$1,922
Typical home values in Tahoma, CA rose 5.2% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Tahoma, El Dorado County, California
Tahoma, in El Dorado County, had 1,034 people in the 2020 census. Unemployment in El Dorado County was 5.1% in August 2026, and the county had 1.1% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in restaurants and hotels, then construction.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Tahoma is a small community on the western shore of Lake Tahoe, home to a close-knit group of residents. Homes here cost far more than in most of the country, and household incomes in the county run above what is typical nationwide. Winters are cold and snowy, summers are mild and pleasant, and a good share of the year's precipitation falls as snow.
Work. Many residents work in restaurants, hotels and entertainment, which fits a lake town that draws visitors through the year. Others work in the building trades, professional and business services, or in shops. A good number of people work from home, and adults here are more likely than in much of the country to hold a four-year degree. Across El Dorado County, the largest workplaces include the California Department of Transportation facilities, the Shingle Springs Tribal Gaming Authority and Marshall Hospital.
Things to do. Lake Tahoe itself is a short drive away, and Emerald Bay State Park and D. L. Bliss State Park, both protected shoreline areas, are also close by. Ed Z'berg Sugar Pine Point State Park lies in or beside town, as does Homewood Mountain Resort, a ski area. For more skiing, Palisades Tahoe is a longer drive away.
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- 427households
- 45%of adults have a degree
- 10%below the poverty line
- 17%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. El Dorado County had 59,203 jobs in 2025, 1.1% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 37° and lows near 22°; warmest in July, with highs near 77° and lows near 46°. About 38 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Tahoma weather station, under a mile away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in El Dorado County
- Shingle Springs Tribal Gaming AuthorityCasinos1,273
- Marshall HospitalGeneral hospital1,076FTE
- Broadridge, EDHPrint shops, digital739
- Barton Memorial HospitalGeneral hospital655FTE
- El Dorado Union High SchoolsSchool district581FTE
- CAL FireCal fire512
- Mountain HeavenlyAlpine skiing facilities without accommodations419
- Buckeye Union Elementary SchoolsSchool district410FTE
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 88 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 11,149 people in all across the county; Tahoma has none of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- WildfireRelatively moderate
- Avalanchesrelatively high in parts of TahomaRelatively moderate
- Inland floodingrelatively high in parts of TahomaRelatively moderate
- EarthquakesRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Tahoma’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on El Dorado County and the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA metro.
Tahoma home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Tahoma$947,278
- California$761,538
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Tahoma listings — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Tahoma25.42%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Tahoma34
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Tahoma8
Zip codes with a Tahoma address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Tahoma — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.