Best Places95776, CA Best Neighborhoods

2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026

Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 95776, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.

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95776 ranks 7,918th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on biking by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.

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The best neighborhoods in 95776

Map of the best neighborhoods in the 95776 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.

95776's strengths and weaknesses

Top 5%Biking
Top 10%Few empty homes
Top 10%Population health
Each measure against the national median. Bars to the right beat the median; bars to the left fall short. Percentiles compare 95776 with other zip codes.

Where 95776 ranks high

  • BikingBetter than 97% of zip codes
  • Low vacancyBetter than 94% of zip codes
  • Health outlookBetter than 92% of zip codes
  • Nice weatherabout 144 pleasant days a year, better than 87% of zip codes
  • Big-city accessBetter than 86% of zip codes

Where 95776 ranks low

  • Cheap childcare$1,550 a month, better than only 5% of zip codes
  • Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 10% of zip codes
  • Tree shadeBetter than only 13% of zip codes
  • QuietBetter than only 15% of zip codes
  • Heat safetyBetter than only 15% of zip codes

What it costs to buy a home in 95776

A household needs to earn about $147,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 95776 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $106,130, so buying stretches a typical household.

Income to buy the median home
$147,000
a year, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate
Estimated monthly payment
$3,441
principal, interest, tax, and insurance on a $560,760 home
Median rent
$1,781
a month, across all home sizes

Where the monthly payment goes

Principal & interest$2,859
Property tax$395
Homeowners insurance$187

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 95776's effective rate of 0.84%, 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.

Cumulative cost of renting versus owning the median home, first 10 years. Illustrative estimate.

Who lives in 95776

95776 runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.

Median age
35
younger than the U.S. median of 41
Residents 65 and older
11%
versus 18% nationally
Average household
3.3
above the U.S. average of 2.6

Residents by age

Under 1824%
18 to 3426%
35 to 4919%
50 to 6419%
65 and older11%

Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 95776.


Who works in 95776, and how

Work in 95776 centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.

Work from home
14%
about the national average
Unemployment
4.5%
about the national average
Job growth
+5.8%
/y 2019-2023, faster than the national pace

Largest industries

Education13%
Health care & social11%
Retail trade10%
Manufacturing8%
Construction8%

How people get to work

  • Drive or carpool 80%
  • Work from home 14%
  • Transit, walk, or bike 7%

Life in 95776

The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across 95776.

Places to eat and drink
97
restaurants, bars, and fast food, about 36.3 per 10,000 residents, more than 53% of zip codes
Coffee shops
12
about 4.5 per 10,000 residents, more than 64% of zip codes
Parkland
71 acres
about 2.7 acres per 1,000 residents, more than 64% of zip codes

What the weather is like in 95776, month by month

95776 sees roughly 144 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 59, with lows near 39. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and 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°61°46°
July97°77°60°
October82°65°48°

Flying in and out of 95776

Sacramento International sits about 9 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 9 miles
Airport size
Medium hub
36th-busiest in the US, 85 nonstop destinations
Average drive
12 min
from the area, with no traffic

The best schools in and around 95776

Schools across 95776 average a C+, better than 48% of zip codes.

Top high schools

Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 95776 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.


95776 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 95776 against the other 33,109 zip codes.


Who 95776 suits

Families

Schools land around the 48th percentile.

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Remote workers

Internet is fast and widely advertised and 14% already work from home.

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Retirees

The weather beats 87% of zip codes.

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Common questions about living in 95776

Is 95776 a good place to live?

Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 95776 ranks 7,918th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on biking, few empty homes, and population health, and lowest on childcare costs and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.

Is 95776 expensive to live in?

The median home is worth $560,760. The overall cost of living runs about 15% above the national average. Set against a $106,130 median income, cost of living beats 60% of zip codes.

Is 95776 safe?

95776 is safer than 54% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $327 per resident a year.

What is the weather like in 95776?

July highs average about 97 degrees, and January highs near 59 with lows near 39. That works out to about 144 pleasant days a year, more than 87% of zip codes.

Is 95776 good for families?

Schools beat 48% of zip codes, crime safety beats 54%, and childcare runs $1,550 a month.


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Sources and methodology

Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 95776. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 95776 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.

95776 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:

  1. Walk Grade for 95776: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
  2. Noise in 95776: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
  3. Conservative vs liberal map of 95776: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
  4. Mobile and cell coverage in 95776: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.

95776 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. Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
  5. FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
  6. U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
  7. FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
  8. CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
  9. National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
  10. FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
  11. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
  12. Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.