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.

Walk Score Map

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Sacramento is the 21st 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 Hollywood Park.

Sacramento Apartments for Rent

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Sacramento Neighborhoods

Rank #	Name	Walk Score	Transit Score	Bike Score	Population
1	Midtown	94	53	99	8,586
2	Downtown	93	65	98	6,512
3	Hollywood Park	82	41	78	2,376
4	Old North Sacramento	82	47	76	4,508
5	North Oak Park	80	45	97	4,388
6	Curtis Park	78	48	91	5,238
7	North City Farms	74	43	68	3,355
8	Mangan Park	74	40	64	1,342
9	Lawrence Park	74	39	58	1,847
10	Central Oak Park	73	40	80	5,338
11	East Sacramento	72	36	88	17,090
12	Fruitridge Manor	69	40	72	3,537
13	Med Center	69	49	95	986
14	South City Farms	69	42	60	1,884
15	Land Park	68	43	90	7,361
16	Colonial Heights	67	37	77	1,760
17	Gardenland	66	34	76	3,752
18	Noralto	65	43	74	3,203
19	South Oak Park	64	37	59	4,543
20	Northgate	64	31	68	4,097
21	Natomas Corporate Center	62	35	68	774
22	South Hagginwood	60	39	58	4,770
23	Freeport Manor	60	30	62	1,220
24	Colonial Village	59	31	70	2,924
25	Tallac Village	59	38	68	2,121
26	Elmhurst	58	48	86	3,333
27	Tahoe Park	58	37	73	3,948
28	Avondale	57	29	60	3,297
29	Upper Land Park	54	32	89	3,993
30	Woodbine	53	42	70	3,415
31	Fairgrounds	53	44	83	807
32	Del Paso Heights	52	32	70	4,360
33	Richardson Village	50	31	61	962
34	South Natomas	50	33	61	22,657
35	Metro Center	50	29	71	1,031
36	Tahoe South Park	49	35	68	2,015
37	East Del Paso Heights	49	32	45	3,952
38	Parkway	48	39	61	18,297
39	California State University-Sacramento	48	29	78	5,067
40	Brentwood	46	41	61	1,890
41	Golf Course Terrace	46	31	57	4,066
42	Natomas Crossing	45	28	63	3,116
43	Hagginwood	45	37	53	5,045
44	RP Sports Compex	44	26	58	1,154
45	Creekside	44	23	63	3,093
46	South East	42	37	64	5,293
47	South Land Park Terrace	41	28	62	2,433
48	Oak Knoll	40	32	51	4,236
49	Tahoe Park East	40	43	74	1,064
50	College-Glen	39	36	75	8,712
51	Glen Elder	39	30	56	3,041
52	Campus Commons	37	36	73	2,062
53	Valley Hi - North Laguna	37	30	61	40,484
54	Riverlake	37	33	63	3,137
55	Colonial Village North	37	30	65	2,783
56	Meadowview	36	33	53	26,747
57	Northpointe Park	34	17	52	9,922
58	Willis Acres	33	29	45	1,439
59	Robla	30	21	52	7,857
60	Ralley Industrial Park	26	6	45	1,151
61	Frates Ranch	24	31	60	2,682
62	Northpointe	24	16	44	1,571
63	Strawberry Manor	22	31	41	2,744
64	Little Pocket	21	21	54	1,054
65	Sundance Lake	20	19	57	4,868
66	Gateway West	18	6	57	7,912
67	Willow Creek	18	17	61	4,113
68	Westlake	13	18	52	3,182
69	Natomas Creek	2	8	45	3,511

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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.

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 on Redfin.

Public Transit Routes

Sacramento has some public transportation and about 43 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.

Neighborhood Guides

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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

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Sunday Farmers Market

Tower Cafe

Magpie Café

Sacramento is Bikeable

Some bike infrastructure.

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Tahoe Park

Garcia Bend Park

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