Placerville vs Pollock Pines

A side-by-side comparison of Placerville and Pollock Pines: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Placerville has the higher population (10,730 vs 6,056 in Pollock Pines). Pollock Pines has the higher median household income ($74,190 vs $70,602 in Placerville). Placerville has the higher median home value ($450,600 vs $389,500 in Pollock Pines).

Population, income & housing

	Placerville	Pollock Pines
Population	10,730	6,056
Median age	46.2 yrs	44.4 yrs
Median household income	$70,602	$74,190
Median home value	$450,600	$389,500
Median gross rent	$1,229	$1,101
Housing units	4,902	3,412
Homeownership rate	57.1%	69.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.1%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Placerville	Pollock Pines
Population	10,970 → 10,730 (-2.2%)	7,156 → 6,056 (-15.4%)
Median household income	$59,247 → $70,602 (+19.2%)	$64,216 → $74,190 (+15.5%)
Median home value	$355,500 → $450,600 (+26.8%)	$289,800 → $389,500 (+34.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,099 → $1,229 (+11.8%)	$1,100 → $1,101 (+0.1%)

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

Pollock Pines

Population

7,1566,056

Median household income

$64,216$74,190

Median home value

$289,800$389,500

Median gross rent

$1,100$1,101

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Placerville	Pollock Pines
Under 5	4.8%	5.5%
5 to 17	14.6%	11.7%
18 to 24	5.2%	7.8%
25 to 34	12.9%	14.8%
35 to 44	11.5%	10.8%
45 to 54	11.4%	12.0%
55 to 64	17.1%	18.4%
65 to 74	12.9%	10.7%
75 and over	9.6%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Placerville	Pollock Pines
White (non-Hispanic)	68.4%	77.0%
Black or African American	1.4%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.5%
Asian	1.3%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.6%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.1%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	23.5%	16.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Placerville	Pollock Pines
No high school diploma	10.6%	12.0%
High school graduate	25.3%	23.8%
Some college or associate's	39.0%	42.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	8.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Placerville	Pollock Pines
Drove alone	69.1%	77.4%
Carpooled	10.6%	7.5%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.4%	11.7%
Other means	1.4%	3.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Placerville	Pollock Pines
1-unit, detached	61.3%	75.4%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	0.1%
2 to 4 units	21.1%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	1.4%
20 or more units	5.2%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	11.3%

Poverty & households

	Placerville	Pollock Pines
Poverty rate	15.7%	17.6%
Average household size	2.21	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	28	32
Median year structure built	1974	1978