Which ZIP code in El Dorado County has the lowest median age?

96150 (South Lake Tahoe), at 42.4 (±1.8), among 16 ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents.

Why are some ZIP codes missing?

ZIP codes with fewer than 1,000 residents are left out because their survey estimates swing too much to rank, and so are ZIP codes where the Census Bureau did not publish this figure.

Youngest ZIP codes in El Dorado County, CA

These are the 16 ZIP codes in El Dorado County with the lowest median age, out of 16 with at least 1,000 residents. 96150 (South Lake Tahoe, 42.4), 95633 (Garden Valley, 44.2) and 95636 (Grizzly Flats, 44.3) lead the list. There is no single "best" ZIP code in El Dorado County; the right one depends on who you want to reach, so the same ZIP codes are ranked several ways below.

Youngest ZIP codes in El Dorado County

Rank	ZIP	Mailing city	Median age	Residents	Households	Residential mailboxes
1	96150	South Lake Tahoe	42.4 ±1.8	29,646	12,864	11,261
2	95633	Garden Valley	44.2 ±5.7	2,653	1,083	1,093
3	95636	Grizzly Flats	44.3 ±3.5	1,410	476	78
4	95726	Pollock Pines	44.8 ±5.4	8,450	3,611	4,037
5	95682	Shingle Springs	45.3 ±2.2	30,065	11,546	11,760
6	95762	El Dorado Hills	45.7 ±0.9	47,657	17,080	19,261
7	95672	Rescue	46.4 ±5.1	5,764	1,979	1,736
8	95623	El Dorado	47.5 ±4.9	4,844	1,653	1,716
9	95667	Placerville	49.1 ±2.2	36,830	14,975	15,622
10	95635	Greenwood	49.5 ±19.3	1,298	460	436
11	95709	Camino	49.8 ±9.6	6,000	2,364	1,874
12	95619	Diamond Springs	51.1 ±12.5	4,974	2,208	1,928
13	95614	Cool	52.1 ±5.8	3,954	1,596	1,591
14	95684	Somerset	55.5 ±6.5	2,708	1,259	1,087
15	95634	Georgetown	59.5 ±8.8	3,536	1,684	1,073
16	95664	Pilot Hill	61.9 ±3.3	1,341	657	484

How we ranked them

Ranked by median age of all residents, lowest first (ACS 5-year estimates, 2020–2024). ZIP codes need at least 1,000 residents to be ranked; 16 of 24 qualify.

Which of these to mail, and why

Younger ZIP codes skew toward renters, students and young families: fitness, quick-service food, apartments, entertainment and first-time-buyer offers.

The top five ZIP codes on this list hold 29,580 households, on 53 carrier routes with 28,229 residential mailboxes. Open any of them on the route map to see each carrier route's own figures before you choose.

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Frequently asked questions

Which ZIP code in El Dorado County has the lowest median age?: 96150 (South Lake Tahoe), at 42.4 (±1.8), among 16 ZIP codes with at least 1,000 residents.
How is this ranking calculated?: Ranked by median age of all residents, lowest first (ACS 5-year estimates, 2020–2024).
Why are some ZIP codes missing?: ZIP codes with fewer than 1,000 residents are left out because their survey estimates swing too much to rank, and so are ZIP codes where the Census Bureau did not publish this figure.

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