Best PlacesEl Dorado Hills, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around El Dorado Hills, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The averages hide a wide spread here, so the area matters as much as the address. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
El Dorado Hills ranks 173rd of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and walkability ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in El Dorado Hills
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.
The best areas in El Dorado Hills
The parts of El Dorado Hills, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first.
Serrano Village
West Valley Village
Euer Ranch
Scores across El Dorado Hills run from about the 68th to the 98th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
El Dorado Hills' strengths and weaknesses
Where El Dorado Hills ranks high
- QuietBetter than 98% of cities
- Household income$179,326 median, better than 97% of cities
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 93% of cities
- Educational attainmentBetter than 89% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than 86% of cities
Where El Dorado Hills ranks low
- WalkabilityBetter than only 10% of cities
- Cheap childcare$1,556 a month, better than only 12% of cities
- Short commute32.5 minutes each way, better than only 13% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 14% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than only 24% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in El Dorado Hills
A household needs to earn about $255,000 a year to comfortably buy the median El Dorado Hills home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $179,326, 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 El Dorado Hills' effective rate of 0.82%, 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 El Dorado Hills
El Dorado Hills runs older than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for El Dorado Hills.
Who works in El Dorado Hills, and how
Work in El Dorado Hills centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 67%
- Work from home 30%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in El Dorado Hills
El Dorado Hills has more restaurants and bars per resident than 66% of cities and more parkland per resident than 81% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of El Dorado Hills and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in El Dorado Hills, month by month
El Dorado Hills sees roughly 158 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 58, with lows near 40. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58° | 48° | 40° |
| April | 74° | 60° | 47° |
| July | 96° | 77° | 60° |
| October | 80° | 64° | 50° |
Flying in and out of El Dorado Hills
Sacramento International sits about 28 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 El Dorado Hills
Schools across El Dorado Hills average a B+, better than 79% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Lakeview ElementaryA+ · 78% proficient
- Jackson ElementaryA+ · 75% proficient
- Latrobe ElementaryA+ · 75% proficient
Top middle schools
- Marina Village MiddleA · 64% proficient
- Miller's HillA · 62% proficient
- Pleasant Grove MiddleB · 46% proficient
Top high schools
- Oak Ridge HighA− · 61% proficient
- Ponderosa HighB+ · 58% proficient
- Union Mine HighB · 46% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every El Dorado Hills school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
El Dorado Hills 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 El Dorado Hills against the other 2,097 cities.
Who El Dorado Hills suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 93% of cities and 30% already work from home.
Retirees
The weather beats 85% of cities, health care access beats 86%, and it is quieter than 98%.
Common questions about living in El Dorado Hills
Is El Dorado Hills a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, El Dorado Hills ranks 173rd of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on quiet, high incomes, and what local pay buys, and lowest on walkability and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is El Dorado Hills expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $973,241. The overall cost of living runs about 25% above the national average. Set against a $179,326 median income, cost of living beats 93% of cities.
Is El Dorado Hills safe?
Yes, El Dorado Hills is safer than 69% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $275 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in El Dorado Hills?
July highs average about 96 degrees, and January highs near 58 with lows near 40. That works out to about 158 pleasant days a year, more than 85% of cities.
What are the best neighborhoods in El Dorado Hills?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Serrano Village, West Valley Village, and Euer Ranch. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare El Dorado Hills with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to El Dorado Hills. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in El Dorado Hills 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.
El Dorado Hills detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for El Dorado Hills: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in El Dorado Hills: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of El Dorado Hills: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in El Dorado Hills: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
El Dorado Hills 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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