Best PlacesCameron Park, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cameron Park, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Cameron Park ranks 2,686th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Cameron Park
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Cameron Park's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cameron Park ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 171 pleasant days a year, better than 97% of towns
- Household income$129,418 median, better than 95% of towns
- BikingBetter than 94% of towns
- TransitBetter than 94% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 93% of towns
Where Cameron Park ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,556 a month, better than only 2% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 16% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 17% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cameron Park
A household needs to earn about $175,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cameron Park home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $129,418, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Cameron Park's effective rate of 0.72%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Cameron Park
Cameron Park runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Cameron Park.
Who works in Cameron Park, and how
Work in Cameron Park centers on health care & social and construction. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 74%
- Work from home 21%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Cameron Park
Cameron Park has more restaurants and bars per resident than 73% of towns and more parkland per resident than 84% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Cameron Park and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Cameron Park, month by month
Cameron Park sees roughly 171 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 53, with lows near 41. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 53° | 46° | 41° |
| April | 65° | 55° | 47° |
| July | 91° | 80° | 70° |
| October | 73° | 64° | 57° |
Flying in and out of Cameron Park
Sacramento International sits about 32 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 6.8 million passengers in 2025, with 85 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Cameron Park
Schools across Cameron Park average a B+, better than 74% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Rescue ElementaryA · 68% proficient
- Green Valley ElementaryB · 48% proficient
Top middle schools
- Pleasant Grove MiddleB · 46% proficient
Top high schools
- Ponderosa HighB+ · 58% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cameron Park school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cameron Park measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Cameron Park against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Cameron Park suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 85% of towns, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 21% already work from home.
Retirees
The weather beats 97% of towns and health care access beats 71%.
Common questions about living in Cameron Park
Is Cameron Park a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cameron Park ranks 2,686th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, high incomes, and biking, and lowest on childcare costs and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cameron Park expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $676,018. The overall cost of living runs about 20% above the national average. Set against a $129,418 median income, cost of living beats 85% of towns.
Is Cameron Park safe?
Yes, Cameron Park is safer than 79% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $237 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Cameron Park?
July highs average about 91 degrees, and January highs near 53 with lows near 41. That works out to about 171 pleasant days a year, more than 97% of towns.
Is Cameron Park good for families?
Schools beat 74% of towns, crime safety beats 79%, and childcare runs $1,556 a month.
Compare Cameron Park with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cameron Park. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cameron Park represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Cameron Park detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cameron Park: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cameron Park: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cameron Park: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cameron Park: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cameron Park detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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