Living in Sacramento

Sacramento Apartments for Rent

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	53	98	8,586
2	Downtown	92	67	97	6,512
3	Old North Sacramento	81	46	73	4,508
4	North Oak Park	78	42	96	4,388
5	Curtis Park	72	47	89	5,238
6	Hollywood Park	71	38	69	2,376
7	Med Center	71	46	91	986
8	Lawrence Park	69	36	58	1,847
9	Central Oak Park	69	38	80	5,338
10	East Sacramento	68	38	85	17,090
11	Mangan Park	68	38	64	1,342
12	North City Farms	67	41	64	3,355
13	Noralto	67	41	76	3,203
14	Colonial Heights	65	36	73	1,760
15	Fruitridge Manor	64	37	71	3,537
16	South Oak Park	62	35	59	4,543
17	Tahoe Park	61	36	68	3,948
18	Land Park	61	43	89	7,361
19	South City Farms	60	40	58	1,884
20	Elmhurst	60	46	84	3,333
21	Natomas Corporate Center	58	34	72	774
22	Colonial Village	57	29	68	2,924
23	Fairgrounds	57	42	81	807
24	Gardenland	57	32	72	3,752
25	Freeport Manor	57	29	69	1,220
26	Tallac Village	55	36	64	2,121
27	Northgate	55	28	68	4,097
28	Avondale	52	28	60	3,297
29	South Hagginwood	52	38	56	4,770
30	Woodbine	51	42	70	3,415
31	Richardson Village	51	31	69	962
32	Natomas Crossing	50	25	67	3,116
33	Metro Center	49	29	72	1,031
34	Tahoe South Park	49	35	61	2,015
35	Tahoe Park East	49	45	67	1,064
36	East Del Paso Heights	48	32	47	3,952
37	California State University-Sacramento	47	32	78	5,067
38	Upper Land Park	47	35	90	3,993
39	South Natomas	46	30	63	22,657
40	Glen Elder	46	25	48	3,041
41	Parkway	44	39	56	18,297
42	Creekside	42	19	65	3,093
43	Golf Course Terrace	42	31	65	4,066
44	Del Paso Heights	42	31	70	4,360
45	Willis Acres	40	28	48	1,439
46	South East	39	36	51	5,293
47	Meadowview	38	33	51	26,747
48	Brentwood	38	40	61	1,890
49	Hagginwood	38	36	51	5,045
50	Colonial Village North	37	32	61	2,783
51	Valley Hi - North Laguna	35	32	59	40,484
52	Oak Knoll	35	31	53	4,236
53	South Land Park Terrace	34	27	65	2,433
54	College-Glen	34	37	73	8,712
55	Riverlake	34	33	62	3,137
56	Northpointe Park	33	20	55	9,922
57	Robla	33	21	50	7,857
58	RP Sports Compex	32	21	55	1,154
59	Campus Commons	32	37	80	2,062
60	Gateway West	30	14	60	7,912
61	Frates Ranch	26	30	61	2,682
62	Westlake	25	11	55	3,182
63	Ralley Industrial Park	23	16	46	1,151
64	Sundance Lake	23	13	58	4,868
65	Northpointe	22	16	46	1,571
66	Strawberry Manor	22	29	39	2,744
67	Willow Creek	18	17	63	4,113
68	Little Pocket	12	23	58	1,054
69	Natomas Creek	8	15	48	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.

Average Home Features

According to HomeAdvisor Data, these characteristics make up the average home in Sacramento

Average square footage 2000

Homeowners have 3.3 bedrooms

Homeowners have 2.3 bathrooms

Age of home 45 years

Average time living in home 12 years

Check out HomeAdvisor’s Sacramento Home Happiness Survey.

Eating & Drinking

There are about 1,735 restaurants, bars and coffee shops in Sacramento.

People in Sacramento can walk to an average of 2 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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Sunday Farmers Market

Tower Cafe

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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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