Best Places95935, CA Best Neighborhoods

2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026

Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 95935, 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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95935 ranks 29,945th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.

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The best neighborhoods in 95935

Map of the best neighborhoods in the 95935 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.

95935's strengths and weaknesses

Top 10%Quiet
Top 10%The weather
Each measure against the national median. Bars to the right beat the median; bars to the left fall short. Percentiles compare 95935 with other zip codes.

Where 95935 ranks high

  • QuietBetter than 94% of zip codes
  • Nice weatherabout 167 pleasant days a year, better than 93% of zip codes
  • Local economyBetter than 89% of zip codes
  • Tree shadeBetter than 79% of zip codes
  • Big-city accessBetter than 71% of zip codes

Where 95935 ranks low

  • Short commute45.8 minutes each way, better than only 1% of zip codes
  • Internet speedBetter than only 7% of zip codes
  • Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 10% of zip codes
  • WalkabilityBetter than only 12% of zip codes
  • School gradeD+, better than only 12% of zip codes

What it costs to buy a home in 95935

A household needs to earn about $101,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 95935 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $58,094, so buying stretches a typical household.

Income to buy the median home
$101,000
a year, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate
Estimated monthly payment
$2,346
principal, interest, tax, and insurance on a $381,181 home
Median rent
$1,339
a month, across all home sizes

Where the monthly payment goes

Principal & interest$1,944
Property tax$276
Homeowners insurance$127

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 95935's effective rate of 0.87%, 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 95935

95935 runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.

Median age
53
older than the U.S. median of 41
Residents 65 and older
35%
versus 18% nationally
Average household
2.2
below the U.S. average of 2.6

Residents by age

Under 1814%
18 to 3413%
35 to 4918%
50 to 6420%
65 and older35%

Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 95935.


Who works in 95935, and how

Work in 95935 centers on construction and other services. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.

Work from home
16%
about the national average
Unemployment
4.7%
about the national average
Job growth
+5.8%
/y 2019-2023, faster than the national pace

Largest industries

Construction17%
Other services15%
Retail trade14%
Health care & social13%
Transportation & warehousing9%

How people get to work

  • Drive or carpool 79%
  • Work from home 16%
  • Transit, walk, or bike 4%

Life in 95935

The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across 95935.


What the weather is like in 95935, month by month

95935 sees roughly 167 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 52, with lows near 39. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, September, and October.

Average daily high, mean, and low in degrees Fahrenheit, NOAA station data 2016 to 2025.
Show the monthly temperatures
MonthAvg highAvgAvg low
January52°45°39°
April64°54°47°
July90°80°71°
October72°63°56°

Flying in and out of 95935

Sacramento International sits about 51 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 51 miles
Airport size
Medium hub
36th-busiest in the US, 85 nonstop destinations
Average drive
73 min
from the area, with no traffic

The best schools in and around 95935

Schools across 95935 average a D+, better than 12% 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 95935 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.


95935 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 95935 against the other 33,109 zip codes.


Common questions about living in 95935

Is 95935 a good place to live?

Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 95935 ranks 29,945th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on quiet, the weather, and a strong job market, and lowest on long commutes and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.

Is 95935 expensive to live in?

The median home is worth $381,181. The overall cost of living runs about 1% below the national average. Set against a $58,094 median income, cost of living beats 12% of zip codes.

Is 95935 safe?

95935 is safer than 21% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $482 per resident a year.


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Sources and methodology

Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 95935. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 95935 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.

95935 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:

  1. Walk Grade for 95935: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
  2. Noise in 95935: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
  3. Conservative vs liberal map of 95935: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
  4. Mobile and cell coverage in 95935: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.

95935 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.