Mountain Village vs Placerville

A side-by-side comparison of Mountain Village and Placerville: population, income, housing, and more.

Mountain Village and Placerville are places in Colorado. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mountain Village has the higher population (1,713 vs 336 in Placerville). Placerville has the higher median household income ($128,250 vs $59,881 in Mountain Village). Mountain Village has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $969,400 in Placerville).

Population, income & housing

	Mountain Village	Placerville
Population	1,713	336
Median age	36.3 yrs	55.5 yrs
Median household income	$59,881	$128,250
Median home value	$2,000,001	$969,400
Median gross rent	$885	—
Housing units	1,809	176
Homeownership rate	33.4%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.2%	79.6%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mountain Village	Placerville
Population	1,842 → 1,713 (-7.0%)	360 → 336 (-6.7%)
Median household income	$53,125 → $59,881 (+12.7%)	$85,288 → $128,250 (+50.4%)
Median home value	$739,900 → $2,000,001 (+170.3%)	$514,700 → $969,400 (+88.3%)
Median gross rent	$783 → $885 (+13.0%)	—

Mountain Village

Population

1,8421,713

Median household income

$53,125$59,881

Median home value

$739,900$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$783$885

Placerville

Population

360336

Median household income

$85,288$128,250

Median home value

$514,700$969,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mountain Village	Placerville
Under 5	0.8%	8.9%
5 to 17	10.4%	6.5%
18 to 24	8.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	28.8%	4.5%
35 to 44	19.0%	17.6%
45 to 54	8.3%	10.7%
55 to 64	12.3%	22.0%
65 to 74	7.4%	29.8%
75 and over	4.6%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mountain Village	Placerville
White (non-Hispanic)	63.1%	89.0%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	25.3%	11.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mountain Village	Placerville
No high school diploma	3.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	18.9%	6.7%
Some college or associate's	22.9%	13.7%
Bachelor's degree	32.7%	52.8%
Graduate or professional degree	21.6%	26.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mountain Village	Placerville
Drove alone	40.6%	73.8%
Carpooled	6.0%	15.0%
Public transit	2.5%	0.0%
Walked	32.0%	7.0%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	4.2%
Other means	9.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mountain Village	Placerville
1-unit, detached	34.3%	90.9%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	15.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	41.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Mountain Village	Placerville
Poverty rate	16.9%	0.0%
Average household size	1.71	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	13	17
Median year structure built	1999	1994