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94,994people live here $77,321median household incomeNear US average $1,588median rent per month▲ 12% above US $560,200median home value▲ 68% above US

Arden-Arcade is an unincorporated community in Sacramento County, CA. It has no city government: the county runs it, and the Census counts it as its own place.

What it's like to live in Arden-Arcade

Arden-Arcade is a large unincorporated community in California with a highly educated workforce. Those factors carry real weight for anyone weighing where to move next.

The tradeoffs are worth naming plainly. Arden-Arcade deals with home prices well above the national average, air quality that falls short of national benchmarks, a population that has been shrinking, and larger class sizes than the national average.

The good

Highly educated workforce

The not so good

High home prices
Air quality concerns
Shrinking population
High student-teacher ratio
High rent burden for renters
Hot summers

How Arden-Arcade compares

Median household income

Arden-Arcade$77,321

California avg$99,122

US$80,734

Median rent (per month)

Arden-Arcade$1,588

California avg$2,036

US$1,413

Median home value

Arden-Arcade$560,200

California avg$734,700

US$332,700

What it takes to move to Arden-Arcade

Based on Arden-Arcade's median rent, home value and household income

To rent

$3,176

up front: first month plus a typical one-month deposit

Income to keep rent under 30%: $63,520 a year
57% of Arden-Arcade renters spend 30% or more of their income on rent

To buy

$112,040

a 20% down payment on the median home

With 10% down: $56,020
Homes cost 7.2× the typical local household income (US: 4.1×)

Moving costs, closing costs and taxes not included.

The details

Cost of living▲ 12% above US

$1,588/mo median rent

Rent is pretty middle of the road, at $1,588 a month median. Not a bargain, not a budget-buster. About typical for a city this size. Home prices are steep, with a median around $560,200. Renting first to get a feel for the city before buying is often the more practical route.

Median home value $560,200 · 57% of renters cost-burdened

Job market

5.0% county unemployment

Unemployment in Sacramento County is 5.0%, somewhat above the national average of 4.3%. Lining up work before the move is the safer route. That's the county-wide rate; BLS doesn't measure a place this size on its own.

Sacramento County (county-wide)

Safety

473 violent crimes per 100k, whole jurisdiction

Arden-Arcade doesn't have its own police department, so there's no crime rate for it alone. The figures shown are for the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office jurisdiction as a whole, which runs above the national average for violent crime and covers many communities. Individual neighborhoods can differ a lot from that overall rate.

Property crime 1357/100k · Policed by Sacramento County Sheriff's Office (county-wide rate) · 2025 data

Getting aroundNear US average

26 min average commute

Commutes run about average, at 25.9 minutes. Fine day to day, but it adds up over a year, and where someone lives relative to where they work starts to matter. 7 in 10 workers drive to work; 18% work from home.

How workers get to work

Drive alone

67%

Work from home

18%

Carpool

7.8%

Other

3.3%

Walk

2.3%

Public transit

1.5%

Climate

Summers are hot and humid, with highs regularly hitting 92°F, and winters are chilly but manageable, with lows around 42°F. It's a dry climate with limited rainfall.

Average month

High °FLow °FPrecip (in)

30-year averages, 1991–2020

Healthcare

1 hospital

There's one Medicare-certified hospital inside city limits, rated 4.0 out of 5 by Medicare. Hospitals in neighboring towns aren't counted here.

Medicare-certified hospitals

Education & workforceNear US average

39% bachelor's degree or higher

Education levels run about average, with 39% college-educated. It's a mix of white-collar and blue-collar work, which can be an asset or a limitation depending on the field.

Schools

27 public schools inside the boundary

There are 27 public schools inside the boundary and 7 private schools. The student-to-teacher ratio is 24:1, above the national average of 16:1.

Parks & recreation

The nearest national park or historic site is Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial (51 miles away). There are 8 national parks and sites within a day's drive.

Bottom line

Arden-Arcade's strongest point is a highly educated workforce; the main tradeoffs are home prices well above the national average and air quality that falls short of national benchmarks. A year of median rent ($1,588/mo) equals 25% of the median household income here, more than the 21% typical nationwide. It tends to suit remote workers (18% of workers here already work from home).

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