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Boise City, ID vs South Lake Tahoe, CA

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- South Lake Tahoe is 0% more densely populated than Boise City.
- People are 11.5% less likely to be married in South Lake Tahoe.
- The Median Age is 1.3 years older in South Lake Tahoe.
 Boise City, IDSouth Lake Tahoe, CAUnited States
 Population  Unlock21,355329,725,481
 Female Population49.6%  Unlock50.5%
 Male Population50.4%  Unlock49.5%
 Median Age  Unlock3938.4
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 Population - 2010209,586  Unlock309,327,143
 Population - 2000  Unlock23,609285,036,114
 Population - 1990125,738  Unlock251,960,433
 Pop. 2000 to Now  Unlock-3.2%15.6%
 Pop. 1990 to Now82.7%  Unlock30.8%
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 Population Density  Unlock2,103.193.4
 Land Area83.7  Unlock3,531,905.4
 Water Area  Unlock6.4264,836.8
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 Est. Total Population By Age
 Boise City, IDSouth Lake Tahoe, CAUnited States
 Age 0 to 44.7%  Unlock5.9%
 Age 5 to 9  Unlock4.1%6.1%
 Age 10 to 146.2%  Unlock6.6%
 Age 15 to 17  Unlock3.0%3.9%
 Age 18 to 204.7%  Unlock4.0%
 Age 21 to 24  Unlock5.2%5.2%
 Age 25 to 3415.5%  Unlock13.8%
 Age 35 to 44  Unlock14.4%12.9%
 Age 45 to 5412.6%  Unlock12.6%
 Age 55 to 59  Unlock7.0%6.7%
 Age 60 to 645.7%  Unlock6.3%
 Age 65 to 74  Unlock10.1%9.6%
 Age 75 to 844.1%  Unlock4.5%
 Age 85 and over  Unlock1.5%1.9%
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 Race
 Boise City, IDSouth Lake Tahoe, CAUnited States
 White82.1%  Unlock59.4%
 Black  Unlock0.5%12.2%
 Asian3.4%  Unlock5.6%
 Native American  Unlock0.6%0.6%
 Hawaiian, Pacific Islander0.3%  Unlock0.2%
 Other  Unlock0.0%0.4%
 Two or More Races3.3%  Unlock3.2%
 Hispanic  Unlock29.8%18.4%
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 Marriage & Family
 Boise City, IDSouth Lake Tahoe, CAUnited States
 Married Population47.9%  Unlock49.8%
     Currently Married  Unlock40.5%48.0%
 Married but Separated1.0%  Unlock1.8%
 Single Population  Unlock57.6%50.2%
 Never Married34.8%  Unlock33.8%
 Divorced  Unlock12.3%10.8%
 Widowed4.4%  Unlock5.6%
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 Household Size  Unlock2.322.60
 Households96,395  Unlock124,010,992
 Family Households  Unlock4,86380,755,759
     Married couple, w/children31.8%  Unlock30.5%
     Married couple, no children  Unlock42.6%42.9%
 Non Family Households40,870  Unlock43,255,233
     Single householder, w/children  Unlock14.3%15.8%
     Single householder, no children8.9%  Unlock10.8%
Reviews for Boise City    131 Reviews

The people that made Boise the really appealing small-town America kind of place it was 30-40 years ago are gone. I moved here about 30 years ago. I'm not immediately  More

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My wife and I moved here in 2018 with pans to eventually buy a house and start a family. We bought a house at the end of 2019, if we hadn't there's no way we could  More

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Boise is often characterized as a right-leaning city, as Sperling mistakenly did in their synopsis of Boise. But, the truth is the city its not just blue; it is deep,  More

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Reviews for South Lake Tahoe    10 Reviews

Over 5 years ago

Pretty boring town. Very run down and seedy too. Lake is nothing special either. I much prefer the Pacific coast or even the Atlantic coast or great  More

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Seriously I don't get what the big deal about this dump is everything is grossly overpriced scenery is boring and not at all interesting very boring nothing to do very  More

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Over 5 years ago

Beautiful place to live. This site has most of the details wrong, has somehow lumped it together with Sacramento. Elevation is 6250 feet at the lake. Weather is cold in  More

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