Best PlacesPlacerville, CO Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Placerville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Placerville ranks 26,974th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Placerville
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.
Placerville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Placerville ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 98% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 179 pleasant days a year, better than 98% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 98% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 97% of towns
Where Placerville ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,689 a month, better than only 1% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 2% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 6% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Placerville
A household needs to earn about $272,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Placerville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $91,008, 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 Placerville's effective rate of 0.21%, 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 Placerville
Placerville runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Placerville.
Who works in Placerville, and how
Work in Placerville centers on professional & technical and construction. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 51%
- Work from home 24%
- Transit, walk, or bike 25%
Life in Placerville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Placerville.
What the weather is like in Placerville, month by month
Placerville sees roughly 179 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 76 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 25° | 18° |
| April | 51° | 40° | 31° |
| July | 76° | 63° | 53° |
| October | 57° | 45° | 36° |
Flying in and out of Placerville
The nearest airport, Telluride Regional, is about 6 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Denver International, about 217 miles away.
The best schools in and around Placerville
Schools across Placerville average a B−, better than 62% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Ridgway Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Telluride Intermediate SchoolB− · 41% proficient
- Oak Grove Elementary SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Telluride Middle SchoolB · 43% proficient
- Ridgway Middle SchoolC · 34% proficient
- Columbine Middle SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Telluride High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Montrose High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
- Ridgway High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Placerville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Placerville 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 Placerville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Placerville
Is Placerville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Placerville ranks 26,974th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, population health, and the weather, and lowest on an overheated housing market and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Placerville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,131,666. The overall cost of living runs about 59% above the national average. Set against a $91,008 median income, cost of living beats 21% of towns.
Is Placerville safe?
Placerville is safer than 19% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $630 per resident a year.
Compare Placerville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Placerville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Placerville 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.
Placerville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Placerville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Placerville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Placerville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Placerville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Placerville 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.