Photo: UncleVinny · CC BY 3.0Cameron Park has 0.4 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Cameron Park has 3,636 jobs, against 8,189 working residents. For jobs and income Cameron Park is better than 73% of U.S. towns (B+); for walkability it is more walkable than 83% of U.S. towns (A−). Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 1.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 7.8 in Sacramento.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Cameron Park apart on work
The better-paid jobs are outside Cameron Park
68% of Cameron Park residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 46% of the jobs based in Cameron Park pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 94% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Cameron Park’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Cameron Park is Sacramento, 27 miles away as the crow flies. 9% of working residents (735) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Jobs & income in Cameron Park: the grade in detail
Household income holds Cameron Park’s grade up ($102,289, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (4.5%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Cameron Park could be anywhere from B to A.
What Cameron Park’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cameron Park, 2013 → 2023: 3,269 → 3,636. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Cameron Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Cameron Park’s workers travel
About 24% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In and out of Cameron Park on a workday
On a workday 7,727 residents head out to work, 462 work right here, and 3,174 people come in from elsewhere.
About 14,000 people are in Cameron Park on a workday afternoon, 25% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
9% of working residents work in Sacramento
Where Cameron Park clocks in
9% of workers
9% of workers
8% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
A commute of about 30 minutes in Cameron Park
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cameron Park workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,514 commuters (the 23% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Cameron Park
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 7.1% across California.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 8,468 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 64% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 51% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 65% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.8% of Cameron Park households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Cameron Park’s commuters take a bus or train.
Cameron Park next to U.S. towns of 13,000 to 25,000: 795th of 1,915 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 55 | Orinda CA | 19,507 | $250K | 2.2% | 3.4% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 89 | Alamo CA | 14,488 | $250K | 2.1% | 3.6% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 121 | Coto de Caza CA | 15,190 | $244K | 3.0% | 3.4% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 793 | Oregon OH | 19,674 | $82K | 8.5% | 3.1% | 14% | B+ |
| 794 | Goshen NY | 14,525 | $121K | 3.8% | 7.1% | 17% | B+ |
| 795 | Cameron Park CA | 18,315 | $102K | 7.0% | 4.5% | 6% | B+ |
| 796 | Fountain Hills AZ | 23,625 | $113K | 6.2% | 5.3% | 14% | B+ |
| 797 | New Carrollton MD | 13,644 | $82K | 4.9% | 6.1% | 2% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,915 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Cameron Park, the top three, the last and three more from California.
11% of Cameron Park works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to El Dorado Hills (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cameron Park workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cameron Park | – | B+ | A− | 30 min | $102,289 |
| El Dorado Hills | 9% | A | B | 32 min | $165,349 |
| Shingle Springs | 2% | A− | A− | 28 min | $135,530 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Cameron Park’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Cameron Park: questions
What is the median household income in Cameron Park?
$102,289 (±$9,666) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cameron Park?
7.0%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cameron Park?
30 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 23% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cameron Park work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sacramento (9%, 27 mi), El Dorado Hills (9%, 3 mi), Folsom (8%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cameron Park walkable?
Cameron Park is more walkable than 83% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 10.3 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cameron Park without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 51% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cameron Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cameron Park
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.