Carnelian Bay (formerly, Cornelian Bay) is an

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on the shore of

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, United States. The Cornelian Bay post office operated from 1883 to 1887 and from 1891 to 1893. The Carnelian Bay post office opened in 1908. For statistical purposes, the

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has defined Carnelian Bay as a

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(CDP). The census definition of the area may not precisely correspond to local understanding of the area with the same name. The population was 518 at the 2020 census. The elevation is . Nearby cities and towns include: Tahoe Vista, Brockway, Kings Beach, Crystal Bay,

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, Tahoma, Homewood, and

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. Its ZIP code is 96140 and its

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Geography

According to the

, the CDP covers an area of 1.3 square miles (3.4 km), 99.82% of it land, and 0.18% of it water.

Demographics

Carnelian Bay first appeared as a

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in the 2010 U.S. Census. The 2020 United States census reported that Carnelian Bay had a population of 518. The population density was . The racial makeup of Carnelian Bay was 469 (90.5%)

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, 3 (0.6%)

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, 1 (0.2%) Native American, 4 (0.8%) Asian, 1 (0.2%)

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, 5 (1.0%) from other races, and 35 (6.8%) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 31 persons (6.0%). The whole population lived in households. There were 246 households, out of which 46 (18.7%) had children under the age of 18 living in them, 99 (40.2%) were married-couple households, 22 (8.9%) were

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couple households, 67 (27.2%) had a female householder with no partner present, and 58 (23.6%) had a male householder with no partner present. 78 households (31.7%) were one person, and 21 (8.5%) were one person aged 65 or older. The average household size was 2.11. There were 135

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(54.9% of all households). The age distribution was 83 people (16.0%) under the age of 18, 14 people (2.7%) aged 18 to 24, 155 people (29.9%) aged 25 to 44, 146 people (28.2%) aged 45 to 64, and 120 people (23.2%) who were 65years of age or older. The median age was 46.5years. For every 100 females, there were 109.7 males. There were 919 housing units at an average density of , of which 246 (26.8%) were occupied. Of these, 176 (71.5%) were owner-occupied, and 70 (28.5%) were occupied by renters.

References

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