Best PlacesCollege Glen, Sacramento, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around College Glen, Sacramento, 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.
College Glen, Sacramento ranks 2,814th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. Noise pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on a stable housing market.
The best neighborhoods in College Glen, Sacramento
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.
College Glen, Sacramento's strengths and weaknesses
Where College Glen, Sacramento ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 85% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than 81% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than 78% of neighborhoods
- Low vacancyBetter than 75% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 148 pleasant days a year, better than 74% of neighborhoods
Where College Glen, Sacramento ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 10% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 20% of neighborhoods
- Heat safetyBetter than only 21% of neighborhoods
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 26% of neighborhoods
- State infrastructureBetter than only 26% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in College Glen, Sacramento
A household needs to earn about $123,000 a year to comfortably buy the median College Glen, Sacramento home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $88,775, so buying stretches a typical household.
Where the monthly payment goes
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 College Glen, Sacramento's effective rate of 0.63%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in College Glen, Sacramento
College Glen, Sacramento runs younger than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for College Glen, Sacramento.
Who works in College Glen, Sacramento, and how
Work in College Glen, Sacramento centers on public administration and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 70%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in College Glen, Sacramento
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across College Glen, Sacramento.
What the weather is like in College Glen, Sacramento, month by month
College Glen, Sacramento sees roughly 148 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 58, with lows near 40. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58° | 48° | 40° |
| April | 74° | 60° | 47° |
| July | 96° | 77° | 60° |
| October | 80° | 64° | 50° |
Flying in and out of College Glen, Sacramento
Sacramento International sits about 14 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 6.8 million passengers in 2025, with 85 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around College Glen, Sacramento
Schools across College Glen, Sacramento average a B−, better than 65% of neighborhoods.
Top middle schools
- Arcade Fundamental MiddleD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- El Camino Fundamental HighB− · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every College Glen, Sacramento school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
College Glen, Sacramento 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 College Glen, Sacramento against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in College Glen, Sacramento
Is College Glen, Sacramento a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, College Glen, Sacramento ranks 2,814th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on a stable housing market, low property taxes, and biking, and lowest on noise and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is College Glen, Sacramento expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $482,107. The overall cost of living runs about 13% above the national average. Set against a $88,775 median income, cost of living beats 48% of neighborhoods.
Is College Glen, Sacramento safe?
College Glen, Sacramento is safer than 51% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $476 per resident a year.
Compare College Glen, Sacramento with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to College Glen, Sacramento. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in College Glen, Sacramento 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.
College Glen, Sacramento detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for College Glen, Sacramento: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in College Glen, Sacramento: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of College Glen, Sacramento: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in College Glen, Sacramento: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
College Glen, Sacramento detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- 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.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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