Living in Sacramento

Sacramento Apartments for Rent

The state capital 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 25th 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: Downtown, Midtown and North Oak Park.

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Sacramento Neighborhoods

Rank #	Name	Walk Score	Transit Score	Bike Score	Population
1	Downtown	92	68	97	6,512
2	Midtown	88	53	98	8,586
3	North Oak Park	75	42	96	4,388
4	Old North Sacramento	75	46	80	4,508
5	Hollywood Park	74	38	76	2,376
6	Curtis Park	73	47	90	5,238
7	East Sacramento	68	38	86	17,090
8	Lawrence Park	67	36	58	1,847
9	Fruitridge Manor	67	37	73	3,537
10	Central Oak Park	67	38	80	5,338
11	Med Center	67	46	93	986
12	North City Farms	67	41	68	3,355
13	Mangan Park	65	38	67	1,342
14	Colonial Heights	64	35	76	1,760
15	Land Park	63	43	89	7,361
16	South City Farms	62	41	62	1,884
17	Gardenland	58	32	75	3,752
18	Northgate	58	28	69	4,097
19	Elmhurst	58	46	82	3,333
20	Tahoe Park	58	36	71	3,948
21	Noralto	58	42	76	3,203
22	Colonial Village	57	29	71	2,924
23	Tallac Village	56	36	68	2,121
24	South Oak Park	55	35	60	4,543
25	Fairgrounds	55	42	80	807
26	Avondale	53	28	63	3,297
27	Freeport Manor	51	29	66	1,220
28	Natomas Corporate Center	51	34	73	774
29	Woodbine	50	43	69	3,415
30	Metro Center	49	29	76	1,031
31	Upper Land Park	48	35	88	3,993
32	South Hagginwood	46	39	60	4,770
33	Tahoe South Park	46	35	66	2,015
34	Parkway	46	39	61	18,297
35	Golf Course Terrace	45	32	60	4,066
36	South Natomas	44	30	64	22,657
37	California State University-Sacramento	42	32	77	5,067
38	East Del Paso Heights	42	32	48	3,952
39	Tahoe Park East	42	43	74	1,064
40	Del Paso Heights	42	31	71	4,360
41	Natomas Crossing	41	26	66	3,116
42	Brentwood	39	41	61	1,890
43	Richardson Village	38	31	65	962
44	South East	38	36	64	5,293
45	Creekside	37	19	65	3,093
46	Glen Elder	37	25	58	3,041
47	College-Glen	36	37	75	8,712
48	Valley Hi - North Laguna	35	33	62	40,484
49	Oak Knoll	35	31	56	4,236
50	RP Sports Compex	35	21	59	1,154
51	Campus Commons	35	36	74	2,062
52	Hagginwood	34	37	55	5,045
53	Meadowview	34	34	55	26,747
54	Colonial Village North	33	31	64	2,783
55	Riverlake	32	33	67	3,137
56	South Land Park Terrace	32	27	63	2,433
57	Northpointe Park	31	20	55	9,922
58	Robla	29	21	54	7,857
59	Willis Acres	27	28	49	1,439
60	Frates Ranch	23	30	62	2,682
61	Gateway West	23	14	60	7,912
62	Northpointe	22	16	45	1,571
63	Sundance Lake	22	14	60	4,868
64	Ralley Industrial Park	20	16	47	1,151
65	Strawberry Manor	20	29	44	2,744
66	Willow Creek	19	17	63	4,113
67	Little Pocket	16	23	56	1,054
68	Westlake	16	14	54	3,182
69	Natomas Creek	2	15	46	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 1,427 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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thumbnail for Crest Theatre Historic picture palace. In 1995, the Crest received a one million dollar restoration bringing Sacramento's last picture palace back to it's glittery 1940's appearance. The Crest boasts one of the most elegant settings Sacramento has to offer, featuring a fabulous gold leaf art deco interior. 1997 saw the addition of two additional theatres where the Crest runs a 7 day a week film program of art, documentary and indie films.

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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 46 bus and 2 light rail lines.

Transit Time

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

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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John Paul Ii School

Tahoe Elementary School

Momo's Meat Market

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Sunday Farmers Market

Tower Cafe

Magpie Café

Sacramento is Bikeable

Some bike infrastructure.

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Greenfair Park

SAN JUAN RD & TRUXEL RD (EB)

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Tahoe Park

Garcia Bend Park

thumbnail for #Greenhaven Welcome Sign This neighborhood institution welcomes you with open arms. A quaint little area with beautiful homes, lots of parks and a lovely trail around the river.