Census-designated place · El Dorado County, California

Cameron Park, California

Cameron Park is a census-designated place in El Dorado County, California, part of the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA metro area. It has 18,315 residents. Cameron Park, California has a quality-of-life score of 77 out of 100 (high), ranking #3,553 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within California it ranks #124 of 1,062 cities and towns. It ranks best on public EV charging ports (high), child poverty rate (low) and drought exposure (low). It ranks worst on students per teacher (high), natural hazard risk (high) and home price to income ratio (high).

77High

Quality-of-life score: #3,553 of 15,651 cities and towns
California: #124 of 1,062 in CA
Population: 18,315 (2020-2024)
Land area: 11 mi²
Density: 1,631.3 /mi²
FIPS code: 0610256

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 75 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.

Safety61#6,152/15,637
Economy78#3,478/15,631
Housing26#11,020/14,977
Health77#3,588/15,609
Healthcare79#3,268/15,650
Environment81#2,954/15,453
Education64#5,651/15,649
Infrastructure61#6,069/15,650
Community52#7,514/15,651
Leisure & amenities82#2,836/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Cameron Park, California ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “El Dorado 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

Public EV charging ports · high16.6 /10k
92/100California 17.4 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyEl Dorado County value
Child poverty rate · low5.8%
92/100California 14.6%United States 15.5%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001
Drought exposure · low2%
91/100California 9%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAEl Dorado County value
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low5.9 µg/m³
91/100California 9.4 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyEl Dorado County value
Voter turnout · high76.8%
90/100California 61.8%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionEl Dorado County value
Comfortable days · high32.9%
90/100California 34.8%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationEl Dorado County value

Weaknesses

Students per teacher · high22.5×
2/100California 21.7×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsEl Dorado County value
Natural hazard risk · high94.3
6/100California 87.32025Federal Emergency Management AgencyEl Dorado County value
Home price to income ratio · high6.5×
7/100California 7.4×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
High ozone days · high7 days
12/100California 38 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyEl Dorado County value
Average commute time · high29.6 min
14/100California 28.7 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Social associations · low6.2 /10k
14/100California 6.2 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteEl Dorado County value

Trends

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

Child poverty rateImproving
15.9% (2015-2019) → 5.8% (2020-2024)
−10 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
30.3% (2015-2019) → 37.5% (2020-2024)
+7.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Median household incomeImproving
$79,814 (2015-2019) → $102,289 (2020-2024)
+28%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
88.1% (2015-2019) → 93.0% (2020-2024)
+4.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
5.5× (2015-2019) → 6.5× (2020-2024)
+19%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
High school diploma or higherImproving
92.8% (2015-2019) → 96.5% (2020-2024)
+3.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%

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, Cameron Park, California improved on 4 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 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.

Improved4

Child poverty−10 points15.9% → 5.8%
Bachelor's++7.2 points30.3% → 37.5%
Household income+28%$79,814 → $102,289
Broadband+4.9 points88.1% → 93.0%

Declined1

Price / income+1.0×5.5× → 6.5×

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Cameron Park, California between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	32.8 min2015-2019	29.6 min2020-2024	−3.2 min	Within the margin of error	80%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.3%2015-2019	37.5%2020-2024	+7.2 points	Improved	80%
Broadband subscriptions	88.1%2015-2019	93.0%2020-2024	+4.9 points	Improved	31%
Child poverty rate	15.9%2015-2019	5.8%2020-2024	−10 points	Improved	82%
Effective property tax rate	0.74%2015-2019	0.70%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	22%
High school diploma or higher	92.8%2015-2019	96.5%2020-2024	+3.7 points	Within the margin of error	74%
Home price to income ratio	5.5×2015-2019	6.5×2020-2024	+1.0×	Declined	21%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4122015-2019	0.4282020-2024	+0.016	Within the margin of error	37%
Median household income	$79,8142015-2019	$102,2892020-2024	+28%	Improved	51%
Poverty rate	9.5%2015-2019	7.0%2020-2024	−2.5 points	Within the margin of error	66%
Rent as share of income	29.8%2015-2019	28.9%2020-2024	−0.9 points	Within the margin of error	62%
Rent-burdened households	49.4%2015-2019	46.2%2020-2024	−3.2 points	Within the margin of error	67%
Unemployment rate	4.6%2015-2019	4.5%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	52%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	4.2%2015-2019	4.5%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	42%

“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 Cameron Park, California five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Cameron Park, 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, Cameron Park, California itself moved +2.9 points in standing on average over the same 10 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

18,315 residents (±1,348)

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

7,624 households (±447)

Cameron Park, California
California share

Under $25k11%†817
$25k–50k11%870
$50k–75k12%942

Homes

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

Owners and renters

7,624 households (±447)

Cameron Park, California
California share

Own67%5,087
Rent33%2,537

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

8,468 workers (±937)

Cameron Park, California
California share

Drive alone67%5,702
Carpool5.7%484
Public transit0.2%†17

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA

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 El Dorado County, the county holding most of Cameron Park's residents.

El Dorado County has 5,005 employer establishments, 261 for every 10,000 residents (1.05× the US rate of 248; 0.99× California's), with 49,522 paid employees at an average annual pay of $61,283. The Census Bureau also counts 17,064 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 5,005; 17,064 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 261; US 248 · California 263
Paid employees: 49,522
Average annual pay: $61,283; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	469	24.4	1.58×More than typical	3,264	$95,452	1,022
Restaurants and other eating places	402	20.9	1.14×About typical	6,050	$27,601	41
Ambulatory health care services	365	19	0.91×About typical	2,887	$78,682	689
Lessors of real estate	306	15.9	1.29×More than typical	911	$52,879	1,908
Construction of buildings	271	14.1	1.87×More than typical	1,448	$85,701	731
Management, scientific and technical consulting	195	10.2	1.51×More than typical	589	$84,533	895
Full-service restaurants	191	9.9	1.29×More than typical	3,400	$31,381	16
Building equipment contractors	187	9.7	1.62×More than typical	1,544	$97,265	215
Services to buildings and dwellings	185	9.6	1.43×More than typical	2,422	$63,074	863
Limited-service restaurants	146	7.6	0.95×About typical	2,010	$22,162	12
Real estate agents and brokers	144	7.5	1.54×More than typical	252	$75,754	810
Offices of other health practitioners	121	6.3	1.04×About typical	658	$42,137	386

Rank places for an industry Open El Dorado County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 192,090 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 $559.5K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Cameron Park, California: $30.55 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $559.5K; +34% vs FY2025
Per resident: $30.55; US $1,994
Sole-source: 3.2%; US 30%
Single offer: 11%; 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

Top recipients

MILLENNIUM AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE$461.3K82%
D F ZEE'S FIREFIGHTING CATERING, LLC$59.8K11%
PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY$17.9K3.2%
SNOWLINE AEROSPACE, INC.$15.1K2.7%
AMERICAN RIVER GOVERNMENT SOLUTIONS LLC$2,4780.4%

Spending by fiscal year

564.6KFY2017
634.4KFY2018
415.5KFY2019
4.8KFY2020
89KFY2021
120KFY2022
256.2KFY2023
214.3KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$290.4K52%
Other fabricated metal product manufacturing · 3329$86K15%
Special food services · 7223$59.8K11%
Engine, turbine, and power transmission equipment manufacturing · 3336$57.5K10%
Hardware manufacturing · 3325$18.9K3.4%
Electric power generation, transmission and distribution · 2211$17.9K

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 Cameron Park, California, so they do not add up across cities.

Cameron Park, California's figures are part of those of El Dorado County, CA ($40.6M in FY2026), never added to them: 1.4% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Cameron Park is mostly in El Dorado County.

See federal money in El Dorado 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.

Cameron Park, California is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

County

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

El Dorado County85100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA65

Other cities and towns in El Dorado 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
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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Scores by category

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Strengths

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Trends