Is Camino Tassajara a good place to live?
Plenty to like here, at a price. Its best grade is for health: residents are healthier than 98% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Overall, Camino Tassajara earns an A, which places it 9th of 841 in California. On that grade it does better than 89% of U.S. towns. It also does well on schools (A+): its schools outperform 95% of the state's. What holds it back is cost of living: the typical home is worth about $2.0 million, 14.7 years of the San Francisco metro’s $136K median household income. Hazard risk is weaker too: FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 90% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. This California town has 1 place on the National Register.
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · schools, state test and graduation results · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · FEMA National Risk Index · National Register of Historic Places.
How Camino Tassajara grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far Camino Tassajara is from typical.
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What makes Camino Tassajara stand out
Where Camino Tassajara beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
| Widest gap | Camino Tassajara | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 3.2% | 10.6% |
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Creekside Elementary | K–5 | 549 |
Camino Tassajara has grown 125% from 2010 to 2020
2,197 counted in 2010 and 4,951 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Camino Tassajara.
Camino Tassajara has less no health insurance than most of California and sends most of its workers to San Francisco and beyond, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of California.
Compared with most of California and the rest of the country, fewer of Camino Tassajara’s adults have been diagnosed with depression
Its widest gap with California is no health insurance: 3.2% of those 18–64 have no health insurance, against 10.6% statewide. Against the 436 U.S. towns with household incomes like Camino Tassajara’s, it is healthier than 52%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
Camino Tassajara: 33% of adults sleep under 7 hours. Among adults here, 20% have obesity, where California’s towns sit at 29% and U.S. towns at 35%. Only 10 of the 847 California towns we compare have a lower share of adults who report frequent physical distress than Camino Tassajara.
| Camino Tassajara | Typical California town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 29% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 17% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 8.5% | 14% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 22% | 23% |
| What stands out | Camino Tassajara | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 3.2% | 10.6% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7.5% | 17.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Camino Tassajara’s grade for schools is an A+
That grade comes with a D for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $2M.
Its one school is below. 549 students attend Camino Tassajara’s public school.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Creekside ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 549 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CA on state tests and graduation
The biggest natural risk in Camino Tassajara is inland flooding, at a very high overall level
FEMA puts 54% of Camino Tassajara’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 39% to earthquakes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Camino Tassajara sends most of its workers out of town
Camino Tassajara has 316 jobs for its 2,270 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 44.6 minutes, against 28.7 across California.
Among residents in Camino Tassajara, 6.5% live below the poverty line, against 10% in California’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. Most people who work leave Camino Tassajara to do it: just 1% work in town. Jobs based in Camino Tassajara grew to 316 in 2023, 245 more than in 2013. For half of commuters, work is under 26 miles away.
| Camino Tassajara | Typical California town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 45 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $250,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.4% | 6.6% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 6.5% | 10% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expect mild winters and pleasant summers in Camino Tassajara
July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 40° and snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Protected land: 13.1% of Camino Tassajara
Trails run 0.6 miles in 2 parks and preserves. Camino Tassajara’s concentration of trails is 0.5 miles per square mile. Parkland in Camino Tassajara adds up to 8 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Diablo Vista Field | 0.1 mi | 6 |
| 2. Robert Duchi Park | 0.1 mi | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Homes in Camino Tassajara sell for about $2.15M
At 14.7 years of the San Francisco metro’s $136K median household income, the typical home costs more against local pay than in 92% of California towns; that ratio is one input to its D for cost of living.
82% of households live in a home they own in Camino Tassajara. The median rent here locally is $2,422 a month.
| Camino Tassajara | Typical California town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,422 a month | $1,895 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 82% | 64% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Camino Tassajara
Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary and 223 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Camino Tassajara. Close and well known come first.
Big draw30 mi MuseumAlcatraz Federal Penitentiary
Big draw27 mi Stadium & arenaLevi's Stadium
Big draw28 mi Stadium & arenaChase Center
Big draw23 mi MuseumUSS Hornet
7 mi MountainMount Diablo
Big draw28 mi Stadium & arenaOracle ParkPhoto credits
Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary: druchoy, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Levi's Stadium: Matthew Roth, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Chase Center: Gregory Varnum, CC BY-SA 4.0 · USS Hornet: kitmasterbloke, CC BY 2.0 · Mount Diablo: Trurl66, Public domain · Oracle Park: User Coasttocoast on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Moving to Camino Tassajara: who provides what
Camino Tassajara is unincorporated, so Contra Costa County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
99% of working residents leave Camino Tassajara for work
Where Camino Tassajara’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Colleges nearby
4 within 15 miles of the center of Camino Tassajara
About 5 of every 100 Camino Tassajara residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across California.
About Camino Tassajara
Census-designated place in California, United States
Camino Tassajara (Spanish for "Path of Carne Seca") is a census-designated place in Contra Costa County, California, United States. Camino Tassajara sits at an elevation of 814 feet (248 m). The 2020 United States census reported Camino Tassajara's population was 4,951.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 1.3 sq mi
- Elevation
- 814 ft
- Area code
- 925
Camino Tassajara’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Camino Tassajara.
| Town | CA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camino Tassajara | #9 | A | D | — | A+ | A+ |
| Blackhawk | #43 | A− | D− | — | A+ | A |
| Danville | #6 | A | D− | A− | A+ | A+ |
Camino Tassajara and Blackhawk report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Camino Tassajara with a neighbor →
Questions about Camino Tassajara
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Camino Tassajara, CA a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Camino Tassajara grades A overall, better than 89% of U.S. towns and #9 of 841 in California. It grades A+ for health and A+ for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Camino Tassajara, CA expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $2,000,000, 163% above the California typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.
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