VallecitoCA
562 people live in this town, settled in 1940.
Is Vallecito a good place to live?
Vallecito’s midpoint age is 51.1 years, against 39 years in California’s towns and 40.5 years across U.S. towns. Vallecito has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
562 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Vallecito: who provides what
Vallecito is unincorporated, so Calaveras 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 Vallecito.
A home in Vallecito is worth about $371K, on Zillow’s estimate
83% of households own their home in Vallecito. In the year to September 2026, typical home values slipped 2.9%.
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Young adults are less common in Vallecito than in California
Vallecito: 39% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more. Adults 18 to 34 are 6% of residents (24% statewide); people 65 and older are 27% of residents (16% statewide).
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
Somewhere between 42% and 65% women
The Census survey reached too few of Vallecito’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±11.4 points. Across California, 50.1% of residents are women.
| Vallecito | CA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 15.8% | 11.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 5.5% | 10.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 0% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 6.4% | 14.8% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 16.4% | 13.9% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.3% | 12.5% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 16.2% | 12.1% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 26.2% | 9.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 1.2% | 6.5% | 7% |
| No diploma | 0% | 15.3% | 10.4% |
| High school | 19.2% | 20.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 29.2% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 12.7% | 7.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 35.7% | 22.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 3.2% | 14.4% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 600, single groups can be off by several points
With only 0.0 jobs per working resident, most people in Vallecito work out of town
The average trip to work in Vallecito is 32 minutes. Employers in Vallecito shed 40 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 8. Half of commuters travel less than 28 miles. The share of residents in Vallecito who live below the poverty line: 7.5%.
| Vallecito | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 32 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 7.5% | 10% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Top of a high hazard risk in Vallecito: wildfire
The risk rating from FEMA for Vallecito comes to 78 of 100. Of the losses FEMA expects in the town, 54% come from wildfires and 35% from inland flooding. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Vallecito once, in 2022.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Vallecito is
For adults in Vallecito, the share who worry about having enough food is 11%. This California town does better than the California average on 11 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 6. Two figures for adults in the town: 76% had a checkup this year, 29% have obesity.
| Vallecito | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 36% | 33% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 76% | 72% | 79% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 29% | 35% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 5.4% | 9% | 8.1% |
| What stands out | Vallecito | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.4% | 10.6% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.6% | 17.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.8% | 6.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Yosemite National Park and 7 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Vallecito. Close and well known come first.
Big draw32 mi National ParkYosemite National Park4.3M visitors a year
38 mi LakeHetch Hetchy
16 mi State parkCalaveras Big Trees State Park
10 mi MuseumRailtown 1897 State Historic Park
28 mi National forestStanislaus National Forest
30 mi Ski areaDodge Ridge Ski Area61 runs · 1,576 ft verticalPhoto credits
Yosemite National Park: Thomas Wolf, www.foto-tw.de, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hetch Hetchy: Vulpinus2, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Calaveras Big Trees State Park: John J. O'Brien (talk · contribs), Public domain · Railtown 1897 State Historic Park: Ed Bierman, CC BY 2.0 · Stanislaus National Forest: U.S. National Park Service, Public domain · Dodge Ridge Ski Area: IanGad, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Everything we know about Vallecito
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Vallecito
About 0 of every 100 Vallecito residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across California.
100% of working residents leave Vallecito for work
Where Vallecito’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Questions about Vallecito
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Vallecito, CA a good place to live?
Vallecito has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.