Dollar PointCA
A town of 1,477.
Is Dollar Point a good place to live?
The best of Dollar Point’s subject grades are an A+ for walkability and health and an A− for schools; the weakest is a D for cost of living. Dollar Point’s average trip to work is 13 minutes, where California’s towns sit at 28 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Only 77 of California’s 1,064 towns score higher on health. Dollar Point’s trail density is 2.0 miles per square mile, against 1.0 in California’s towns and 0.4 across U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is Skylandia, at 32 acres. Dollar Point has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Dollar Point stand out
Where Dollar Point beats most towns.
1,477 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Dollar Point grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far Dollar Point is from typical.
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Lake Tahoe and 30 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Dollar Point. Close and well known come first.
Big draw8 mi LakeLake Tahoe
7 mi Ski areaPalisades Tahoe Olympic Valley122 runs · 2,542 ft vertical
12 mi LakeDonner Lake
12 mi State parkDonner Memorial State Park5 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 Dollar Point: who provides what
Dollar Point 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 Dollar Point.
Residents of Dollar Point are healthier than 97% of U.S. towns
15% of Dollar Point adults get no exercise outside work.
| Dollar Point | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 24% | 25% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 36% | 33% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 7.5% | 11% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 22% | 19% |
| What stands out | Dollar Point | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 3.7% | 10.6% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 6.3% | 17.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.4% | 6.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Dollar Property | 0.4 mi | 24 |
| 2. Dog Park | 0.3 mi | 9 |
| 3. Skylandia | — | 32 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
In Dollar Point, expect snowy winters and pleasant summers
Dollar Point has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. The July high in Dollar Point is 81°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Dollar Point has 0.8 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Most working residents leave Dollar Point for work: only 8% work in town. 3.5% of residents live below the poverty line in Dollar Point. Since 2013, Dollar Point has lost 119 jobs, to 430 in 2023.
| Dollar Point | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 3.5% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $77,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Inland flooding leads a moderate hazard risk in Dollar Point
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 54% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The median home in Dollar Point sells for about $1.26M
Dollar Point’s median rent is $2,340 a month.
| Dollar Point | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,340 a month | $1,896 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 77% | 64% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Dollar Point
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Dollar Point; the nearest are
About 4 of every 100 Dollar Point residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across California.
About Dollar Point
Census-designated place in California, United States
Dollar Point is a census-designated place (CDP) in Placer County, California, United States, along the northwest shore of Lake Tahoe. It is part of the Sacramento metropolitan area. The population was 1,261 at the 2020 census, up from 1,215 at the 2010 census.
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- Area
- 1.6 sq mi
- Elevation
- 6,483 ft
- Area code
- 530
Questions about Dollar Point
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Dollar Point, CA expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $846,000, 11% 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.