El Dorado Hills

Population & Demographics

El Dorado Hills, CA

El Dorado Hills is home to 51,026 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 20,714 resident workers commute each day.

CaliforniaCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
51,026
people
Population

51,026 residents

Median age 45.7 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

El Dorado Hills population & demographics

Who lives in El Dorado Hills — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
51,026
Median age
45.7yrs
Median household income
$165,349
Median home value
$909,500
Median gross rent
$2,552/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
59.9%
Poverty rate
3.5%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in El Dorado Hills

How El Dorado Hills breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White67.5%
Asian12.8%
Hispanic or Latino10.5%
Two or more races6.9%
Black1.4%
Some other race0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.0%

Race across El Dorado Hills

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across El Dorado Hills.

El Dorado Hills at a glance
Employed Residents
20,714
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
14.6mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
12.2%
Share working within the area
Work from home
30.0%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Folsom
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for El Dorado Hills proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How El Dorado Hills commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

38 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

El Dorado Hills

20,714 commutes, one dot at a time

El Dorado Hills

Where 20,714 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in El Dorado Hills, by worker count.

1El Dorado Hills0.0 mi2,527
2Folsom4.9 mi2,318
3Sacramento23.5 mi2,089
4Roseville14.7 mi1,277
5Rancho Cordova13.4 mi1,234
6San Francisco98.0 mi600
7Placerville14.6 mi489
8Cameron Park3.9 mi448

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into El Dorado Hills.

1El Dorado Hills0.0 mi2,527
2Folsom4.9 mi1,294
3Sacramento23.5 mi934
4Cameron Park3.9 mi764
5Rancho Cordova13.4 mi494
6Roseville14.7 mi468
7Citrus Heights12.6 mi408
8Elk Grove26.0 mi325

Top industries

The sectors that employ El Dorado Hills’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
FIFinance and Insurance13.3%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance11.5%
COConstruction11.5%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services10.3%
EDEducational Services8.3%
AFAccommodation and Food Services7.8%
MFManufacturing6.9%
RTRetail Trade6.5%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services6.0%
Connectivity

Internet options for El Dorado Hills

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

2 providers · 1 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps98%
5 Gbps81%
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in El Dorado Hills

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