Cameron Park vs Placerville

A side-by-side comparison of Cameron Park and Placerville: population, income, housing, and more.

Cameron Park and Placerville are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Cameron Park has the higher population (17,283 vs 10,730 in Placerville). Cameron Park has the higher median household income ($97,786 vs $70,602 in Placerville). Cameron Park has the higher median home value ($641,100 vs $450,600 in Placerville).

Population, income & housing

	Cameron Park	Placerville
Population	17,283	10,730
Median age	47.2 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$97,786	$70,602
Median home value	$641,100	$450,600
Median gross rent	$1,795	$1,229
Housing units	7,821	4,902
Homeownership rate	67.0%	57.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.8%	25.1%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cameron Park	Placerville
Population	19,171 → 17,283 (-9.8%)	10,970 → 10,730 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$79,814 → $97,786 (+22.5%)	$59,247 → $70,602 (+19.2%)
Median home value	$438,700 → $641,100 (+46.1%)	$355,500 → $450,600 (+26.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,393 → $1,795 (+28.9%)	$1,099 → $1,229 (+11.8%)

Cameron Park

Population

19,17117,283

Median household income

$79,814$97,786

Median home value

$438,700$641,100

Median gross rent

$1,393$1,795

Placerville

Population

10,97010,730

Median household income

$59,247$70,602

Median home value

$355,500$450,600

Median gross rent

$1,099$1,229

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cameron Park	Placerville
Under 5	3.5%	4.8%
5 to 17	14.6%	14.6%
18 to 24	5.8%	5.2%
25 to 34	12.0%	12.9%
35 to 44	11.9%	11.5%
45 to 54	13.0%	11.4%
55 to 64	13.8%	17.1%
65 to 74	13.0%	12.9%
75 and over	12.3%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cameron Park	Placerville
White (non-Hispanic)	77.0%	68.4%
Black or African American	0.3%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.3%
Asian	3.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	14.0%	23.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cameron Park	Placerville
No high school diploma	4.1%	10.6%
High school graduate	17.9%	25.3%
Some college or associate's	40.3%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	24.6%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	13.2%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cameron Park	Placerville
Drove alone	69.2%	69.1%
Carpooled	7.9%	10.6%
Public transit	0.3%	0.5%
Walked	1.6%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.0%	17.4%
Other means	1.1%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cameron Park	Placerville
1-unit, detached	63.4%	61.3%
1-unit, attached	8.0%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	21.1%
5 to 19 units	9.5%	5.6%
20 or more units	7.6%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Cameron Park	Placerville
Poverty rate	7.6%	15.7%
Average household size	2.30	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	30	28
Median year structure built	1987	1974