El MaceroCA
A town of 796.
Is El Macero a good place to live?
El Macero has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
796 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
ARCO Arena and 35 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around El Macero. Close and well known come first.
12 mi Stadium & arenaARCO Arena
30 mi LakeLake Berryessa
12 mi State parkSutter's Fort
11 mi State parkGovernor's Mansion State Historic Park
10 mi MuseumCalifornia State Railroad Museum500K visitors a year
14 mi Stadium & arenaHornet StadiumPhoto credits
ARCO Arena: CLopez63, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lake Berryessa: Unknown, Public domain · Sutter's Fort: Ian Howard, CC BY 2.5 · 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 · Hornet Stadium: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0
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Moving to El Macero: who provides what
El Macero is unincorporated, so Yolo 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in El Macero.
El Macero stands out in California and nationally: a smaller share of its residents live below the poverty line
El Macero: 0.5% of working residents work locally, where California’s towns sit at 6.6% and U.S. towns at 8%. In El Macero, the median household income is $228,000. It had 114 jobs in 2023, up 22 from 2013. For half of commuters, work is under 14 miles away.
| El Macero | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $228,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 0.9% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.5% | 6.6% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The climate in El Macero brings mild winters and hot summers
July afternoons reach 94°, January nights drop to 39° and snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A smaller share of adults sleep under 7 hours in El Macero than in most of California or the rest of the country
The share of adults in El Macero who smoke cigarettes: 8.6%. El Macero: 21% of adults get no exercise outside work, below both the California town median (24%) and the median of U.S. towns (25%). 13% of adults in El Macero report frequent mental distress; 29% feel lonely. CDC measures, 32 in all: El Macero beats California on 15 and trails on 8.
| El Macero | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 35% | 36% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 17% | 17% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 36% | 33% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 16% | 16% |
| What stands out | El Macero | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 6.6% | 14.9% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 4.8% | 10.6% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 12.9% | 6.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Natural hazards: moderate risk in El Macero, mostly drought
Storm and flood damage is expected to run lower than in 58% of U.S. communities. 77% of El Macero’s expected losses from natural hazards come from drought, followed by earthquakes at 12%. One declared disaster, in 2020, has brought federal aid to El Macero households.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Homes in El Macero sell for about $1.76M
Only 7 of the 848 California towns we compare have a higher owner-occupancy rate than El Macero.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about El Macero
Colleges nearby
5 within 15 miles of the center of El Macero
About 5 of every 100 El Macero residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across California.
100% of working residents leave El Macero for work
Where El Macero’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About El Macero
Place in California, United States
El Macero is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) just outside the city limits of Davis, California, United States, in Yolo County. Until 2006 it had a separate ZIP Code, 95618. In 2006, eastern and southern parts of Davis were added to the 95618 zone. Formerly, a separate post office served El Macero; this is now closed. El Macero was named for Bruce Mace, on whose land it was built. The community is in area code 530. It lies at an elevation of 36 feet (11 m). A golf course is in the community. As of the 2020 census, El Macero had a population of 1,074.
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- Elevation
- 36 ft
Questions about El Macero
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is El Macero, CA a good place to live?
El Macero has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.