Garden Valley vs Placerville

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

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

Garden Valley has the higher population (364 vs 37 in Placerville). Garden Valley has the higher median household income ($91,042 vs $78,750 in Placerville).

Population, income & housing

	Garden Valley	Placerville
Population	364	37
Median age	36.8 yrs	69.5 yrs
Median household income	$91,042	$78,750
Median gross rent	$938	—
Housing units	214	73
Homeownership rate	76.7%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.2%	2.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	16.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garden Valley	Placerville
Population	489 → 364 (-25.6%)	50 → 37 (-26.0%)
Median household income	$62,132 → $91,042 (+46.5%)	$74,375 → $78,750 (+5.9%)
Median home value	$265,000 → $294,600 (+11.2%)	$128,100 → $187,500 (+46.4%)
Median gross rent	$730 → $938 (+28.5%)	—

Garden Valley

Population

489364

Median household income

$62,132$91,042

Median home value

$265,000$294,600

Median gross rent

$730$938

Placerville

Population

5037

Median household income

$74,375$78,750

Median home value

$128,100$187,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garden Valley	Placerville
Under 5	4.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.3%	0.0%
18 to 24	15.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	14.0%	10.8%
35 to 44	14.0%	10.8%
45 to 54	5.8%	0.0%
55 to 64	21.2%	18.9%
65 to 74	14.0%	32.4%
75 and over	0.0%	27.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garden Valley	Placerville
White (non-Hispanic)	80.5%	100.0%
Black or African American	3.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	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	11.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garden Valley	Placerville
No high school diploma	4.0%	5.4%
High school graduate	22.3%	56.8%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	35.5%	2.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garden Valley	Placerville
Drove alone	64.1%	20.0%
Carpooled	11.5%	80.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	18.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garden Valley	Placerville
1-unit, detached	85.5%	69.9%
1-unit, attached	9.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	30.1%

Poverty & households

	Garden Valley	Placerville
Poverty rate	9.3%	2.7%
Average household size	2.41	1.61
Mean commute (minutes)	10	—
Median year structure built	1993	1962