Idaho City vs Placerville

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

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

Idaho City has the higher population (556 vs 37 in Placerville). Placerville has the higher median household income ($78,750 vs $41,111 in Idaho City). Since 2019, Idaho City's population has grown faster (+6.9% vs -26.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Idaho City	Placerville
Population	556	37
Median age	38.8 yrs	69.5 yrs
Median household income	$41,111	$78,750
Median home value	$94,500	—
Median gross rent	$776	—
Housing units	381	73
Homeownership rate	66.3%	78.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%	2.7%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	16.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Idaho City	Placerville
Population	520 → 556 (+6.9%)	50 → 37 (-26.0%)
Median household income	$47,031 → $41,111 (-12.6%)	$74,375 → $78,750 (+5.9%)
Median home value	$133,000 → $94,500 (-28.9%)	$128,100 → $187,500 (+46.4%)
Median gross rent	$482 → $776 (+61.0%)	—

Idaho City

Population

520556

Median household income

$47,031$41,111

Median home value

$133,000$94,500

Median gross rent

$482$776

Placerville

Population

5037

Median household income

$74,375$78,750

Median home value

$128,100$187,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Idaho City	Placerville
Under 5	6.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.6%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.5%	10.8%
35 to 44	21.4%	10.8%
45 to 54	9.5%	0.0%
55 to 64	9.2%	18.9%
65 to 74	8.6%	32.4%
75 and over	17.8%	27.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Idaho City	Placerville
White (non-Hispanic)	86.7%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Idaho City	Placerville
No high school diploma	4.1%	5.4%
High school graduate	21.3%	56.8%
Some college or associate's	63.5%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.2%	2.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Idaho City	Placerville
Drove alone	64.2%	20.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	80.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	23.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Idaho City	Placerville
1-unit, detached	65.4%	69.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	30.7%	30.1%

Poverty & households

	Idaho City	Placerville
Poverty rate	5.6%	2.7%
Average household size	1.92	1.61
Mean commute (minutes)	26	—
Median year structure built	1975	1962