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Cameron Park.
Cameron Park is an unincorporated community in El Dorado County, CA. It has no city government: the county runs it, and the Census counts it as its own place.
What it's like to live in Cameron Park
Cameron Park is an unincorporated community in California with household incomes running above the national average and air quality that stays clean most of the year. Those factors carry real weight for anyone weighing where to move next.
The tradeoffs are worth naming plainly. Cameron Park deals with rent well above the national average, home prices well above the national average, commute times longer than most cities, and a population that has been shrinking.
The good
- Higher-than-average incomes
- Clean air
The not so good
- Rent well above the national average
- High home prices
- Above-average commute times
- Shrinking population
- High student-teacher ratio
- Hot summers
How Cameron Park compares
Median household income
Median rent (per month)
Median home value
What it takes to move to Cameron Park
Based on Cameron Park's median rent, home value and household income
To rent
$3,612
up front: first month plus a typical one-month deposit
- Income to keep rent under 30%: $72,240 a year
- 44% of Cameron Park renters spend 30% or more of their income on rent
To buy
$133,580
a 20% down payment on the median home
- With 10% down: $66,790
- Homes cost 6.5× the typical local household income (US: 4.1×)
Moving costs, closing costs and taxes not included.
The details
Cost of living▲ 28% above US
$1,806/mo median rent
Rent runs on the higher side, at $1,806 a month median. Whether that premium makes sense usually comes down to the local job market and what it pays. Home prices are steep, with a median around $667,900. Renting first to get a feel for the city before buying is often the more practical route.
Median home value $667,900 · 44% of renters cost-burdened
Job market
5.0% county unemployment
Unemployment in El Dorado County is 5.0%, somewhat above the national average of 4.3%. Lining up work before the move is the safer route. That's the county-wide rate; BLS doesn't measure a place this size on its own.
El Dorado County (county-wide)
Safety
174 violent crimes per 100k, whole jurisdiction
Cameron Park doesn't have its own police department, so there's no crime rate for it alone. The figures shown are for the El Dorado County Sheriff's Office jurisdiction as a whole, which runs below the national average for violent crime and covers many communities. Individual neighborhoods can differ a lot from that overall rate.
Property crime 477/100k · Policed by El Dorado County Sheriff's Office (county-wide rate) · 2025 data
Getting around▲ 14% above US
30 min average commute
Commutes run about average, at 29.6 minutes. Fine day to day, but it adds up over a year, and where someone lives relative to where they work starts to matter. 7 in 10 workers drive to work; 23% work from home.
How workers get to work
Climate
Summers are hot and humid, with highs regularly hitting 90°F, and winters are chilly but manageable, with lows around 38°F.
Average month
30-year averages, 1991–2020
Education & workforceNear US average
38% bachelor's degree or higher
Education levels run about average, with 38% college-educated. It's a mix of white-collar and blue-collar work, which can be an asset or a limitation depending on the field.
Schools
4 public schools inside the boundary
There are 4 public schools inside the boundary. The student-to-teacher ratio is 21:1, above the national average of 16:1.
Parks & recreation
The nearest national park or historic site is Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial (71 miles away). There are 8 national parks and sites within a day's drive.
Bottom line
Cameron Park's strongest points are household incomes running above the national average and air quality that stays clean most of the year; the main tradeoffs are rent well above the national average and home prices well above the national average. A year of median rent ($1,806/mo) equals 21% of the median household income here, about the same as the 21% typical nationwide. It tends to suit remote workers (23% of workers here already work from home). It may be a harder fit for renters on a tight budget.
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