City safety & data profile

PlacervilleCA

Placerville, CA is a 11K-resident city in El Dorado County with a median household income of $67,274.

El Dorado County, California. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Placerville, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Placerville has a population larger than 4% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $473,100, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-03

11K
Population (place)
Bottom 5%
By size
$67,274
Median income (place)
$473,100
Median home (place)
15.9%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Placerville

Placerville posts a median household income higher than 33% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Placerville area.

Bottom 34%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Placerville

Where Placerville income ranks nationally

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

$67,274 Bottom 33% higher than 33% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Placerville $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 Placerville, CA beyond the headline numbers

Placerville sits inside El Dorado County, California, at roughly 38.73°N, -120.80°W. Population 10,650, $67,274 median household income. Median home value $473,100, median rent $1,234. Poverty rate 15.9%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Placerville, 4/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

Poverty in Placerville, CA stands at 15.9%, 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 Placerville costs around 7.0 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.

16% of Placerville 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: 7.3% in Placerville, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,757 cities reporting that measure.

At 46.8 years, Placerville'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 Placerville 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)
10,650
Placerville · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$67,274
-25% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$473,100
+14% vs avg
Median Age (place)
46.8
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (El Dorado County): Placerville'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 Placerville, CA
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,234/mo
Poverty Rate
15.9% +28% vs avg
Unemployment 4.3%
Bachelor's Degree+ 23.4%
Work From Home 16%
Public Transit 0.7%

Population

White 80.8%
African American 1.5%
Asian 1%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

High Blood Pressure
34.4%
Short Sleep Duration
33.6%
Obesity
29.7%
Physical Inactivity
22.6%
Frequent Mental Distress
17.6%
Binge Drinking
16.9%
Frequent Physical Distress
15.1%
Current Smoking
12.6%
Diabetes
11.4%
Current Asthma
10.6%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 65.3%
Annual Checkup 74.1%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
7.6%
Coronary Heart Disease
7.3%
Stroke
3.9%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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1
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0
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0
Average Rating
4/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
MARSHALL MEDICAL CENTER
PLACERVILLE · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★★☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Placerville?

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

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet CA-PLACERVILLE · Placerville

Placerville: 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 Placerville; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse California state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Placerville, CA? ▼
Placerville, CA has a population of 10,650 people, located in El Dorado County, California.
What is the median household income in Placerville? ▼
The median household income in Placerville, CA is $67,274 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 15.9%.
What is the median home value in Placerville? ▼
The median home value in Placerville, CA is $473,100. Median rent is $1,234/month.
What are the top health concerns in Placerville? ▼
The top health indicators in Placerville include High Blood Pressure (34.4%), Short Sleep Duration (33.6%), Obesity (29.7%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Placerville? ▼
Placerville has 1 hospital with an average rating of 4/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Placerville? ▼
The median age in Placerville, CA is 46.8 years. 23.4% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

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

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside CA (15.9% here).

Wichita, KS 15.9% Cleveland Heights, OH 15.9% Hazelwood, MO 15.9% Fort Dodge, IA 15.9%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside CA ($67,274 here).

Mission Bend, TX $67,282 Garden City, MI $67,294 Doraville, GA $67,235 Victoria, TX $67,226

Compare Placerville with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Diamond Springs, CA 11K Cameron Park, CA 18K El Dorado Hills, CA 42K Auburn, CA 14K North Auburn, CA 13K Granite Bay, CA 20K Folsom, CA 76K Orangevale, CA 34K
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Using Placerville'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 Placerville area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
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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.