South Lake Tahoe, California Economy Profile

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South Lake Tahoe, California Economy

According to the statistics on employment by occupation in South Lake Tahoe, California, 11.44% of workers provide educational, health and social services. 43.6% of people provide Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services in South Lake Tahoe, California. The percentage of people involved into professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services in South Lake Tahoe, California is as follows: six point one seven percent.

In South Lake Tahoe, California government workers account for 11.07% of workers. 79.91% of workers comprise private wage and salary workers. Median household income in South Lake Tahoe, California is equal to $34,707 while median family income is forty thousand, five hundred and seventy-two dollars. The earnings of male full-time, year-round workers, in South Lake Tahoe, California are twenty-six thousand, three hundred and fifty-two dollars. The amount of earnings of female full-time, year-round workers reaches $22,280.

0.0 of families in South Lake Tahoe, California are below poverty line (total population in South Lake Tahoe, California is twenty-three thousand, six hundred and nine). There are two hundred and fourteen families with female householder, no husband present. The median age of a South Lake Tahoe, California resident is thirty-three point four years old.

	South Lake Tahoe, California	%, South Lake Tahoe, California	United States
Population 16 years and over	18,354		217,168,077
In labor force	12,917	70.38%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	12,909	70.33%	63.39%
- - Employed	11,953	65.12%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	956	5.21%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	7.4		5.8
- Armed Forces	8	0.04%	0.53%
Not in labor force	5,437	29.62%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	8,992	48.99%	51.66%
In labor force	6,011	32.75%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	6,011	32.75%	29.65%
- - Employed	5,634	30.7%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	1,799	9.8%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	1,252		12,787,501
COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	11,601		128,279,228
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	7,542	65.01%	75.7%
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	1,920	16.55%	12.19%
Public transportation (including taxicab)	572	4.93%	4.73%
Walked	688	5.93%	2.93%
Other means	339	2.92%	1.19%
Worked at home	540	4.65%	3.26%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	15.7	0.14%	25.5
Employed civilian population 16 years and over	11,953		129,721,512
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	2,691	22.51%	33.65%
Service occupations	4,502	37.66%	14.86%
Sales and office occupations	2,745	22.96%	26.69%
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	121	1.01%	0.73%
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	1,014	8.48%	9.45%
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	880	7.36%	14.62%
INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	142	1.19%	1.87%
Construction	672	5.62%	6.78%
Manufacturing	272	2.28%	14.1%
Wholesale trade	136	1.14%	3.6%
Retail trade	1,112	9.3%	11.73%
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	309	2.59%	5.2%
Information	257	2.15%	3.08%
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	742	6.21%	6.89%
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	738	6.17%	9.3%
Educational, health and social services	1,367	11.44%	19.92%
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services	5,211	43.6%	7.87%
Other services (except public administration)	498	4.17%	4.87%
Public administration	497	4.16%	4.79%
CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	9,552	79.91%	78.47%
Government workers	1,323	11.07%	14.59%
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	985	8.24%	6.63%
Unpaid family workers	93	0.78%	0.31%

	South Lake Tahoe, California	%, South Lake Tahoe, California	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	9,455		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	765	8.09%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	712	7.53%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	1,456	15.4%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	1,850	19.57%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	1,843	19.49%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	1,585	16.76%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	623	6.59%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	371	3.92%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	138	1.46%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	112	1.18%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	34,707		41,994
With earnings	8,143	44.37%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	42,535		56,604
With Social Security income	1,919	10.46%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	9,800		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	498	2.71%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	6,942		6,320
With public assistance income	387	2.11%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	3,322		3,032
With retirement income	1,214	6.61%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	18,392		17,376
Families	5,454		72,261,780
Less than $10,000	245	4.49%	5.75%
$10,000 to $14,999	282	5.17%	4.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	822	15.07%	10.74%
$25,000 to $34,999	960	17.6%	12.02%
$35,000 to $49,999	1,125	20.63%	17.13%
$50,000 to $74,999	1,120	20.54%	22.32%
$75,000 to $99,999	419	7.68%	12.47%
$100,000 to $149,999	283	5.19%	9.6%
$150,000 to $199,999	129	2.37%	2.75%
$200,000 or more	69	1.27%	2.92%
Median family income (dollars)	40,572		50,046
Per capita income (dollars)	18,452		21,587
Median earnings (dollars):
Male full-time, year-round workers	26,352		37,057
Female full-time, year-round workers	22,280		27,194
POVERTY STATUS IN 1999 (below poverty level)
Families	499		6,620,945
With related children under 18 years	426	85.37%	77.87%
- With related children under 5 years	252	50.5%	38.7%
Families with female householder, no husband present	214		3,315,916
With related children under 18 years	207	96.73%	88.68%
- With related children under 5 years	125	58.41%	42.27%
Individuals	2,937		33,899,812
18 years and over	2,098	71.43%	65.35%
- 65 years and over	143	4.87%	9.7%
Related children under 18 years	805	27.41%	33.59%
- Related children 5 to 17 years	522	17.77%	23.52%
Unrelated individuals 15 years and over	1,270	43.24%	31.63%

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