Housing in South Natomas at a glance
- Population
- about 50,021
- Housing units
- about 19,890
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $464,000Sacramento: $506,300 (-8%)
- Median gross rent
- $1,860 a monthSacramento: $1,779 (+4%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 49.2%Sacramento: 51.7%
- Homes built before 1980
- 24.7%
- Median year built
- 1986
South Natomas is a younger sector: just 24.7% of homes predate 1980, ninth of the ten, and the median home dates from 1986. It is based north-west of the middle of the city. Median value is $464,000, 8% under Sacramento overall, while rent, a median $1,860, is 4% above and fourth of ten. Its neighbours differ sharply. North Natomas is newer still, with a 2005 median, and costs more at $597,000; North Sacramento records $373,000; Central City reaches $745,000 with only 18.1% owners. Owners here are 49.2% of households, a little under the city's share, 2.5 points, and eighth of ten. The sector counts 50,021 residents, split between 9,094 owner and 9,376 renter households. Central City's rent is $1,600 and North Sacramento's $1,570, while North Natomas has the top rent, $2,120. North Sacramento's housing dates to 1973 at the midpoint, Central City's to 1966.
Questions about South Natomas
What is the median home value in South Natomas, Sacramento?
$464,000 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 Natomas?
$1,860 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 Natomas own or rent?
Most rent: 49.2% 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 11 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 Natomas is one of the 10 community plan areas of Sacramento: estimated population about 50,021 (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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