Best PlacesSierra Oaks, Sacramento, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sierra Oaks, 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.
Sierra Oaks, Sacramento ranks 1,754th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores best on few empty homes, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Sierra Oaks, 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.
Sierra Oaks, Sacramento's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sierra Oaks, Sacramento ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 89% of neighborhoods
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 85% of neighborhoods
- Household income$125,804 median, better than 83% of neighborhoods
- Healthcare accessBetter than 82% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than 75% of neighborhoods
Where Sierra Oaks, Sacramento ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 14% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than only 16% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 20% 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 Sierra Oaks, Sacramento
A household needs to earn about $170,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sierra Oaks, Sacramento home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $125,804, 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 Sierra Oaks, Sacramento's effective rate of 0.78%, 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 Sierra Oaks, Sacramento
Sierra Oaks, 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 Sierra Oaks, Sacramento.
Who works in Sierra Oaks, Sacramento, and how
Work in Sierra Oaks, Sacramento centers on professional & technical and public administration. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 70%
- Work from home 22%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Sierra Oaks, Sacramento
Sierra Oaks, Sacramento has more restaurants and bars per resident than 87% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Sierra Oaks, Sacramento and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Sierra Oaks, Sacramento, month by month
Sierra Oaks, Sacramento 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 Sierra Oaks, Sacramento
Sacramento International sits about 13 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 Sierra Oaks, Sacramento
Schools across Sierra Oaks, Sacramento average a C, better than 44% of neighborhoods.
Top middle schools
- Arcade Fundamental MiddleD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- El Camino Fundamental HighB− · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sierra Oaks, Sacramento school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sierra Oaks, 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 Sierra Oaks, Sacramento against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Sierra Oaks, Sacramento
Is Sierra Oaks, Sacramento a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sierra Oaks, Sacramento ranks 1,754th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on few empty homes, what local pay buys, and high incomes, and lowest on summer heat and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Sierra Oaks, Sacramento expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $651,274. The overall cost of living runs about 14% above the national average. Set against a $125,804 median income, cost of living beats 85% of neighborhoods.
Is Sierra Oaks, Sacramento safe?
Sierra Oaks, Sacramento is safer than 16% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $802 per resident a year.
Compare Sierra Oaks, Sacramento with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sierra Oaks, Sacramento. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sierra Oaks, 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.
Sierra Oaks, Sacramento detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sierra Oaks, Sacramento: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sierra Oaks, Sacramento: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sierra Oaks, Sacramento: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sierra Oaks, Sacramento: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sierra Oaks, 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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