Best Places95639, CA Best Neighborhoods

2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026

Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 95639, 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.

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95639 ranks 23,404th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.

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The best neighborhoods in 95639

Map of the best neighborhoods in the 95639 area, with better matches in green and worse matches in red
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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.

95639's strengths and weaknesses

Top 3%Few empty homes
Top 10%Short commutes
Top 10%A strong job market
Each measure against the national median. Bars to the right beat the median; bars to the left fall short. Percentiles compare 95639 with other zip codes.

Where 95639 ranks high

  • Low vacancyBetter than 98% of zip codes
  • Short commute17.7 minutes each way, better than 92% of zip codes
  • Local economyBetter than 92% of zip codes
  • Nice weatherabout 155 pleasant days a year, better than 90% of zip codes
  • Big-city accessBetter than 88% of zip codes

Where 95639 ranks low

  • Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of zip codes
  • Crime safetyBetter than only 4% of zip codes
  • Internet speedBetter than only 8% of zip codes
  • Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 10% of zip codes
  • Cheap childcare$1,332 a month, better than only 13% of zip codes

Who lives in 95639

95639 runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.

Median age
36
younger than the U.S. median of 41
Residents 65 and older
18%
versus 18% nationally
Average household
3.3
above the U.S. average of 2.6

Residents by age

Under 1823%
18 to 3429%
35 to 4913%
50 to 6418%
65 and older18%

Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 95639.


Who works in 95639, and how

Work in 95639 centers on public administration and construction. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.

Work from home
31%
above the national average
Unemployment
8.0%
above the national average
Job growth
+17.7%
/y 2019-2023, faster than the national pace

Largest industries

Public administration32%
Construction16%
Admin & support services12%
Health care & social11%
Information10%

How people get to work

  • Drive or carpool 56%
  • Work from home 31%
  • Transit, walk, or bike 12%

Life in 95639

The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across 95639.


What the weather is like in 95639, month by month

95639 sees roughly 155 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 59, with lows near 39. The comfortable stretch runs April through October.

Average daily high, mean, and low in degrees Fahrenheit, NOAA station data 2016 to 2025.
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MonthAvg highAvgAvg low
January59°49°39°
April76°60°46°
July96°75°59°
October82°64°49°

Flying in and out of 95639

Sacramento International sits about 23 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 6.8 million passengers in 2025, with 85 nonstop destinations.

Nearest airport
SMF
Sacramento International, about 23 miles
Airport size
Medium hub
36th-busiest in the US, 85 nonstop destinations
Average drive
32 min
from the area, with no traffic

The best schools in and around 95639

Schools across 95639 average a B−, better than 57% of zip codes.

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Top high schools

Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 95639 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.


95639 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 95639 against the other 33,109 zip codes.


Common questions about living in 95639

Is 95639 a good place to live?

Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 95639 ranks 23,404th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on few empty homes, short commutes, and a strong job market, and lowest on tree cover and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.

Is 95639 safe?

95639 is safer than 4% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $802 per resident a year.

What is the weather like in 95639?

July highs average about 96 degrees, and January highs near 59 with lows near 39. That works out to about 155 pleasant days a year, more than 90% of zip codes.


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Sources and methodology

Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 95639. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 95639 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.

95639 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:

  1. Walk Grade for 95639: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
  2. Noise in 95639: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
  3. Conservative vs liberal map of 95639: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
  4. Mobile and cell coverage in 95639: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.

95639 detail on related sites:

  1. CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
  2. ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
  3. CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.

Federal and public data:

  1. 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.
  2. NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
  3. FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
  4. FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
  5. U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
  6. FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
  7. CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
  8. National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
  9. FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
  10. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
  11. Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.