Best PlacesSouth Oak Park, Sacramento, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around South Oak 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 Oak Park, Sacramento ranks 4,518th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. Thin health care access pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on low property taxes.
The best neighborhoods in South Oak 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 Oak Park, Sacramento's strengths and weaknesses
Where South Oak Park, Sacramento ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 79% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 157 pleasant days a year, better than 79% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than 77% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than 77% of neighborhoods
- Air qualityBetter than 73% of neighborhoods
Where South Oak Park, Sacramento ranks low
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 7% of neighborhoods
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 10% of neighborhoods
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 16% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than only 17% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in South Oak Park, Sacramento
A household needs to earn about $86,000 a year to comfortably buy the median South Oak Park, Sacramento home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $65,990, 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 Oak Park, Sacramento's effective rate of 0.65%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in South Oak Park, Sacramento
South Oak Park, Sacramento 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 South Oak Park, Sacramento.
Who works in South Oak Park, Sacramento, and how
Work in South Oak Park, Sacramento centers on transportation & warehousing and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in South Oak Park, Sacramento
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across South Oak Park, Sacramento.
What the weather is like in South Oak Park, Sacramento, month by month
South Oak Park, Sacramento sees roughly 157 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 Oak 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 Oak Park, Sacramento
Schools across South Oak Park, Sacramento average a C+, better than 46% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- St. Hope Public School 7D+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every South Oak Park, Sacramento school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
South Oak 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 Oak Park, Sacramento against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in South Oak Park, Sacramento
Is South Oak Park, Sacramento a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, South Oak Park, Sacramento ranks 4,518th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on low property taxes, the weather, and transit, and lowest on thin health care access and education levels. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is South Oak Park, Sacramento expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $335,677. The overall cost of living runs about 16% above the national average. Set against a $65,990 median income, cost of living beats 16% of neighborhoods.
Is South Oak Park, Sacramento safe?
South Oak Park, Sacramento is safer than 43% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $515 per resident a year.
Compare South Oak Park, Sacramento with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to South Oak Park, Sacramento. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in South Oak 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 Oak Park, Sacramento detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for South Oak Park, Sacramento: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in South Oak Park, Sacramento: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of South Oak Park, Sacramento: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in South Oak Park, Sacramento: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
South Oak 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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