Best PlacesRancho Cordova, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Rancho Cordova, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The averages are not the whole story, and the strongest areas score well above them. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Rancho Cordova ranks 1,046th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on biking by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Rancho Cordova
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.
The best areas in Rancho Cordova
The parts of Rancho Cordova, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first.
Anatolia Village & Anatolia Commons
Villages of Zinfandel
Natomas Corporate Center
Rancho Cordova shows why a single number is not enough. Some neighborhoods score in the bottom 8% of the country and others in the top 1%. Pick the area first, then the home.
Rancho Cordova's strengths and weaknesses
Where Rancho Cordova ranks high
- BikingBetter than 96% of cities
- TransitBetter than 84% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 147 pleasant days a year, better than 81% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than 74% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than 70% of cities
Where Rancho Cordova ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 11% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than only 14% of cities
- QuietBetter than only 14% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 14% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 19% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Rancho Cordova
A household needs to earn about $126,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Rancho Cordova home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $104,321, 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 Rancho Cordova's effective rate of 0.72%, 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 Rancho Cordova
Rancho Cordova 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 Rancho Cordova.
Who works in Rancho Cordova, and how
Work in Rancho Cordova centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 73%
- Work from home 21%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Rancho Cordova
Rancho Cordova has more restaurants and bars per resident than 73% of cities and more parkland per resident than 88% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Rancho Cordova and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Rancho Cordova, month by month
Rancho Cordova sees roughly 147 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 Rancho Cordova
Sacramento International sits about 18 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 Rancho Cordova
Schools across Rancho Cordova average a B−, better than 51% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Sunrise ElementaryA · 66% proficient
- Robert J. Mcgarvey ElementaryA · 66% proficient
- Cosumnes River ElementaryA− · 58% proficient
Top middle schools
- Katherine L. Albiani MiddleA · 61% proficient
- Arden MiddleD+ · 25% proficient
- John Barrett MiddleD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Pleasant Grove HighA− · 66% proficient
- Rio Americano HighB+ · 52% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Rancho Cordova school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Rancho Cordova 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 Rancho Cordova against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Rancho Cordova suits
Common questions about living in Rancho Cordova
Is Rancho Cordova a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Rancho Cordova ranks 1,046th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on biking, transit, and the weather, and lowest on crime and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Rancho Cordova expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $487,227. The overall cost of living runs about 12% above the national average. Set against a $104,321 median income, cost of living beats 47% of cities.
Is Rancho Cordova safe?
Rancho Cordova is safer than 11% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $541 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Rancho Cordova?
July highs average about 96 degrees, and January highs near 58 with lows near 40. That works out to about 147 pleasant days a year, more than 81% of cities.
What are the best neighborhoods in Rancho Cordova?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Anatolia Village & Anatolia Commons, Villages of Zinfandel, and Natomas Corporate Center. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Rancho Cordova with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Rancho Cordova. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Rancho Cordova 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.
Rancho Cordova detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Rancho Cordova: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Rancho Cordova: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Rancho Cordova: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Rancho Cordova: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Rancho Cordova 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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