Best PlacesDel Paso Heights, Sacramento, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Del Paso Heights, Sacramento, 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.
Del Paso Heights, Sacramento ranks 4,857th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. Thin health care access pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on low property taxes.
The best neighborhoods in Del Paso Heights, 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.
Del Paso Heights, Sacramento's strengths and weaknesses
Where Del Paso Heights, Sacramento ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 86% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than 75% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 150 pleasant days a year, better than 75% of neighborhoods
- Local economyBetter than 74% of neighborhoods
- Low vacancyBetter than 70% of neighborhoods
Where Del Paso Heights, Sacramento ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 2% of neighborhoods
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
- Household income$44,834 median, better than only 11% of neighborhoods
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 12% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than only 12% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Del Paso Heights, Sacramento
A household needs to earn about $91,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Del Paso Heights, Sacramento home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $44,834, 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 Del Paso Heights, Sacramento's effective rate of 0.58%, 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 Del Paso Heights, Sacramento
Del Paso Heights, 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 Del Paso Heights, Sacramento.
Who works in Del Paso Heights, Sacramento, and how
Work in Del Paso Heights, Sacramento centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Del Paso Heights, Sacramento
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Del Paso Heights, Sacramento.
What the weather is like in Del Paso Heights, Sacramento, month by month
Del Paso Heights, Sacramento sees roughly 150 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 58, with lows near 41. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 58° | 48° | 41° |
| April | 75° | 60° | 49° |
| July | 97° | 78° | 63° |
| October | 80° | 65° | 52° |
Flying in and out of Del Paso Heights, Sacramento
Sacramento International sits about 9 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 6.8 million passengers in 2025, with 85 nonstop destinations.
Del Paso Heights, 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 Del Paso Heights, Sacramento against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Del Paso Heights, Sacramento
Is Del Paso Heights, Sacramento a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Del Paso Heights, Sacramento ranks 4,857th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on low property taxes, fast internet, and the weather, and lowest on thin health care access and the cost of living against local pay. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Del Paso Heights, Sacramento expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $358,399. The overall cost of living runs about 12% above the national average. Set against a $44,834 median income, cost of living beats 6% of neighborhoods.
Is Del Paso Heights, Sacramento safe?
Del Paso Heights, Sacramento is safer than 46% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $518 per resident a year.
Compare Del Paso Heights, Sacramento with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Del Paso Heights, Sacramento. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Del Paso Heights, 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.
Del Paso Heights, Sacramento detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Del Paso Heights, Sacramento: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Del Paso Heights, Sacramento: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Del Paso Heights, Sacramento: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Del Paso Heights, Sacramento: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Del Paso Heights, 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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