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Buckhorn, California.

A community in Amador County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Amador County’s.

Living in Buckhorn, Amador County, California

Buckhorn, in Amador County, had 2,597 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $90,045 a year and half less, against $88,044 across Amador County; 11% of its people live below the poverty line. 90% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 10% are rented. Unemployment in Amador County was 5.8% in August 2026, and the county had 2.4% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in professional services, then restaurants and hotels.

People 2,597 in the 2020 census; median age 50.6
Household income $90,045 the median, give or take $10,915 · Amador County: $88,044
Unemployment 5.8% Amador County, August 2026; 6.2% a year before
Homes 90% lived in by their owners; 10% rented
  • 1,488households
  • 20%of adults have a degree
  • 11%below the poverty line
  • 51 mintypical commute
  • 21%work from home

What residents work in

  • Professional and business services14%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment14%
  • Shops (retail)13%
  • Government11%
  • Schools, hospitals and social care10%
  • Building trades8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Amador County had 12,197 jobs in 2025, 2.4% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 55° and 39°; warmest in July, 93° and 63° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 55° 39° F M A M J J 93° 63° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 55° and 39°; warmest in July, 93° and 63° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 55° 39° F M A M J J 93° 63° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 55° and lows near 39°; warmest in July, with highs near 93° and lows near 63°. About 32 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Sutter Hill Cdf weather station, 16 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Amador County

  1. CDC Mule Creek State PrisonCorrectional institutions1,634
  2. Jackson Rancheria Casino ResortCasino hotels744
  3. Amador County UnifiedSchool district463FTE
  4. Harrah's Northern CaliforniaCasinos318
  5. Sutter Amador HospitalGeneral hospital307FTE
  6. MP Associates218
  7. WalmartDiscount department stores196
  8. Lowe's Companies, INCHomecenter139

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 17 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 4,436 people in all across the county; Buckhorn has one of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. WildfireVery high
  2. Winter weatherVery high
  3. LightningRelatively high
  4. LandslidesRelatively moderate
  5. AvalanchesRelatively moderate
  6. Heat wavesRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Buckhorn’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Amador County.