Diamond Springs vs El Dorado Hills

A side-by-side comparison of Diamond Springs and El Dorado Hills: population, income, housing, and more.

Diamond Springs and El Dorado Hills are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

El Dorado Hills has the higher population (50,553 vs 12,642 in Diamond Springs). El Dorado Hills has the higher median household income ($163,544 vs $83,288 in Diamond Springs). El Dorado Hills has the higher median home value ($870,300 vs $409,000 in Diamond Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Diamond Springs	El Dorado Hills
Population	12,642	50,553
Median age	43.3 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$83,288	$163,544
Median home value	$409,000	$870,300
Median gross rent	$1,644	$2,468
Housing units	5,512	18,452
Homeownership rate	68.3%	87.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.1%	58.0%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Diamond Springs	El Dorado Hills
Population	11,731 → 12,642 (+7.8%)	46,593 → 50,553 (+8.5%)
Median household income	$62,370 → $83,288 (+33.5%)	$137,726 → $163,544 (+18.7%)
Median home value	$326,400 → $409,000 (+25.3%)	$630,000 → $870,300 (+38.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,304 → $1,644 (+26.1%)	$1,964 → $2,468 (+25.7%)

Diamond Springs

Population

11,73112,642

Median household income

$62,370$83,288

Median home value

$326,400$409,000

Median gross rent

$1,304$1,644

El Dorado Hills

Population

46,59350,553

Median household income

$137,726$163,544

Median home value

$630,000$870,300

Median gross rent

$1,964$2,468

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Diamond Springs	El Dorado Hills
Under 5	5.7%	5.8%
5 to 17	16.4%	18.6%
18 to 24	5.3%	6.0%
25 to 34	8.4%	6.9%
35 to 44	15.6%	11.7%
45 to 54	8.9%	15.5%
55 to 64	15.4%	15.4%
65 to 74	14.2%	11.6%
75 and over	10.0%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Diamond Springs	El Dorado Hills
White (non-Hispanic)	72.1%	69.4%
Black or African American	0.1%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	0.1%
Asian	2.0%	11.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.1%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	20.0%	9.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Diamond Springs	El Dorado Hills
No high school diploma	4.5%	2.5%
High school graduate	27.9%	11.8%
Some college or associate's	41.6%	27.7%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	36.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	21.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Diamond Springs	El Dorado Hills
Drove alone	71.4%	67.6%
Carpooled	10.2%	4.8%
Public transit	0.3%	0.4%
Walked	1.7%	0.4%
Bicycle	1.8%	0.1%
Worked from home	12.5%	25.9%
Other means	2.1%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Diamond Springs	El Dorado Hills
1-unit, detached	67.3%	90.2%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	3.1%
20 or more units	3.9%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	15.6%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Diamond Springs	El Dorado Hills
Poverty rate	13.3%	3.7%
Average household size	2.43	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	21	31
Median year structure built	1981	2002