Tahoma, California
Tahoma is a census-designated place in Placer and El Dorado counties, California, United States. Tahoma is located along Lake Tahoe 2 miles southeast of Homewood. Tahoma has a population of 1,191.
Tahoma has a post office with ZIP code 96142, which opened in 1946.
History
Tahoma started as a resort in 1916. The place name was created from combining "Tahoe" and "home".During the 1960 Winter Olympics in nearby Squaw Valley, Tahoma was selected as the site of the cross-country skiing and biathlon, as there was insufficient space in Squaw Valley. The temporary McKinney Creek Stadium was built for the game and demolished afterwards.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP covers an area of 2.6 square miles, all of it land.Demographics
Tahoma first appeared as a census designated place in the 2010 U.S. census.The 2020 United States census reported that Tahoma had a population of 1,034. The population density was. The racial makeup of Tahoma was 908 White, 4 African American, 1 Native American, 7 Asian, 2 Pacific Islander, 19 from other races, and 93 from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 54 persons.
The whole population lived in households. There were 493 households, out of which 118 had children under the age of 18 living in them, 211 were married-couple households, 53 were cohabiting couple households, 95 had a female householder with no partner present, and 134 had a male householder with no partner present. 151 households were one person, and 58 were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.1. There were 290 families.
The age distribution was 157 people under the age of 18, 47 people aged 18 to 24, 240 people aged 25 to 44, 391 people aged 45 to 64, and 199 people who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 49.8years. For every 100 females, there were 115.9 males.
There were 2,132 housing units at an average density of, of which 493 were occupied. Of these, 312 were owner-occupied, and 181 were occupied by renters.