Cedar FlatCA
A town of 1,089.
Is Cedar Flat a good place to live?
The best of Cedar Flat’s subject grades are an A+ for health and an A− for schools; the weakest is a D− for cost of living. 65% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Cedar Flat, above both the California town median (29%) and the median of U.S. towns (29%). Only 22 of California’s 1,064 towns score higher on health. Cedar Flat’s trail density is 3.2 miles per square mile, against 1.0 in California’s towns and 0.4 across U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is Dollar Property, at 33 acres. Cedar Flat has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Cedar Flat stand out
Where Cedar Flat beats most towns.
1,089 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Cedar Flat grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far Cedar Flat is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Lake Tahoe and 30 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Cedar Flat. Close and well known come first.
Big draw9 mi LakeLake Tahoe
8 mi Ski areaPalisades Tahoe Olympic Valley122 runs · 2,542 ft vertical
12 mi LakeDonner Lake
11 mi State parkDonner Memorial State Park4 mi Ski areaNorthstar at Tahoe Resort125 runs · 2,311 ft vertical14 mi Ski areaSugar Bowl Resort94 runs · 1,452 ft verticalPhoto credits
Lake Tahoe: Lara Farhadi, CC BY 2.0 · Palisades Tahoe Olympic Valley: Jonnyboyca at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Donner Lake: J.smith, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Donner Memorial State Park: Joe Parks from Berkeley, CA, CC BY 2.0
Moving to Cedar Flat: who provides what
Cedar Flat is unincorporated, so Placer County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Cedar Flat.
Cedar Flat stands out in California and nationally, with fewer of its adults who feel lonely
28% of Cedar Flat adults feel lonely. Only 10 of the 848 California towns we compare have a lower share of adults who say their health is fair or poor than Cedar Flat. 13% of Cedar Flat adults report frequent mental distress.
| Cedar Flat | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 36% | 33% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 24% | 25% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 35% | 36% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 22% | 19% |
| What stands out | Cedar Flat | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 2.8% | 10.6% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 4.9% | 17.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.5% | 6.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Cedar Flat has set aside nearly a quarter of its land for conservation
3.8 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Dollar Property | 0.7 mi | 33 |
| 2. Placer County Open Space | — | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Cedar Flat’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Cedar Flat for work: only 3% work in town. The average trip to work in Cedar Flat is 19 minutes. Jobs based in Cedar Flat grew to 113 in 2023, 53 more than in 2013.
| Cedar Flat | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 19 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 6% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.1% | 6.6% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Cedar Flat has snowy winters and pleasant summers
Cedar Flat has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Cedar Flat’s July high is 81°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
High risk in Cedar Flat, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 60% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The median home in Cedar Flat sells for about $2.68M
83% of households own their home in Cedar Flat.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Cedar Flat
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Cedar Flat; the nearest are
About 0 of every 100 Cedar Flat residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across California.
97% of working residents leave Cedar Flat for work
Where Cedar Flat’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Cedar Flat
Place in California, United States
Cedar Flat (Chimariko: Hots'i'nakčʰa xotai) is a census-designated place (CDP) in eastern Placer County, California, United States. It is located on the northwest shore of Lake Tahoe, between Carnelian Bay to the northeast and Dollar Point to the southwest. As of the 2020 census, Cedar Flat had a population of 797. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.
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- Elevation
- 6,539 ft
Questions about Cedar Flat
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Cedar Flat, CA expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $993,000, 30% above the California typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D−.