Housing in North Sacramento at a glance
- Population
- about 61,500
- Housing units
- about 20,099
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $373,000Sacramento: $506,300 (-26%)
- Median gross rent
- $1,570 a monthSacramento: $1,779 (-12%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 51%Sacramento: 51.7%
- Homes built before 1980
- 58%
- Median year built
- 1973
North Sacramento is the lowest-priced sector of the ten on both counts: a median value of $373,000, 26% below the city, and monthly rent of $1,570, 12% below. It sits in the north of Sacramento, with 61,500 residents. Its neighbours cost more, with South Natomas valued at $464,000, Arden Arcade $526,000, and North Natomas $597,000; North Natomas renters pay $2,120. The owner share is almost level with the city, 51% against 51.7%, seventh of ten, and owner and renter households number 9,813 and 9,446. Housing is mixed in age, with 58% of its dwellings older than 1980, sixth-highest, and a midpoint of 1973 for construction, well before the 2005 seen in North Natomas. Arden Arcade is older, 73.9% pre-1980, and South Natomas much younger at 24.7%. Renters in Arden Arcade pay $1,620 and in South Natomas $1,860. Its 20,099 homes hold 9,813 owner households.
Questions about North Sacramento
What is the median home value in North Sacramento, Sacramento?
$373,000 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 North Sacramento?
$1,570 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 North Sacramento own or rent?
Most own: 51% 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 15 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.
North Sacramento is one of the 10 community plan areas of Sacramento: estimated population about 61,500 (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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