Amador County vs Calaveras County

A side-by-side comparison of Amador County and Calaveras County: population, income, housing, and more.

Amador County and Calaveras County are counties in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Calaveras County has the higher population (45,995 vs 41,029 in Amador County). Amador County has the higher median household income ($81,526 vs $79,877 in Calaveras County). Calaveras County has the higher median home value ($441,800 vs $422,800 in Amador County).

Population, income & housing

	Amador County	Calaveras County
Population	41,029	45,995
Median age	49.9 yrs	52.0 yrs
Median household income	$81,526	$79,877
Median home value	$422,800	$441,800
Median gross rent	$1,380	$1,615
Housing units	18,919	27,579
Homeownership rate	80.1%	84.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.4%	22.2%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	5.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amador County	Calaveras County
Population	38,429 → 41,029 (+6.8%)	45,514 → 45,995 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$62,772 → $81,526 (+29.9%)	$63,158 → $79,877 (+26.5%)
Median home value	$313,700 → $422,800 (+34.8%)	$319,500 → $441,800 (+38.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,103 → $1,380 (+25.1%)	$1,339 → $1,615 (+20.6%)

Amador County

Population

38,42941,029

Median household income

$62,772$81,526

Median home value

$313,700$422,800

Median gross rent

$1,103$1,380

Calaveras County

Population

45,51445,995

Median household income

$63,158$79,877

Median home value

$319,500$441,800

Median gross rent

$1,339$1,615

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amador County	Calaveras County
Under 5	3.9%	4.0%
5 to 17	11.6%	12.9%
18 to 24	5.3%	5.5%
25 to 34	11.0%	9.2%
35 to 44	12.7%	10.7%
45 to 54	12.2%	11.6%
55 to 64	16.1%	17.3%
65 to 74	16.4%	17.4%
75 and over	10.8%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amador County	Calaveras County
White (non-Hispanic)	73.7%	77.4%
Black or African American	1.9%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.9%
Asian	1.4%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	1.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	15.5%	13.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amador County	Calaveras County
No high school diploma	9.0%	6.7%
High school graduate	26.5%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	42.1%	39.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amador County	Calaveras County
Drove alone	73.4%	74.1%
Carpooled	9.0%	6.7%
Public transit	0.2%	0.6%
Walked	2.4%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.1%
Worked from home	14.3%	14.1%
Other means	0.4%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amador County	Calaveras County
1-unit, detached	83.9%	86.8%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	1.4%
20 or more units	2.8%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	5.9%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Amador County	Calaveras County
Poverty rate	7.8%	13.4%
Average household size	2.35	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	33	34
Median year structure built	1983	1987