Best PlacesSouth Land Park, Sacramento, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around South Land Park, 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.
South Land Park, Sacramento ranks 1,857th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores best on a stable housing market, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in South Land Park, 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.
South Land Park, Sacramento's strengths and weaknesses
Where South Land Park, Sacramento ranks high
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 85% of neighborhoods
- Local economyBetter than 79% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 156 pleasant days a year, better than 78% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than 78% of neighborhoods
- Low vacancyBetter than 76% of neighborhoods
Where South Land Park, Sacramento ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 15% of neighborhoods
- Heat safetyBetter than only 16% of neighborhoods
- QuietBetter than only 19% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 20% of neighborhoods
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 26% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in South Land Park, Sacramento
A household needs to earn about $172,000 a year to comfortably buy the median South Land Park, Sacramento home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $111,526, 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 South Land Park, Sacramento's effective rate of 0.68%, 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 South Land Park, Sacramento
South Land Park, Sacramento runs older 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 South Land Park, Sacramento.
Who works in South Land Park, Sacramento, and how
Work in South Land Park, Sacramento centers on public administration and health care & social. 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 22%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in South Land Park, Sacramento
South Land Park, Sacramento has more parkland per resident than 81% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of South Land Park, Sacramento and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in South Land Park, Sacramento, month by month
South Land Park, 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 South Land Park, 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 South Land Park, Sacramento
Schools across South Land Park, Sacramento average a C, better than 43% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Yav Pem Suab Academy - Preparing For The Future CharterC− · 27% proficient
Top high schools
- River City HighB · 46% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every South Land Park, Sacramento school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
South Land Park, 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 South Land Park, Sacramento against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in South Land Park, Sacramento
Is South Land Park, Sacramento a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, South Land Park, Sacramento ranks 1,857th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on a stable housing market, a strong job market, and the weather, and lowest on cell coverage and summer heat. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is South Land Park, Sacramento expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $670,915. The overall cost of living runs about 17% above the national average. Set against a $111,526 median income, cost of living beats 70% of neighborhoods.
Is South Land Park, Sacramento safe?
South Land Park, Sacramento is safer than 48% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $488 per resident a year.
Compare South Land Park, Sacramento with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to South Land Park, Sacramento. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in South Land Park, 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.
South Land Park, Sacramento detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for South Land Park, Sacramento: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in South Land Park, Sacramento: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of South Land Park, Sacramento: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in South Land Park, Sacramento: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
South Land Park, 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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