Living in Sacramento

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The state capitol of California, Sacramento, is in the sunny Central Valley where much of California’s farming takes place. Old Town Sacramento is a tourist attraction with historic buildings, working steam trains, and converted paddle wheelers moored on the banks of the Sacramento River. Cal State Sacramento is here and nearby, there’s the University of California, Davis.

Sacramento’s light rail line has made commuting into downtown from some of the outer neighborhoods a lot easier, though the mild weather, mostly flat topography, and dedicated bike paths make Sacramento a great biking city. The city has a diverse population, a lively arts and music scene, and thousands of acres of parks.

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Sacramento is a Car-Dependent city

Most errands require a car.

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Sacramento is the 23rd most walkable large city in the US with 466,488 residents.

Sacramento has some public transportation and is somewhat bikeable.

Find apartments in Sacramento's most walkable neighborhoods: Midtown, Downtown and Old North Sacramento.

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Sacramento Neighborhoods

Rank #	Name	Walk Score	Transit Score	Bike Score	Population
1	Midtown	93	52	100	8,586
2	Downtown	92	66	98	6,512
3	Old North Sacramento	81	46	90	4,508
4	North Oak Park	78	42	95	4,388
5	Curtis Park	72	46	84	5,238
6	Hollywood Park	71	38	78	2,376
7	Med Center	71	46	94	986
8	Lawrence Park	69	35	60	1,847
9	Central Oak Park	69	39	84	5,338
10	East Sacramento	68	38	86	17,090
11	Mangan Park	68	38	70	1,342
12	North City Farms	67	41	68	3,355
13	Noralto	67	41	87	3,203
14	Colonial Heights	65	36	79	1,760
15	Fruitridge Manor	64	38	66	3,537
16	South Oak Park	62	35	65	4,543
17	Tahoe Park	61	36	75	3,948
18	Land Park	61	42	87	7,361
19	South City Farms	60	40	66	1,884
20	Elmhurst	60	46	84	3,333
21	Natomas Corporate Center	58	34	75	774
22	Colonial Village	57	29	84	2,924
23	Fairgrounds	57	42	78	807
24	Gardenland	57	32	87	3,752
25	Freeport Manor	57	29	69	1,220
26	Tallac Village	55	37	72	2,121
27	Northgate	55	28	81	4,097
28	Avondale	52	28	78	3,297
29	South Hagginwood	52	38	75	4,770
30	Woodbine	51	42	59	3,415
31	Richardson Village	51	31	80	962
32	Natomas Crossing	50	25	64	3,116
33	Metro Center	49	29	70	1,031
34	Tahoe South Park	49	35	76	2,015
35	Tahoe Park East	49	43	77	1,064
36	East Del Paso Heights	48	32	56	3,952
37	California State University-Sacramento	47	32	77	5,067
38	Upper Land Park	47	33	89	3,993
39	South Natomas	46	30	69	22,657
40	Glen Elder	46	25	67	3,041
41	Parkway	44	39	57	18,297
42	Creekside	42	19	66	3,093
43	Golf Course Terrace	42	31	62	4,066
44	Del Paso Heights	42	31	59	4,360
45	Willis Acres	40	28	66	1,439
46	South East	39	36	63	5,293
47	Meadowview	38	33	58	26,747
48	Brentwood	38	40	58	1,890
49	Hagginwood	38	36	63	5,045
50	Colonial Village North	37	32	80	2,783
51	Valley Hi - North Laguna	35	35	60	40,484
52	Oak Knoll	35	31	65	4,236
53	South Land Park Terrace	34	27	76	2,433
54	College-Glen	34	36	70	8,712
55	Riverlake	34	33	64	3,137
56	Northpointe Park	33	20	64	9,922
57	Robla	33	21	50	7,857
58	RP Sports Compex	32	21	61	1,154
59	Campus Commons	32	36	74	2,062
60	Gateway West	30	14	57	7,912
61	Frates Ranch	26	30	63	2,682
62	Westlake	25	11	57	3,182
63	Ralley Industrial Park	23	16	39	1,151
64	Sundance Lake	23	13	58	4,868
65	Northpointe	22	16	38	1,571
66	Strawberry Manor	22	29	59	2,744
67	Willow Creek	18	17	55	4,113
68	Little Pocket	12	23	57	1,054
69	Natomas Creek	8	14	49	3,511

Moving to Sacramento from another city?

Walk Score can help you locate a great studio, one bedroom or two bedroom apartment that’s close to the light rail line and has great amenities, like an outdoor pool that you can use for much of the year in sunny Sacramento. There are luxury condos downtown with open floor plans and kitchens with new appliances.

There are lots of single family homes for rent around Sacramento. Use Walk Score to find a three, four, and five bedroom homes with two car garage, and a big yard while still being walking distance from public transportation. Some single family homes are in gated complexes with shared swimming pools and landscaped grounds.

Eating & Drinking

There are about 1,642 restaurants, bars and coffee shops in Sacramento.

People in Sacramento can walk to an average of 1 restaurants, bars and coffee shops in 5 minutes.

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Sacramento has Some Transit

A few nearby public transportation options. Find Sacramento apartments for rent near public transit.

Public Transit Routes

Sacramento has some public transportation and about 56 bus and 3 light rail lines.

Transit Time

The map above shows how far you can travel in 30 minutes from Sacramento on public transit.

Sacramento has about 34 car shares from RelayRides and Zipcar.

Neighborhood Guides

Thinking of renting an apartment or buying in Sacramento? Ask our neighborhood guides a question.

Wolfie

I enjoy walking and visiting my neighbors in Tahoe Park. I enjoy running, biking and traveling. Tahoe Park has major traffic issues and speeding but over all is a wonderful neighborhood. TPA- Tahoe Park Association is the local neighborhood association here you can join this community organization by emailing them tpacomm@gmail.com

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Momo's Meat Market

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Sunday Farmers Market

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Sacramento is Bikeable

Some bike infrastructure.

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Crime in Sacramento

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Each year in Sacramento, 23 violent crimes and 46 property crimes occur per 1,000 people.

Use our crime maps to find an apartment for rent in a safe Sacramento neighborhood.

Pick a neighborhood to see crime maps or type an address to see the Crime Grade for that location.

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Tahoe Park

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