Housing in East Sacramento at a glance
- Population
- about 33,489
- Housing units
- about 15,833
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $697,000Sacramento: $506,300 (+38%)
- Median gross rent
- $1,940 a monthSacramento: $1,779 (+9%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 64.5%Sacramento: 51.7%
- Homes built before 1980
- 88.4%
- Median year built
- 1955
Older than anywhere else in Sacramento, East Sacramento has 88.4% of its homes from before 1980, the top share in town, and a median construction year of 1955. Close to the middle of the city, it pairs that age with high values: $697,000, 38% over Sacramento overall and second of ten. Central City tops it at $745,000. Arden Arcade, by comparison, records $526,000 and Fruitridge/Broadway $408,000, and Arden Arcade has far fewer owners, 45.2%. Ownership here is strong, with 64.5% of households owning, a margin of 12.8 points over the city and second place of ten, while renters pay a median $1,940, third of ten and 9% above the Sacramento level. The sector has 33,489 residents. Central City has 18.1% owners, while Fruitridge/Broadway sits at 52.6%. Its 15,833 homes include 9,540 owner households and 5,245 renter households, and rents in Fruitridge/Broadway and Arden Arcade stand at $1,650 and $1,620.
Questions about East Sacramento
What is the median home value in East Sacramento, Sacramento?
$697,000 for owner-occupied homes, against $506,300 for Sacramento as a whole (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary). It is the owners' own estimate of their home's value, not a sale price.
What is the median rent in East Sacramento?
$1,940 a month in gross rent (rent plus utilities paid by the renter), against $1,779 in Sacramento (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary).
Do most people in East Sacramento own or rent?
Most own: 64.5% of occupied homes are owner-occupied, against 51.7% in Sacramento (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary).
Data and method
Data as of: American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau (retrieved 2026-11-02).
Estimate from the 9 census tracts whose internal point lies within the official boundary: counts are summed, and each median is recomputed from the summed value, rent and year-built brackets (grouped median, linear interpolation). The gap with the city is measured with the same method on the whole city.
East Sacramento is one of the 10 community plan areas of Sacramento: estimated population about 33,489 (Payotte estimate: Census ACS 2020-2024 populations of the census tracts whose internal point lies inside the boundary; boundaries from City of Sacramento GIS, Community Plan Areas, consulted 2026-11-02).
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, tables B01003, B25001, B25003, B25034, B25063, B25064, B25075, B25077; U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer files (census tract internal points). City figures: the same survey, published for Sacramento as a whole. Home values are owners' estimates, not sale prices.
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- AppraiserOpen spot
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