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Diamond SpringsCA

Diamond Springs, CA is a 11K-resident city in El Dorado County with a median household income of $77,219.

El Dorado County, California. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Diamond Springs, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Diamond Springs has a population larger than 7% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $423,400.

Data updated 2026-09-03

11K
Population (place)
Bottom 8%
By size
$77,219
Median income (place)
$423,400
Median home (place)
15.6%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Diamond Springs

Diamond Springs posts a median household income higher than 46% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Bottom 47%
by median income, US cities

Where Diamond Springs income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$77,219 Bottom 46% higher than 46% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Diamond Springs $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in CA

Population among 482 CA places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Los Angeles is the largest CA city on this list; Alamo leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in CA

Median household income among the same 482-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Alamo posts the highest place-level median income in CA; Los Angeles is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Diamond Springs, CA beyond the headline numbers

Diamond Springs sits inside El Dorado County, California, at roughly 38.69°N, -120.81°W. Population 11,037, $77,219 median household income. Median home value $423,400, median rent $1,682. Poverty rate 15.6%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

Poverty in Diamond Springs, CA stands at 15.6%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

The median home in Diamond Springs costs around 5.5 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.

13.4% of Diamond Springs workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, coronary heart disease departs furthest from its peer median: 8.1% in Diamond Springs, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,757 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0% of Diamond Springs workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

At 47.6 years, Diamond Springs's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Diamond Springs from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
11,037
Diamond Springs · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$77,219
-14% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$423,400
Near average
Median Age (place)
47.6
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (El Dorado County): Diamond Springs's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
193K+6%
Median Income
$108,845+57%
Median Home Value
$679,900+89%
Poverty Rate
8%-11%
Unemployment
4.5%-63%

Economics

Economics indicators for Diamond Springs, CA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,682/mo
Poverty Rate
15.6% +26% vs avg
Unemployment 7.7%
Bachelor's Degree+ 22.2%
Work From Home 13.4%
Public Transit 0%

Population

White 84.9%
African American 0.9%
Asian 2.4%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
36.7%
Short Sleep Duration
32.8%
Obesity
29.2%
Physical Inactivity
22.5%
Frequent Mental Distress
16.6%
Binge Drinking
15.9%
Frequent Physical Distress
15.3%
Diabetes
12.2%
Current Smoking
11.9%
Current Asthma
10.5%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 66.8%
Annual Checkup 76%

Other Measures

Coronary Heart Disease
8.1%
Lack of Health Insurance
6.5%
Stroke
4.2%

What alerts and safety updates affect Diamond Springs?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Diamond Springs right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet CA-DIAMOND-SPRINGS · Diamond Springs

Diamond Springs: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Diamond Springs; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse California state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Diamond Springs, CA? ▼
Diamond Springs, CA has a population of 11,037 people, located in El Dorado County, California.
What is the median household income in Diamond Springs? ▼
The median household income in Diamond Springs, CA is $77,219 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 15.6%.
What is the median home value in Diamond Springs? ▼
The median home value in Diamond Springs, CA is $423,400. Median rent is $1,682/month.
What are the top health concerns in Diamond Springs? ▼
The top health indicators in Diamond Springs include High Blood Pressure (36.7%), Short Sleep Duration (32.8%), Obesity (29.2%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Diamond Springs? ▼
The median age in Diamond Springs, CA is 47.6 years. 22.2% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Diamond Springs, both outside California so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside CA (15.6% here).

Saint Paul, MN 15.6% Jersey City, NJ 15.6% Fitchburg, MA 15.6% Barberton, OH 15.6%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside CA ($77,219 here).

Forest Park, IL $77,221 Willowick, OH $77,228 Hickory Hills, IL $77,262 Christiansburg, VA $77,147

Compare Diamond Springs with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Placerville, CA 11K Cameron Park, CA 18K El Dorado Hills, CA 42K Auburn, CA 14K Granite Bay, CA 20K North Auburn, CA 13K Folsom, CA 76K Orangevale, CA 34K
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Using Diamond Springs's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Diamond Springs area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
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Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (El Dorado County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.