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Placer County, CA

423,561 Population
1,407.1 square miles 301 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.4 ±0.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in California: 38.2 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$54,606 ±$1,777 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in California: $48,013 ±$250
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$109,713 ±$4,432 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in California: $95,521 ±$611
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

6.4% ±1% (26,927  ±4,150) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in California: 12% 4,588,687 (±0.2% / ±71,646)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

28.5 minutes ±1.4 (4,467,635  ±275,716) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in California: 29.2 465,548,030 (±0.1 / ±2,732,201)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

160,315 ±2,345 Number of households
  • California: 13,699,816 ±20,966
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.6 ±0 (417,884  ±98) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in California: 2.8 38,073,200
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

5.2% ±1.3% (4,772  ±1,178) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 4.8% 450,412 (±0.1% / ±12,915)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

182,757 ±108 Number of housing units
  • California: 14,762,527 ±428
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$673,900 ±$9,140 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in California: $725,800 ±$2,850
  • about double the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

12.1% ±1.6% (50,544  ±6,723.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in California: 10.5% 4,056,831 (±0.2% / ±59,611.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

95.8% ±2.9% (288,283  ±8,630) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in California: 84.8% 22,875,415 (±0.3% / ±78,978.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
44.3% ±1.9% (133,326  ±5,621.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in California: 37.5% 10,110,325 (±0.2% / ±48,413.6)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

12.9% (54,753  ±4,814) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in California: 27.3% 10,640,017
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

7.2% ±0.7% (23,879  ±2,408) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in California: 4.1% 1,242,882 (±0.1% / ±19,495)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
23,879 Total veterans ±2,408 22,709 Male ±2,306 1,170 Female ±481

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