Best PlacesRichmond Grove, Sacramento, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Richmond Grove, 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.
Richmond Grove, Sacramento ranks 2,158th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on biking by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Richmond Grove, 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.
Richmond Grove, Sacramento's strengths and weaknesses
Where Richmond Grove, Sacramento ranks high
- BikingBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- WalkabilityBetter than 93% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than 91% of neighborhoods
- Health outlookBetter than 89% of neighborhoods
Where Richmond Grove, Sacramento ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 20% of neighborhoods
- Heat safetyBetter than only 25% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 25% of neighborhoods
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 26% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Richmond Grove, Sacramento
A household needs to earn about $188,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Richmond Grove, Sacramento home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $79,684, 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 Richmond Grove, Sacramento's effective rate of 0.80%, 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 Richmond Grove, Sacramento
Richmond Grove, 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 Richmond Grove, Sacramento.
Who works in Richmond Grove, Sacramento, and how
Work in Richmond Grove, Sacramento centers on professional & technical and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 54%
- Work from home 41%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Richmond Grove, Sacramento
Richmond Grove, Sacramento has more restaurants and bars per resident than 83% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Richmond Grove, Sacramento and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Richmond Grove, Sacramento, month by month
Richmond Grove, Sacramento sees roughly 156 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 Richmond Grove, Sacramento
Sacramento International sits about 10 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 6.8 million passengers in 2025, with 85 nonstop destinations.
Richmond Grove, 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 Richmond Grove, Sacramento against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Richmond Grove, Sacramento
Is Richmond Grove, Sacramento a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Richmond Grove, Sacramento ranks 2,158th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on biking, transit, and walkability, 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 Richmond Grove, Sacramento expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $720,205. The overall cost of living runs about 21% above the national average. Set against a $79,684 median income, cost of living beats 38% of neighborhoods.
Is Richmond Grove, Sacramento safe?
Richmond Grove, Sacramento is safer than 43% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $528 per resident a year.
Compare Richmond Grove, Sacramento with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Richmond Grove, Sacramento. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Richmond Grove, 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.
Richmond Grove, Sacramento detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Richmond Grove, Sacramento: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Richmond Grove, Sacramento: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Richmond Grove, Sacramento: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Richmond Grove, Sacramento: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Richmond Grove, 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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