Diamond Springs vs Placerville

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

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

Diamond Springs has the higher population (12,642 vs 10,730 in Placerville). Diamond Springs has the higher median household income ($83,288 vs $70,602 in Placerville). Placerville has the higher median home value ($450,600 vs $409,000 in Diamond Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Diamond Springs	Placerville
Population	12,642	10,730
Median age	43.3 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$83,288	$70,602
Median home value	$409,000	$450,600
Median gross rent	$1,644	$1,229
Housing units	5,512	4,902
Homeownership rate	68.3%	57.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.1%	25.1%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Diamond Springs	Placerville
Population	11,731 → 12,642 (+7.8%)	10,970 → 10,730 (-2.2%)
Median household income	$62,370 → $83,288 (+33.5%)	$59,247 → $70,602 (+19.2%)
Median home value	$326,400 → $409,000 (+25.3%)	$355,500 → $450,600 (+26.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,304 → $1,644 (+26.1%)	$1,099 → $1,229 (+11.8%)

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

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)

	Diamond Springs	Placerville
Under 5	5.7%	4.8%
5 to 17	16.4%	14.6%
18 to 24	5.3%	5.2%
25 to 34	8.4%	12.9%
35 to 44	15.6%	11.5%
45 to 54	8.9%	11.4%
55 to 64	15.4%	17.1%
65 to 74	14.2%	12.9%
75 and over	10.0%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Diamond Springs	Placerville
White (non-Hispanic)	72.1%	68.4%
Black or African American	0.1%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	0.3%
Asian	2.0%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	20.0%	23.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Diamond Springs	Placerville
No high school diploma	4.5%	10.6%
High school graduate	27.9%	25.3%
Some college or associate's	41.6%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Diamond Springs	Placerville
Drove alone	71.4%	69.1%
Carpooled	10.2%	10.6%
Public transit	0.3%	0.5%
Walked	1.7%	1.1%
Bicycle	1.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.5%	17.4%
Other means	2.1%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Diamond Springs	Placerville
1-unit, detached	67.3%	61.3%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	21.1%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	5.6%
20 or more units	3.9%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	15.6%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Diamond Springs	Placerville
Poverty rate	13.3%	15.7%
Average household size	2.43	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	21	28
Median year structure built	1981	1974