MeyersCA
A town of 1,995, settled in 1904.
Is Meyers a good place to live?
Meyers’ best subject grades are an A for health and the outdoors; its weakest is a D− for hazard risk. Meyers’ median rent is $2,856 a month, above both California’s towns ($1,896 a month) and U.S. towns ($1,185 a month). Among 847 California towns, just 4 have a lower January low than Meyers. Homes are expensive, about $647K for a typical one and 6.7 times the Sacramento metro’s $97K median household income. 44% of the land in Meyers is conserved, where California’s towns sit at 4.3% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. Tahoe Paradise Park, at 51 acres with 1.4 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Meyers has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Meyers stand out
Where Meyers beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
97% of working residents leave Meyers for work
Where Meyers’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Meyers grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far Meyers is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Meyers: who provides what
Meyers is unincorporated, so El Dorado 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 Meyers.
The FEMA risk score in Meyers is higher than in most of California or the rest of the country
Meyers’ FEMA risk score is 100 of 100.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Public schools in Meyers beat 57% of California districts
Its public schools are run by the Lake Tahoe Unified school district. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meyers ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 334 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CA on state tests and graduation
Nearly a third of Meyers is conserved land
9.5 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. The trail density in Meyers is 3.8 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Tahoe Paradise Park | 1.4 mi | 51 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Residents of Meyers are healthier than 92% of U.S. towns
Meyers beats the California average on 16 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 20% of adults binge drink in Meyers.
| Meyers | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 16% | 16% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 24% | 25% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 36% | 33% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 22% | 19% |
| What stands out | Meyers | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 4.2% | 10.6% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 4.6% | 10.6% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.9% | 6.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Meyers’ workers commute out
Most working residents leave Meyers for work: only 3% work in town. Since 2013, Meyers has added 162 jobs, to 301 in 2023. 5.5% of Meyers residents live below the poverty line.
| Meyers | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 5.5% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.1% | 6.6% | 8% |
| Median household income | $96,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Snowy winters and pleasant summers in Meyers
Meyers has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 80°, January nights drop to 22° and about 179 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Fewer young adults than California overall
Adults 18 to 34 are 17% of residents (24% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 45% of residents (39% statewide). 43% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 37% across California.
| Meyers | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 17% | 22% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 43% | 29% | 29% |
| Median age | 45 years | 39 years | 40.5 years |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 123 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±3.3 points). Across California, 50.1% of residents are women.
| Meyers | CA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 6.7% | 11.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.6% | 10.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.3% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11.2% | 14.8% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 16.3% | 13.9% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.1% | 12.5% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 17% | 12.1% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 14.9% | 9.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.9% | 6.5% | 7% |
| No diploma | 2.1% | 15.3% | 10.4% |
| High school | 16.9% | 20.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 23.4% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 14.7% | 7.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 27.6% | 22.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 15.3% | 14.4% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,000, single groups can be off by several points
A home in Meyers sells for about $905K at the median
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Lake Tahoe and 20 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Meyers. Close and well known come first.
Big draw17 mi LakeLake Tahoe
28 mi Ski areaPalisades Tahoe Olympic Valley122 runs · 2,542 ft vertical
36 mi LakeDonner Lake
9 mi State parkEmerald Bay State Park
10 mi Park & preserveDesolation Wilderness9 mi Ski areaHeavenly Mountain Resort141 runs · 3,370 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 · Emerald Bay State Park: Michael, CC BY 2.0 · Desolation Wilderness: Phreakdigital at English Wikipedia, GFDL
Everything we know about Meyers
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Meyers
About 5 of every 100 Meyers residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across California.
About Meyers
Unincorporated community in California, United States
Meyers (also Yanks, Yank's Station, and Tahoe Paradise) is a small unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in El Dorado County, California, United States, along U.S. Route 50 in the northern Sierra Nevada. It is 6 miles (10 km) south of South Lake Tahoe in the Lake Tahoe area and lies at an elevation of 6,378 feet (1,944 metres). As of the 2020 census, Meyers had a population of 2,163. Established in 1851, Meyers started out as a stagecoach stop, trading post and Pony Express station. The town is now registered as California Historical Landmark #708. It serves as a popular stop on the way into and out of the Tahoe Basin for travelers on U.S. Route 50 and California Route …
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Elevation
- 6,352 ft
Questions about Meyers
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Meyers, CA expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $647,000, 15% below 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.