Best PlacesUpper Land Park, Sacramento, CA Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Upper Land Park, 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.
Upper Land Park, Sacramento ranks 1,537th 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 Upper 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.
Upper Land Park, Sacramento's strengths and weaknesses
Where Upper Land Park, Sacramento ranks high
- BikingBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
- Household income$132,575 median, better than 86% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 84% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 156 pleasant days a year, better than 78% of neighborhoods
- Air qualityBetter than 78% of neighborhoods
Where Upper Land Park, Sacramento ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 7% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 20% of neighborhoods
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 26% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 26% of neighborhoods
- State infrastructureBetter than only 26% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Upper Land Park, Sacramento
A household needs to earn about $164,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Upper Land Park, Sacramento home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $132,575, 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 Upper Land Park, Sacramento's effective rate of 0.75%, 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 Upper Land Park, Sacramento
Upper Land Park, 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 Upper Land Park, Sacramento.
Who works in Upper Land Park, Sacramento, and how
Work in Upper Land Park, Sacramento centers on public administration and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 53%
- Work from home 41%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Upper Land Park, Sacramento
Upper Land Park, Sacramento has more parkland per resident than 91% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Upper Land Park, Sacramento and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Upper Land Park, Sacramento, month by month
Upper 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 Upper Land Park, 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.
Upper 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 Upper Land Park, Sacramento against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Upper Land Park, Sacramento
Is Upper Land Park, Sacramento a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Upper Land Park, Sacramento ranks 1,537th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on biking, high incomes, and a stable housing market, 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 Upper Land Park, Sacramento expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $632,223. The overall cost of living runs about 25% above the national average. Set against a $132,575 median income, cost of living beats 77% of neighborhoods.
Is Upper Land Park, Sacramento safe?
Upper Land Park, Sacramento is safer than 54% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $448 per resident a year.
Compare Upper Land Park, Sacramento with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Upper Land Park, Sacramento. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Upper 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.
Upper Land Park, Sacramento detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Upper Land Park, Sacramento: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Upper Land Park, Sacramento: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Upper Land Park, Sacramento: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Upper Land Park, Sacramento: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Upper 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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