Housing in South Area at a glance
- Population
- about 121,819
- Housing units
- about 36,269
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $406,000Sacramento: $506,300 (-20%)
- Median gross rent
- $1,690 a monthSacramento: $1,779 (-5%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 53.8%Sacramento: 51.7%
- Homes built before 1980
- 53.2%
- Median year built
- 1978
South Area has the second-lowest median value in Sacramento, $406,000, 20% under the city and ninth of ten. It lies in the south of the city, with 121,819 residents. Fruitridge/Broadway is nearly identical with $408,000, but Pocket, with $637,000, and Land Park, with $682,000, are well above. Rent is closer to the middle, a median $1,690, 5% under the city and sixth of ten, while Pocket's renters pay $1,960. Owners account for 53.8% of households, 2.1 points over Sacramento overall and fifth of ten. Housing is somewhat newer than the city typically sees, with 1978 at the midpoint of construction and 53.2% of its dwellings predating 1980, seventh of ten. Land Park has 66.1% owners and Pocket 56.3%. Of its 36,269 homes, 18,882 are owner households, against 16,195 renting, and Fruitridge/Broadway renters pay $1,650. Land Park's median year is 1950, far older than South Area's.
Questions about South Area
What is the median home value in South Area, Sacramento?
$406,000 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 South Area?
$1,690 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 South Area own or rent?
Most own: 53.8% 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 23 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.
South Area is one of the 10 community plan areas of Sacramento: estimated population about 121,819 (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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