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A city of 51,026 in California.
Much to like here, and you pay for it. Where it does best is health: residents are healthier than 94% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. El Dorado Hills’s overall A− puts it 48th of 841 in California. It comes out better than 78% of U.S. towns. Add schools to its strengths: its public schools beat 93% of California towns on state tests and graduation. The drawback is cost of living: the typical home is worth about $903K, 9.3 years of the Sacramento metro’s $97K median household income. Hazard risk is weaker too (C): FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 51% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. The biggest place to walk is Folsom Lake State Recreation Area, 2,500 acres with 23.7 miles of trail.
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · schools, state test and graduation results · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenStreetMap.
Where El Dorado Hills beats most towns.
42,108 counted in 2010 and 50,547 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far El Dorado Hills is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 3,453 in 1980, 50,547 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 2002 and 4 maps from 1941 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →El Dorado Hills is unincorporated, so El Dorado 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.
Ordered by what stands out in El Dorado Hills.
El Dorado Hills carries less natural-hazard risk than nearly all of California (mostly inland flooding), has less no health insurance than most of California and has hotter summers than nearly all U.S. towns.
Its widest gap with California is no health insurance: 3.9% of those 18–64 have no health insurance, against 10.6% statewide. Against the 1,871 U.S. towns with household incomes like El Dorado Hills’s, it is healthier than 62%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
Among adults in El Dorado Hills, 9.5% have diabetes. Against the California average, El Dorado Hills comes out ahead on 18 CDC measures out of 32, and behind on 2. In El Dorado Hills, 31% of adults feel lonely, and 14% report frequent mental distress.
| El Dorado Hills | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 24% | 25% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 36% | 33% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 17% | 17% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 29% | 35% |
| What stands out | El Dorado Hills | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 3.9% | 10.6% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7.8% | 17.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.6% | 6.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
That grade comes with a D− for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $903K.
Below: Three of its 22 schools, each with why it was picked. Public school enrollment in El Dorado Hills: 2,989 students across 6 schools.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rolling Hills MiddleLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 778 | – |
| Oak Ridge HighLargest public high schoolGrades 8–12 | Grades 8–12 | 2,346 | A |
| Lakeview ElementaryTop results in townGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 527 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CA on state tests and graduation
The concentration of trails for El Dorado Hills comes to 1.6 miles per square mile, above both the California town median (1.0) and the median of U.S. towns (0.4). 78 miles of trail in 32 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Folsom Lake State Recreation Area | 23.7 mi | 2,500 |
| 2. Blackstone Palceaid Openspace Park | 1 mi | 43 |
| 3. Town Center | 0.7 mi | 11 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
July afternoons average 94.6°, hotter than in 95% of U.S. towns; January nights average 38.5°.
The January low for El Dorado Hills comes to 39°F. The July high for El Dorado Hills comes to 95°F, where California’s towns sit at 89°F and U.S. towns at 85°F.
| El Dorado Hills | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 95°F | 89°F | 85°F |
| January low | 39°F | 41°F | 22°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Homes sold in El Dorado Hills spent a median 15 days on the market. The typical El Dorado Hills home is worth about $903,000, up 1.2% in a year, 19% above the California typical home. El Dorado Hills’ rent at the middle of the market is $2,552 a month.
| El Dorado Hills | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,552 a month | $1,895 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 88% | 64% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
30% of workers work from home, against 17.2% across California.
The top destinations are Folsom (11%), Sacramento (10%) and Roseville (6%). For most workers, El Dorado Hills is a place to come home to: only 12% work in town. The median household income in the town is $165,000. Half the trips to work are shorter than 17 miles.
| El Dorado Hills | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 30% | 14% | 11% |
| Median household income | $165,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 32 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 3.5% | 10% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 92% of California towns, with expected losses of about $380 per resident a year; that rating is what its C for hazard risk is built on.
Of the losses FEMA expects in El Dorado Hills, 72% come from inland flooding and 21% from wildfires. Flood insurance has paid out on 10 claims in the town since 2000. One declared disaster, in 2005, has brought federal aid to El Dorado Hills households.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around El Dorado Hills. Close and well known come first.
24 mi State parkSutter's Fort
25 mi Stadium & arenaARCO Arena
22 mi Stadium & arenaHornet Stadium
25 mi State parkGovernor's Mansion State Historic Park
25 mi MuseumCalifornia State Railroad Museum500K visitors a year
25 mi State parkLeland Stanford Mansion State Historic ParkSutter's Fort: Ian Howard, CC BY 2.5 · ARCO Arena: CLopez63, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hornet Stadium: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0 · Governor's Mansion State Historic Park: Mark James Miller, CC BY 3.0 · California State Railroad Museum: The original uploader was Swampyank at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Leland Stanford Mansion State Historic Park: M.Mierzwa. MCalamari at en.wikipedia, Public domain
3 within 15 miles of the center of El Dorado Hills
About 5 of every 100 El Dorado Hills residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across California.
11.6% of the town is conserved land, across 32 parks and preserves.
3 notable people were born in El Dorado Hills.
Census-designated place in California, United States
El Dorado Hills (El Dorado, Spanish for "the Golden") is an unincorporated town and census-designated place in El Dorado County, California, United States. Located in the Greater Sacramento region of Northern California, it had a population of 50,547 at the 2020 census, up from 42,108 at the 2010 census.
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2 towns share a border with El Dorado Hills.
| Town | CA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| El Dorado Hills | #48 | A− | D− | — | A | A |
| Cameron Park | #70 | B+ | D | — | A | A− |
| Folsom | #117 | B+ | D− | C+ | A− | A |
El Dorado Hills and Cameron Park report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare El Dorado Hills with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. El Dorado Hills grades A− overall, better than 78% of U.S. towns and #48 of 841 in California. It grades A for health and A for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D−.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D−.
El Dorado Hills has 1 place on the National Register of Historic Places. 3 notable people were born here, including Ian Book and Lonni Alameda.
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