Placerville vs Shingle Springs

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

Placerville and Shingle Springs 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 3,488 in Shingle Springs). Shingle Springs has the higher median household income ($109,531 vs $70,602 in Placerville). Shingle Springs has the higher median home value ($686,300 vs $450,600 in Placerville).

Population, income & housing

	Placerville	Shingle Springs
Population	10,730	3,488
Median age	46.2 yrs	48.2 yrs
Median household income	$70,602	$109,531
Median home value	$450,600	$686,300
Median gross rent	$1,229	$1,478
Housing units	4,902	1,562
Homeownership rate	57.1%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.1%	36.3%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Placerville	Shingle Springs
Population	10,970 → 10,730 (-2.2%)	3,846 → 3,488 (-9.3%)
Median household income	$59,247 → $70,602 (+19.2%)	$84,292 → $109,531 (+29.9%)
Median home value	$355,500 → $450,600 (+26.8%)	$489,500 → $686,300 (+40.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,099 → $1,229 (+11.8%)	$986 → $1,478 (+49.9%)

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

Shingle Springs

Population

3,8463,488

Median household income

$84,292$109,531

Median home value

$489,500$686,300

Median gross rent

$986$1,478

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Placerville	Shingle Springs
Under 5	4.8%	3.0%
5 to 17	14.6%	15.6%
18 to 24	5.2%	7.0%
25 to 34	12.9%	8.7%
35 to 44	11.5%	7.2%
45 to 54	11.4%	16.3%
55 to 64	17.1%	11.6%
65 to 74	12.9%	21.4%
75 and over	9.6%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Placerville	Shingle Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	68.4%	83.2%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	1.1%
Asian	1.3%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	23.5%	9.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Placerville	Shingle Springs
No high school diploma	10.6%	7.1%
High school graduate	25.3%	16.3%
Some college or associate's	39.0%	40.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	24.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Placerville	Shingle Springs
Drove alone	69.1%	76.0%
Carpooled	10.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.5%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	6.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.4%	16.2%
Other means	1.4%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Placerville	Shingle Springs
1-unit, detached	61.3%	69.0%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	6.9%
2 to 4 units	21.1%	8.3%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.2%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	12.0%

Poverty & households

	Placerville	Shingle Springs
Poverty rate	15.7%	6.9%
Average household size	2.21	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1974	1981