Best neighborhoods in Sacramento
- Neighborhoods
- Streets
Ranked 1st best neighborhood in Sacramento
"A Towering Neighborhood"
- FlowerGirl
Okay, so this is the home of the Sac Zoo, which is--compared to every zoo I have ever been to-- SMALL! How small? I have a Vet friend who has more exhibits in her house than this place does. Okay, so...
Ranked 2nd best neighborhood in Sacramento
"California State Capitol (but does it look like it?)"
- ntrench
Wedged in between Highway 16 and Highway 99, Downtown Sacramento is the beating heart of the city. It’s most notable for being California’s state capitol, an impressive feat for a less then stellar c...
Ranked 3rd best neighborhood in Sacramento
"Think 5th grade class trip"
- ntrench
Old Sacramento is one of the city’s biggest tourist attractions (besides the state Capitol). It gives visitors a snapshot of what it’s like to live in the ol’ west. People here are dressed up in clot...
Ranked 4th best neighborhood in Sacramento
"Local government and quaint apartment complexes"
- ntrench
Alkali Flats is a triangularly shaped, well-groomed neighborhood located a mile north of downtown Sacramento. The district itself is clean and calm, stretching nine square blocks. Residential areas...
Ranked 5th best neighborhood in Sacramento
"Reclusive, lower-class urban anonymity"
- ntrench
Formerly a rural parkland, Pocket is a middle-of-the-road suburban community located just off Interstate 5. Locals know it as the neighborhood next to Sacramento Executive Airport and nothing else....
Ranked 6th best neighborhood in Sacramento
"Like a Tom Waits Song"
- ValleyGirlTori
Old North Sacramento is one of those older Sacramento neighborhoods that is definitely showing signs of age. Especially on the western end where there are some ramshackle shacks with cracked, oil sta...
Unranked Neighborhoods
"House flipping appeal"
- Bensdad
Palo Verde is a pretty short street compared to most I guess. It's one of those streets that I think has a lot of opportunity. There's a couple of nice houses there that people have obviously done up,...
"UC Ds Med Center"
- FlowerGirl
Med Center is the location of the UC Davis Medical Center, probably the premier hospital facility in Sacramento with both medical and educational functions. Like most hospitals attached to universiti...
"Homes and Kitchens"
- FlowerGirl
Okay, so Boulevard Park is little bit of a quaint little residential neighborhood on the northern end but also has a bit of restaurant activity on the southern end where it borders Midtown. So it’s s...
"Lowly ranch land"
- ntrench
Ben Ali was once an underdeveloped ranch land, but hasn’t come far in its maturation. It is named after James Ben Ali Haggin, a rancher in the mid 1850‘s and presumably the owner of the neighborhoo...
"Not the best part of town, but certainly not as bad as other..."
- teri
This is not the best of neighborhoods, however, for someone who is looking for a starter home, there are plenty to be found. It’s not an area where I would walk the streets at night. Drugs are a big p...
"Decent neighborhood with plenty of different attractions"
- Claypot
Hollywood Park is a decent neighborhood. It is a very typical neighborhood in Sacramento with bungalow styled houses, narrow streets and open parks. There are quite a few businesses in the area that m...
"Another Sacramento ghetto"
- AmandaC
Until you get past Sacramento and down to Elk Grove, Franklin Blvd is a seriously scary street, and should be avoided at all costs. We used to live in the area, and before I knew better, I drove down...
"Dead But Ready for Rebirth"
- FlowerGirl
On the northern half of Upper Land Park, you have the Sacramento Cemetery, a strange housing project like place, and an industrial area—none of which is terribly inviting for obvious reasons.
The...
"Plywood, Bowling Balls, Elevator Rock and Extreme Blandness"
- ValleyGirlTori
Johnston Business Park is, as the name indicates, a commercial office park. This is not one of those newer looking office parks with the perfectly manicured lawns and glossy, tinted glass offices. T...
"Cops, Strippers and Bikers"
- FlowerGirl
This is not much of a residential area, being known mostly as the home of the sheriff’s office, the highway portal, and a few hotels up on the western end. It is actually fairly empty around here, and...
"Good Time to Move Here"
- FlowerGirl
Curtis Park is the neighborhood just to the north and east of Sacramento City College. It is mostly a residential neighborhood except on the northern end where there are some offices such as the head...
"Gates and Offices"
- FlowerGirl
Right at the convergence of I-80 and I-5, Metro Center is basically an office park on its eastern end, with several apartment complexes in its center and uncultivated fields, just waiting for further...
"Big Enough to Be Its Own Little Town"
- FlowerGirl
East Sacramento is really a pretty big area that could be itself broken down into several different neighborhoods if you were so inclined. Some people break it down according to the parks: McKinley,...
"Lower middle-class no mans land"
- ntrench
Bounded by Stockton Boulevard to the west, 58th street to the east and 14th street to the north, Colonial heights is among the tens of lower middle-class neighborhoods in Sacramento. It’s triangular...