Best PlacesEast Sacramento, Sacramento, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around East Sacramento, Sacramento, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
East Sacramento, Sacramento ranks 713th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on an educated workforce by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in East Sacramento, 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.
East Sacramento, Sacramento's strengths and weaknesses
Where East Sacramento, Sacramento ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- Household income$151,268 median, better than 91% of neighborhoods
- Short commute17.7 minutes each way, better than 91% of neighborhoods
- Voter turnoutBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 87% of neighborhoods
Where East Sacramento, Sacramento ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 7% 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 East Sacramento, Sacramento
A household needs to earn about $220,000 a year to comfortably buy the median East Sacramento, Sacramento home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $151,268, 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 East Sacramento, Sacramento's effective rate of 0.69%, 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.
Who lives in East Sacramento, Sacramento
East Sacramento, Sacramento's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 East Sacramento, Sacramento.
Who works in East Sacramento, Sacramento, and how
Work in East Sacramento, Sacramento centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 57%
- Work from home 32%
- Transit, walk, or bike 11%
Life in East Sacramento, Sacramento
East Sacramento, Sacramento has more restaurants and bars per resident than 76% of neighborhoods and more parkland per resident than 74% of neighborhoods. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of East Sacramento, Sacramento and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in East Sacramento, Sacramento, month by month
East Sacramento, Sacramento sees roughly 157 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 East Sacramento, Sacramento
Sacramento International sits about 12 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 6.8 million passengers in 2025, with 85 nonstop destinations.
East Sacramento, 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 East Sacramento, Sacramento against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in East Sacramento, Sacramento
Is East Sacramento, Sacramento a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, East Sacramento, Sacramento ranks 713th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on an educated workforce, high incomes, and short commutes, 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 East Sacramento, Sacramento expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $853,409. The overall cost of living runs about 31% above the national average. Set against a $151,268 median income, cost of living beats 87% of neighborhoods.
Is East Sacramento, Sacramento safe?
East Sacramento, Sacramento is safer than 45% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $503 per resident a year.
Compare East Sacramento, Sacramento with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to East Sacramento, Sacramento. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in East Sacramento, 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.
East Sacramento, Sacramento detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for East Sacramento, Sacramento: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in East Sacramento, Sacramento: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of East Sacramento, Sacramento: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in East Sacramento, Sacramento: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
East Sacramento, 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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