What is the rental vacancy rate in El Dorado Hills, CA?

Name: Vacancy rate in El Dorado Hills, CA, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The rental vacancy rate in El Dorado Hills, CA is 0.9% (±1.6 points) (2020–2024 American Community Survey).

The homeowner vacancy rate is 0.4% (±0.5 points).

656 (±232) homes, 3.5% of all housing units, were vacant, a count that includes seasonal homes and homes being sold or rented.

In El Dorado Hills, the rental vacancy rate went from 0.0% in 2015–2019 to 0.9% in 2020–2024 (+0.9 percentage points), not a measurable change.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Rental vacancy rate: 0.9% (±1.6 points)
Homeowner vacancy rate: 0.4% (±0.5 points)
Vacant homes: 656 (±232)

Vacancy in El Dorado Hills against El Dorado County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	El Dorado Hills	El Dorado County	California	United States
Rental vacancy rate	0.9% (±1.6 points)	7.4% (±2.7 points)	4.2% (±0.1 points)	5.5%
Homeowner vacancy rate	0.4% (±0.5 points)	0.6% (±0.4 points)	0.8% (±0.1 points)	0.9%
Vacant housing units	656 (±232)	18,468 (±777)	1,096,644 (±18,928)	14,547,859

The rental vacancy rate is the share of rental homes that are vacant and for rent; it leaves out homes already rented but not yet moved into, and seasonal homes.

In El Dorado Hills, the rental vacancy rate is lower than in El Dorado County (7.4%).

It is also lower than in California (4.2%).

It is lower than the national figure (5.5%).

Rental vacancy rate in places near El Dorado Hills

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with El Dorado Hills
Place	Distance	Rental vacancy rate	Compared with this place
El Dorado Hills	—	0.9% (±1.6 points)	—
Cameron Park	3.2 mi	4.4% (±5.4 points)	Not measurably different
Folsom	5.1 mi	3.3% (±1.6 points)	Higher
Shingle Springs	6.1 mi	0.0% (±20.7 points)	Not measurably different
Granite Bay	8.7 mi	9.2% (±9.2 points)	Not measurably different
Orangevale	9.5 mi	5.4% (±3.3 points)	Higher
Fair Oaks	11 mi	3.4% (±2.7 points)	Not measurably different
Diamond Springs	11 mi	7.8% (±7.5 points)	Not measurably different
Gold River	11 mi	15.9% (±22.3 points)	Not measurably different

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Folsom, CA (3.3%), Orangevale, CA (5.4%).

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Rental vacancy rate across El Dorado County, place by place

Rank	Place	Rental vacancy rate
1	Pollock Pines	15.9% (±12.8 points)
2	South Lake Tahoe	10.0% (±4.3 points)
3	Camino	9.8% (±14.8 points)
4	Diamond Springs	7.8% (±7.5 points)
5	Cameron Park	4.4% (±5.4 points)
6	Placerville	3.6% (±5.6 points)
7	El Dorado Hills	0.9% (±1.6 points)
8 (tie)	Auburn Lake Trails	0.0% (±35.9 points)
8 (tie)	Georgetown	0.0% (±27.0 points)
8 (tie)	Grizzly Flats	0.0% (±54.3 points)
8 (tie)	Meyers	0.0% (±42.4 points)
8 (tie)	Shingle Springs	0.0% (±20.7 points)

El Dorado Hills is a census-designated place: an unincorporated community the Census Bureau draws for statistics, with no municipal government of its own.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about El Dorado Hills

Is it hard to find a rental in El Dorado Hills?

The rental vacancy rate in El Dorado Hills, CA is 0.9% (±1.6 points); a low rate means few rental homes stand empty and for rent at any time, which usually means more competition for each one.

Is the rental market in El Dorado Hills tighter than it was?

In El Dorado Hills, the rental vacancy rate went from 0.0% in 2015–2019 to 0.9% in 2020–2024 (+0.9 percentage points), not a measurable change.

How many homes are vacant in El Dorado Hills?

An estimated 656 (±232) housing units, 3.5% of the total, including seasonal homes and homes waiting to be sold or rented.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for El Dorado Hills CDP, California (place:21880, in state:06).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are DP04_0005E, DP04_0005M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0005E, DP04_0005M, DP04_0004E, DP04_0004M, DP04_0003E, DP04_0003M, DP04_0003PE, DP04_0003PM

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