Housing in Pocket at a glance
- Population
- about 47,988
- Housing units
- about 21,992
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $637,000Sacramento: $506,300 (+26%)
- Median gross rent
- $1,960 a monthSacramento: $1,779 (+10%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 56.3%Sacramento: 51.7%
- Homes built before 1980
- 50.2%
- Median year built
- 1979
Pocket stands out on rent: a median $1,960, second-highest of Sacramento's ten sectors and 10% above the city. It also ranks fourth on value, with owners estimating $637,000, 26% above Sacramento overall. The sector is in the south-west of town and has 47,988 residents. Land Park, a neighbour, comes in a little higher at $682,000, whereas South Area is valued at $406,000, Fruitridge/Broadway $408,000. The housing is among the newer in the city: the median home dates from 1979, and only 50.2% of the stock predates 1980, eighth of ten, compared with 87.2% in Land Park. Owners hold 56.3% of households, fourth-highest and 4.6 above the city, so owners number 11,759 against 9,135 renting households. Land Park has 66.1% owners, South Area 53.8% and Fruitridge/Broadway 52.6%. Pocket's 21,992 homes share a similar vintage with South Area, whose median year is 1978.
Questions about Pocket
What is the median home value in Pocket, Sacramento?
$637,000 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 Pocket?
$1,960 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 Pocket own or rent?
Most own: 56.3% 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 14 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.
Pocket is one of the 10 community plan areas of Sacramento: estimated population about 47,988 (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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