City · Calaveras County, California

Angels, California

Angels is a city in Calaveras County, California. It has 3,716 residents. Angels, California has a quality-of-life score of 39 out of 100 (low), ranking #9,564 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within California it ranks #521 of 1,062 cities and towns. It ranks best on uninsured residents (under 65) (low), job growth (high) and drought exposure (low). It ranks worst on students per teacher (high), natural hazard risk (high) and math scores (low).

39Low

Quality-of-life score: #9,564 of 15,651 cities and towns
California: #521 of 1,062 in CA
Population: 3,716 (2020-2024)
Land area: 4 mi²
Density: 1,023.0 /mi²
FIPS code: 0602112

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 76 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety26#11,631/15,637
Economy59#6,384/15,631
Housing10#13,538/14,977
Health63#5,762/15,609
Healthcare55#7,050/15,650
Environment69#4,788/15,453
Education5#14,896/15,649
Infrastructure64#5,652/15,650
Community35#10,176/15,651
Leisure & amenities58#6,577/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Angels, California ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Calaveras County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Uninsured residents (under 65) · low0.0%
100/100California 6.9%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010
Job growth · high3.8%
96/100California 0.9%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataCalaveras County value
Drought exposure · low0%
96/100California 9%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAACalaveras County value
Grocery stores · high3.0 /10k
94/100California 2.0 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsCalaveras County value
Public libraries · high2.2 /10k
92/100California 0.3 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesCalaveras County value
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low6.1 µg/m³
88/100California 9.4 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyCalaveras County value

Weaknesses

Students per teacher · high22.6×
2/100California 21.7×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsCalaveras County value
Natural hazard risk · high98.3
2/100California 87.32025Federal Emergency Management AgencyCalaveras County value
Math scores · low2.49
3/100California 2.79United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCalaveras County value
Home price to income ratio · high7.8×
4/100California 7.4×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Distance to an emergency room · high16.2 mi
6/100California 4.3 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesCalaveras County value
Reading scores · low2.65
7/100California 2.91United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCalaveras County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
52.1% (2015-2019) → 94.0% (2020-2024)
+42 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
New homes permittedImproving
1.4 /1k (2021) → 3.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+119%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
74.4% (2015-2019) → 93.3% (2020-2024)
+19 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
7.7% (2015-2019) → 0.0% (2020-2024)
−7.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Average commute timeImproving
22.2 min (2015-2019) → 14.8 min (2020-2024)
−33%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
Public transit commutersWorsening
5.8% (2015-2019) → 0.0% (2020-2024)
−5.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B08301US 5.0% → 3.2%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Angels, California improved on 1 of 10 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 9 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved1

Broadband+19 points74.4% → 93.3%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 10 measures

Change of every measure of Angels, California between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	22.2 min2015-2019	14.8 min2020-2024	−7.4 min	Within the margin of error	96%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.1%2015-2019	27.5%2020-2024	+1.4 points	Within the margin of error	37%
Broadband subscriptions	74.4%2015-2019	93.3%2020-2024	+19 points	Improved	88%
Effective property tax rate	0.94%2015-2019	0.82%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	41%
High school diploma or higher	90.9%2015-2019	92.8%2020-2024	+1.8 points	Within the margin of error	56%
Home price to income ratio	6.8×2015-2019	7.8×2020-2024	+1.0×	Within the margin of error	23%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4642015-2019	0.4082020-2024	−0.056	Within the margin of error	86%
Median household income	$53,6222015-2019	$62,1882020-2024	+16%	Within the margin of error	25%
Poverty rate	12.6%2015-2019	11.2%2020-2024	−1.5 points	Within the margin of error	58%
Rent as share of income	41.1%2015-2019	37.4%2020-2024	−3.7 points	Within the margin of error	77%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Angels, California five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Angels, California in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Angels, California itself moved +10.9 points in standing on average over the same 9 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

3,716 residents (±32)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

1,553 households (±217)

Angels, California
California share

Under $25k19%†289
$25k–50k12%†191
$50k–75k

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

1,553 households (±217)

Angels, California
California share

Own81%1,259
Rent19%†294

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+20.8 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

1,293 workers (±263)

Angels, California
California share

Drive alone70%†899
Carpool0.0%0
Public transit0.0%0

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Calaveras County, the county holding most of Angels's residents.

Calaveras County has 986 employer establishments, 212 for every 10,000 residents (0.85× the US rate of 248; 0.81× California's), with 7,149 paid employees at an average annual pay of $47,430. The Census Bureau also counts 3,628 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 986; 3,628 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 212; US 248 · California 263
Paid employees: 7,149
Average annual pay: $47,430; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Calaveras County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	135	29	1.87×More than typical	589	$81,153	282
Restaurants and other eating places	88	18.9	1.03×About typical	877	$22,986	11
Construction of buildings	72	15.5	2.05×More than typical	209	$77,641	194
Ambulatory health care services	46	9.9	0.47×Fewer than typical	215	$66,116	152
Lessors of real estate	44	9.4	0.77×Fewer than typical	114	$39,421	420
Full-service restaurants	42	9	1.17×About typical	357	$24,174	4
Building equipment contractors	38	8.2	1.36×More than typical	232	$74,250	60
Building finishing contractors	37	7.9	2.09×More than typical	100	$57,630	74
Limited-service restaurants	31	6.7	0.83×About typical	402	$21,751	—
Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors	30	6.4	2.04×More than typical	109	$71,303	39
Other specialty trade contractors	30	6.4	2.57×More than typical	148	$115,122	109
Services to buildings and dwellings	29	6.2	0.92×About typical	75	$35,053	261

Rank places for an industry Open Calaveras County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 46,563 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $1.6M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Angels, California: $425 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $1.6M; +52,971% vs FY2025
Per resident: $425; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.3%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Federal Highway Administration$1.6M99.7%
Bureau of Reclamation$5,2900.3%

Top recipients

HERBACK GENERAL ENGINEERING LLC$1.6M99.7%
COUNTY OF CALAVERAS$5,2380.3%
FIRESIDE SECURITY GROUP INC$52.420.0%
BIG HORN MOBILE HOME PARK-$1280.0%

Spending by fiscal year

161.8KFY2017
-138.3FY2018
2.3KFY2019
2KFY2020
2.4KFY2021
2.2KFY2022
-262.1FY2023
2.5KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Highway, street, and bridge construction · 2373$1.6M99.7%
Justice, public order, and safety activities · 9221$5,2380.3%
Investigation and security services · 5616$52.420.0%

Largest awards whose ZIP code lies mostly in Angels, California

CA CE SAC 570(1) NEW HOGAN PARKWAY IMPROVEMENTS REHABILITATION OF THE NEW HOGAN PARKWAY (0.8 MILES) AT THE NEW HOGAN LAKE DAY USE AREA$1.6M
HERBACK GENERAL ENGINEERING LLC· Calaveras County, CA· Construction & real property· Sep 11, 2026 – Sep 11, 2026· 6982AF26F00101N

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Angels, California, so they do not add up across cities.

Angels, California's figures are part of those of Calaveras County, CA ($2.3M in FY2026), never added to them: 70% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Angels is mostly in Calaveras County.

See federal money in Calaveras County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Angels, California is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Tom McClintockR-CA-5 · 100% of residentsWith party 98%Missed 3.3%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Calaveras County46100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Calaveras County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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