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. 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.
| Widest gap | Meyers | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 4.2% | 10.6% |
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
53% of Meyers’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by avalanches at 43%. Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 100% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Public schools in Meyers beat 57% of California districts
Its one school is below. Enrollment at Meyers’s public school: 334 students.
| 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
Conservation land takes up nearly a third of Meyers
In Meyers, the density of trails is 3.8 miles per square mile, against 1.0 in California’s towns and 0.4 across U.S. towns. 9.5 miles of trail wind through 1 park or preserve.
| 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: 15% of adults say their health is fair or poor. 15% of adults in Meyers get no exercise outside work; 30% feel lonely.
| 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
Most of Meyers’ workers head elsewhere: there are 0.3 jobs for each of them
Since 2013, Meyers has added 162 jobs, to 301 in 2023. Commuting out is the norm here: 3% of working residents work locally. For residents here, the share who live below the poverty line is 5.5%. The top destinations are South Lake Tahoe (33%), Sacramento (7%) and Stateline (3%).
| 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
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Fewer young adults than California overall
In Meyers, 17% of residents are under 18. Adults 18 to 34 are 17% of residents (24% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 45% of residents (39% statewide). Among adults 25 and older, 43% have a four-year degree or more, against 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
Among households in Meyers, 92% are owner-occupiers. The median rent for Meyers comes to $2,856 a month.
| Meyers | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,856 a month | $1,896 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 92% | 64% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · 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.