Ophir vs Placerville

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

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

Placerville has the higher population (336 vs 144 in Ophir). Placerville has the higher median household income ($128,250 vs $125,938 in Ophir). Placerville has the higher median home value ($969,400 vs $875,000 in Ophir).

Population, income & housing

	Ophir	Placerville
Population	144	336
Median age	36.2 yrs	55.5 yrs
Median household income	$125,938	$128,250
Median home value	$875,000	$969,400
Median gross rent	$1,188	—
Housing units	62	176
Homeownership rate	69.5%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	84.6%	79.6%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ophir	Placerville
Population	193 → 144 (-25.4%)	360 → 336 (-6.7%)
Median household income	$95,000 → $125,938 (+32.6%)	$85,288 → $128,250 (+50.4%)
Median home value	$625,000 → $875,000 (+40.0%)	$514,700 → $969,400 (+88.3%)
Median gross rent	$980 → $1,188 (+21.2%)	—

Ophir

Population

193144

Median household income

$95,000$125,938

Median home value

$625,000$875,000

Median gross rent

$980$1,188

Placerville

Population

360336

Median household income

$85,288$128,250

Median home value

$514,700$969,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ophir	Placerville
Under 5	5.6%	8.9%
5 to 17	13.2%	6.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	25.7%	4.5%
35 to 44	18.8%	17.6%
45 to 54	29.9%	10.7%
55 to 64	5.6%	22.0%
65 to 74	1.4%	29.8%
75 and over	0.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ophir	Placerville
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	89.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	11.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ophir	Placerville
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	1.7%	6.7%
Some college or associate's	13.7%	13.7%
Bachelor's degree	64.1%	52.8%
Graduate or professional degree	20.5%	26.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ophir	Placerville
Drove alone	81.0%	73.8%
Carpooled	5.7%	15.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.3%	4.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ophir	Placerville
1-unit, detached	96.8%	90.9%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Ophir	Placerville
Poverty rate	11.8%	0.0%
Average household size	2.44	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	21	17
Median year structure built	1990	1994