Housing & affordability
18% of the score · 31/100
F
Median home value$414,000
Sacramento $589,500
Median rent$1,695/mo
Sacramento $1,819/mo
Cost-burdened households47%
Sacramento 38%
Foothill Farms
Sacramento County36,435 residentsTwin Rivers Unified
49
D+
Suburbgrade score
30th of 34 Sacramento suburbs. Strong on cost of living and amenities, held back by employment & income.
49
Sacramento median 54
0 · F
A+ · 100
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What living here is actually like
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What Foothill Farms is like to live in, by category
Bars show Foothill Farms against Sacramento. Weights are published in full.Schools
18% of the score · 34/100
F
Within-state proficiency28th pct
Sacramento median 54th pct
Student–teacher ratio23.0
Sacramento median 22.6
Graduation rate85%
Sacramento median 90%
Cost of living
14% of the score · 78/100
B+
Housing cost index80
Sacramento 100
Eff. tax rate0.63%
Sacramento 0.77%
Local sales tax7.75%
Sacramento median 7.75%
Commute & transport
14% of the score · 54/100
C−
Mean commute28.3 min
Sacramento 27.1 min
Under 30 minutes62%
Sacramento 63%
Transit stops / sq mi8.1
Sacramento median 2.1 · within 2 miles
Amenities
12% of the score · 76/100
B
Restaurants & cafés79
Sacramento median 53 · within 2 miles
Groceries16
Sacramento median 7 · within 2 miles
Parks65
Sacramento median 33 · within 2 miles
Employment & income
12% of the score · 30/100
F
Median household income$68,260
Sacramento $97,188
Unemployment7.1%
Sacramento 6.2%
Professional occupations29%
Sacramento 45%
Residents
12% of the score · inactive
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Better than Foothill Farms on employment & income
Foothill Farms's weakest grade is F. Six suburbs are within 25 miles and score higher on the same four inputs.
SuburbEmploymentOverall
El Dorado Hills16 mi from Foothill FarmsB− 61 C Granite Bay11 mi from Foothill FarmsB− 62 C Rocklin10 mi from Foothill FarmsC 64 C+ Roseville6 mi from Foothill FarmsC 64 C+ Folsom11 mi from Foothill FarmsC− 65 C+ La Riviera8 mi from Foothill FarmsC− 60 C Median household income: ACS 2020–24 · Unemployment: ACS 2020–24
Common questions about living in Foothill Farms
Is Foothill Farms, CA a good place to live?
Foothill Farms scores 49 out of 100, 30th of 34 Sacramento suburbs. It is strongest on cost of living and weakest on employment & income. Every weight behind that score is published on the methodology page.
Is Foothill Farms expensive to live in?
Cost of living grades B+. The median home is $414,000, 30% below the Sacramento median, and the effective property tax rate is 0.63%. $1,695/mo is the median gross rent.
How good are the schools in Foothill Farms?
Schools grade F. The districts serving Foothill Farms sit at the 28th pct within-state proficiency percentile, with a 85% graduation rate and a 23.0 student–teacher ratio. Foothill Farms is served by Twin Rivers Unified. Proficiency is only ever compared inside the same state.
How long is the commute from Foothill Farms?
The mean commute is 28.3 min, with 62% of workers travelling under 30 minutes and 13% working from home. Transit density is 8.1 stops per square mile.
Can you walk anywhere in Foothill Farms?
Within two miles there are 16 groceries, 79 restaurants and cafés and 65 parks, which grades B on amenities.
Are the homes in Foothill Farms old or new?
The median home in Foothill Farms was built in 1977 — older than the Sacramento median of 1984. That is a median, so a town can be half post-war and half new-build and still land there. 64% of homes are houses rather than flats.
Every answer is built from the figures on this page, with their sources and as-of dates on the methodology page.