Scores by category

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

Safety40#9,313/15,637
Economy51#7,623/15,631
Housing13#13,068/14,977
Health60#6,298/15,609
Healthcare60#6,220/15,650
Environment73#4,125/15,453
Education7#14,607/15,649
Infrastructure36#10,010/15,650
Community32#10,653/15,651
Leisure & amenities48#8,070/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Plymouth, California ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Amador 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

Drought exposure · low0%
94/100California 9%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAAmador County value
Food environment index · high9.2
92/100California 8.7United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAmador 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 AgencyAmador County value
Primary care shortage · low0.0
90/100California 2.6United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationAmador County value
Job growth · high2.1%
89/100California 0.9%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataAmador County value
Grocery stores · high2.4 /10k
86/100California 2.0 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAmador County value

Weaknesses

New business applications · low6.9 /1k
2/100California 14.1 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauAmador County value
Students per teacher · high22.2×
3/100California 21.7×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsAmador County value
High school diploma or higher · low88.5%
5/100California 84.7%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Natural hazard risk · high94.8
5/100California 87.32025Federal Emergency Management AgencyAmador County value
Loneliness · high37.1%
10/100California 37.8%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Traffic deaths · high27.1 /100k
10/100California 10.7 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataAmador County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
980 (2015-2019) → 1,056 (2020-2024)
+7.8%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
High school diploma or higherImproving
70.2% (2015-2019) → 88.5% (2020-2024)
+18 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
New homes permittedWorsening
5.3 /1k (2021) → 0.9 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−82%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
11.5% (2015-2019) → 24.9% (2020-2024)
+13 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Median household incomeImproving
$64,375 (2015-2019) → $92,500 (2020-2024)
+44%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Child poverty rateWorsening
14.9% (2015-2019) → 23.5% (2020-2024)
+8.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%

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, Plymouth, California improved on 2 of 9 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 7 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.

Improved2

Bachelor's++13 points11.5% → 24.9%
Household income+44%$64,375 → $92,500

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 9 measures

Change of every measure of Plymouth, California between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	29.4 min2015-2019	23.1 min2020-2024	−6.3 min	Within the margin of error	94%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.5%2015-2019	24.9%2020-2024	+13 points	Improved	96%
Broadband subscriptions	89.2%2015-2019	92.2%2020-2024	+3.1 points	Within the margin of error	20%
High school diploma or higher	70.2%2015-2019	88.5%2020-2024	+18 points	Within the margin of error	99%
Home price to income ratio	3.9×2015-2019	4.1×2020-2024	+0.2×	Within the margin of error	71%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3562015-2019	0.4242020-2024	+0.068	Within the margin of error	11%
Median household income	$64,3752015-2019	$92,5002020-2024	+44%	Improved	79%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	30.0%2015-2019	29.5%2020-2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	59%

“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 Plymouth, California five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Plymouth, 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, Plymouth, California itself moved +7.9 points in standing on average over the same 8 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

1,056 residents (±266)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 30–39 men (−9.8 points).

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

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,056 residents (±266)

Plymouth, California
California share

White66%†694
Black6.2%†65
Hispanic or Latino21%†224
Asian0.1%†1
American Indian and Alaska Native1.3%†14
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races5.5%†58

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

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

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

783 residents (±173)

Plymouth, California
California share

No high school diploma11%†90
High school or GED20%†155
Some college35%†273
Associate degree8.9%†70
Bachelor's degree16%†127
Graduate degree8.7%†68

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: No high school diploma (−18.3 points).

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

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

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

Household income

386 households (±88)

Plymouth, California
California share

Under $25k20%†79
$25k–50k7.8%†30
$50k–75k9.8%†38
$75k–100k18%†69
$100k–150k15%†59
$150k–200k17%†64
$200k or more12%†47

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $50k–75k (−19.1 points).

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

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

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

Owners and renters

386 households (±88)

Plymouth, California
California share

Own86%333
Rent14%†53

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+23.6 points).

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

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

53 households (±45)

Plymouth, California
California share

Under $7500.0%0
$750–1,0000.0%0
$1,000–1,50096%†51

Home values

333 homes (±83)

Plymouth, California
California share

Under $150k9.0%†30
$150k–250k7.5%†25
$250k–400k40%†133

Age of homes

426 homes (±88)

Plymouth, California
California share

2010 or later18%†75
2000–200926%†109
1980–199923%†96

Size of homes

426 homes (±88)

Plymouth, California
California share

Studio4.2%†18
1 bedroom3.5%†15
2 bedrooms25%†106

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

485 workers (±145)

Plymouth, California
California share

Drive alone62%†301
Carpool18%†85
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.6%†3
Bike2.9%14
Work from home14%†70
Other2.5%†12

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Bike (+2.9 points).

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

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

415 workers (±149)

Plymouth, California
California share

Under 15 min37%†152
15–29 min36%†148
30–44 min11%†47

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

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 Amador County, the county holding most of Plymouth's residents.

Amador County has 868 employer establishments, 208 for every 10,000 residents (0.84× the US rate of 248; 0.79× California's), with 7,776 paid employees at an average annual pay of $51,200. The Census Bureau also counts 2,802 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 868; 2,802 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 208; US 248 · California 263
Paid employees: 7,776
Average annual pay: $51,200; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	81	19.4	1.06×About typical	1,071	$24,948	15
Ambulatory health care services	70	16.8	0.80×About typical	485	$71,449	107
Specialty trade contractors	66	15.8	1.02×About typical	208	$65,889	201
Full-service restaurants	43	10.3	1.34×More than typical	714	$26,549	3
Lessors of real estate	34	8.1	0.66×Fewer than typical	93	$35,290	252
Offices of physicians	28	6.7	1.03×About typical	109	$118,101	12
Services to buildings and dwellings	27	6.5	0.96×About typical	106	$30,217	184
Automotive repair and maintenance	26	6.2	1.24×About typical	153	$58,013	40
Construction of buildings	25	6	0.79×Fewer than typical	60	$60,283	124
Building equipment contractors	24	5.7	0.95×About typical	96	$71,542	54
Limited-service restaurants	23	5.5	0.69×Fewer than typical	255	$22,694	4
Religious organizations	22	5.3	0.95×About typical	124	$23,782	—

Rank places for an industry Open Amador County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 41,783 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 $0 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Plymouth, California: $0 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $0
Per resident: $0; US $1,995
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; 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

Spending by fiscal year

39.4FY2019

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 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 Plymouth, California, so they do not add up across cities.

Plymouth, California's figures are part of those of Amador County, CA ($15.6M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

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

See federal money in Amador 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.

Plymouth, 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.

Amador County54100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Amador 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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