Best PlacesGateway Center, Sacramento, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Gateway Center, 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.
Gateway Center, Sacramento ranks 2,778th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores best on population health, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Gateway Center, 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.
Gateway Center, Sacramento's strengths and weaknesses
Where Gateway Center, Sacramento ranks high
- Health outlookBetter than 79% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 153 pleasant days a year, better than 77% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than 76% of neighborhoods
- QuietBetter than 75% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than 69% of neighborhoods
Where Gateway Center, Sacramento ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 12% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 20% of neighborhoods
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 25% 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 Gateway Center, Sacramento
A household needs to earn about $101,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Gateway Center, Sacramento home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $87,924, 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 Gateway Center, Sacramento's effective rate of 0.84%, 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 Gateway Center, Sacramento
Gateway Center, 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 Gateway Center, Sacramento.
Who works in Gateway Center, Sacramento, and how
Work in Gateway Center, Sacramento centers on hospitality & food and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 68%
- Work from home 22%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Gateway Center, Sacramento
Gateway Center, Sacramento has more restaurants and bars per resident than 76% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Gateway Center, Sacramento and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Gateway Center, Sacramento, month by month
Gateway Center, Sacramento sees roughly 153 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 Gateway Center, Sacramento
Sacramento International sits about 7 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 Gateway Center, Sacramento
Schools across Gateway Center, Sacramento average a C−, better than 27% of neighborhoods.
Top high schools
- Natomas HighD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Gateway Center, Sacramento school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Gateway Center, 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 Gateway Center, Sacramento against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Gateway Center, Sacramento
Is Gateway Center, Sacramento a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Gateway Center, Sacramento ranks 2,778th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on population health, the weather, and biking, and lowest on cell coverage and taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Gateway Center, Sacramento expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $383,700. The overall cost of living runs about 10% above the national average. Set against a $87,924 median income, cost of living beats 54% of neighborhoods.
Is Gateway Center, Sacramento safe?
Gateway Center, Sacramento is safer than 50% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $482 per resident a year.
Compare Gateway Center, Sacramento with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Gateway Center, Sacramento. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Gateway Center, 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.
Gateway Center, Sacramento detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Gateway Center, Sacramento: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Gateway Center, Sacramento: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Gateway Center, Sacramento: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Gateway Center, Sacramento: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Gateway Center, 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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