El Dorado Hills, California
An unincorporated foothill community in El Dorado County, just off Highway 50 and about a quarter of the way from Sacramento to South Lake Tahoe.
El Dorado Hills
Pop50,547
Elev768
El Dorado Hills, California: highlights from the community guide
Town Center is the de facto downtown.
Restaurants and shops, a movie theater, the post office, and the summer concert series.
Town Center6 min
From 18,016 residents in 2000 to 50,547 in 2020.
One ZIP code, 95762, covers almost 17,000 homes, about 90% of them single-family. The median sale price was near $866,000 in May 2026.
Over 450 acres of parks and open space.
Add the El Dorado Hills Sports Club and Asante Spa in Town Center, public golf at Empire Ranch, and Folsom Lake for paddling.
Empire Ranch Golf8 min
Folsom Lake12 min
Fifty-plus orchards and dozens of wineries.
Apple Hill sits just east: cider-donut lines in October, Christmas trees in December, and tasting rooms like Madroña Vineyards.
Apple Hill26 min
Whitewater on the South Fork of the American River.
Rafting trips put in at Coloma, where gold was discovered in 1848, less than 20 miles away.
Coloma28 min
The best-rated burritos in the area.
Taqueria El Dorado grills Mexican favorites under a patio umbrella at every table. For heat, local Cosmic Roosters goes up to S.O.S.
El dorado means “the golden.”
Summers run warm and dry in the low 90s, winters stay in the low 50s, and at sunset the rolling hills turn gold.