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15,397people live here $64,375median household income▼ 20% below US $1,517median rent per monthNear US average $374,700median home value▲ 13% above US

Parkway 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 Parkway

Parkway is an unincorporated community in California. The numbers below lay out what daily life there actually looks like.

The tradeoffs are worth naming plainly. Parkway deals with household incomes below the national average, air quality that falls short of national benchmarks, college degree attainment below the national average, and larger class sizes than the national average.

The not so good

Below-average household incomes
Air quality concerns
Low college degree attainment
High student-teacher ratio
High poverty rate
High rent burden for renters

How Parkway compares

Median household income

Parkway$64,375

California avg$99,122

US$80,734

Median rent (per month)

Parkway$1,517

California avg$2,036

US$1,413

Median home value

Parkway$374,700

California avg$734,700

US$332,700

What it takes to move to Parkway

Based on Parkway's median rent, home value and household income

To rent

$3,034

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

Income to keep rent under 30%: $60,680 a year
52% of Parkway renters spend 30% or more of their income on rent

To buy

$74,940

a 20% down payment on the median home

With 10% down: $37,470
Homes cost 5.8× the typical local household income (US: 4.1×)

Moving costs, closing costs and taxes not included.

The details

Cost of livingNear US average

$1,517/mo median rent

Rent is pretty middle of the road, at $1,517 a month median. Not a bargain, not a budget-buster. About typical for a city this size. Home prices run above average, with a median around $374,700. Buyers should expect to stretch their budget here.

Median home value $374,700 · 52% 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

Parkway 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

25 min average commute

Commutes run about average, at 24.7 minutes. Fine day to day, but it adds up over a year, and where someone lives relative to where they work starts to matter. 8 in 10 workers drive to work; 10% work from home.

How workers get to work

Drive alone

73%

Carpool

12%

Work from home

10%

Walk

3.1%

Public transit

1.0%

Other

1.0%

Climate

Summers are hot and humid, with highs regularly hitting 91°F, and winters are chilly but manageable, with lows around 40°F. It's a dry climate with limited rainfall.

Average month

High °FLow °FPrecip (in)

30-year averages, 1991–2020

Education & workforce▼ 69% below US

11% bachelor's degree or higher

This is a working-class city, and college degree rates reflect that. Trades, manufacturing, and service industries tend to dominate the local economy, which is a strength for some fields and a real constraint for others.

Schools

3 public schools inside the boundary

There are 3 public schools inside the boundary. The student-to-teacher ratio is 23:1, above the national average of 16:1.

Parks & recreation

The nearest national park or historic site is Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial (43 miles away). There are 8 national parks and sites within a day's drive.

Bottom line

Nothing in Parkway's numbers stands out as a clear strength, and the main tradeoffs are household incomes below the national average and air quality that falls short of national benchmarks. A year of median rent ($1,517/mo) equals 28% of the median household income here, more than the 21% typical nationwide. It may be a harder fit for anyone who doesn't drive.

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