Best PlacesColonial Village, Sacramento, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Colonial Village, 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.
Colonial Village, Sacramento ranks 3,205th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a stable housing market by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Colonial Village, 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.
Colonial Village, Sacramento's strengths and weaknesses
Where Colonial Village, Sacramento ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 93% of neighborhoods
- Low vacancyBetter than 92% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 158 pleasant days a year, better than 79% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than 78% of neighborhoods
Where Colonial Village, Sacramento ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 10% of neighborhoods
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 16% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 20% of neighborhoods
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 20% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than only 21% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Colonial Village, Sacramento
A household needs to earn about $93,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Colonial Village, Sacramento home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $91,711; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Colonial Village, Sacramento's effective rate of 0.56%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Colonial Village, Sacramento
Colonial Village, Sacramento runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Colonial Village, Sacramento.
Who works in Colonial Village, Sacramento, and how
Work in Colonial Village, Sacramento centers on public administration and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 70%
- Work from home 21%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Colonial Village, Sacramento
Colonial Village, Sacramento has more parkland per resident than 92% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Colonial Village, Sacramento and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Colonial Village, Sacramento, month by month
Colonial Village, Sacramento sees roughly 158 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.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 59° | 49° | 39° |
| April | 76° | 60° | 46° |
| July | 96° | 75° | 59° |
| October | 82° | 64° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Colonial Village, Sacramento
Sacramento International sits about 15 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 6.8 million passengers in 2025, with 85 nonstop destinations.
Colonial Village, 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 Colonial Village, Sacramento against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Colonial Village, Sacramento
Is Colonial Village, Sacramento a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Colonial Village, Sacramento ranks 3,205th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on a stable housing market, few empty homes, and low property taxes, and lowest on tree cover and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Colonial Village, Sacramento expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $369,406. The overall cost of living runs about 16% above the national average. Set against a $91,711 median income, cost of living beats 44% of neighborhoods.
Is Colonial Village, Sacramento safe?
Colonial Village, Sacramento is safer than 46% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $500 per resident a year.
Compare Colonial Village, Sacramento with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Colonial Village, Sacramento. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Colonial Village, 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.
Colonial Village, Sacramento detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Colonial Village, Sacramento: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Colonial Village, Sacramento: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Colonial Village, Sacramento: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Colonial Village, Sacramento: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Colonial Village, 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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