Sacramento

Best Sacramento suburbs for families

Ranked on a families weighting: schools at 30%, amenities within two miles at 20%, and the four poll questions about children, safety and sidewalks at 20%. Cost still counts, at 15%. The full weighting is shown at the bottom, and it is not the same as the overall score.

Updated Sep 2026·34 suburbs considered, 10 listed
1
Davis station in November 2017
Davis$866k median · 22.3 min commute
Schools BAmenities B+Residents inactive
70
Family score
overall 64 C+
2
Sutter Street in old Folsom, California.
Folsom$755k median · 26.6 min commute
Schools C+Amenities A−Residents inactive
69
Family score
overall 65 C+
3
The Rocklin (Amtrak station) in Rocklin, Placer County, California, USA.
Rocklin$703k median · 26.1 min commute
Schools BAmenities B−Residents inactive
68
Family score
overall 64 C+
4
Roseville, CA 391
Roseville$661k median · 27.3 min commute
Schools C+Amenities B+Residents inactive
67
Family score
overall 64 C+
5
Elk Grove Historic District
Elk Grove$630k median · 30.8 min commute
Schools CAmenities A−Residents inactive
65
Family score
overall 60 C
6
Scope and content: The full caption for this photograph reads: Florin, California. Main Street of this small town in the center of the strawberry and grape- pro
Florin$387k median · 26.8 min commute
Schools CAmenities BResidents inactive
64
Family score
overall 54 C−
7
Lincoln$651k median · 29.8 min commute
Schools CAmenities BResidents inactive
64
Family score
overall 60 C
8
The skyline of downtown Sacramento (pop. 524,943), the capital city of California.
Sacramento$506k median · 25.3 min commute
Schools DAmenities AResidents inactive
62
Family score
overall 58 C
9
Near Sacramento 916
Arden-Arcade$560k median · 25.9 min commute
Schools D+Amenities B+Residents inactive
61
Family score
overall 55 C−
10
Citrus Heights$455k median · 28.0 min commute
Schools D+Amenities BResidents inactive
60
Family score
overall 55 C−
This list's weighting
Schools 30%Amenities 20%Resident poll (Q2, Q5, Q6, Q8) 20%Cost of living 15%Housing 10%Commute 5%

Poll components only count for places with eight or more resident responses; for the others the remaining weights re-normalise to 100%.

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Photos from Wikimedia Commons: Davis (Pi.1415926535 · CC BY-SA 3.0); Folsom (The Oaked Ridge · CC BY-SA 4.0); Rocklin (T71024 · CC BY-SA 3.0); Roseville (UncleVinny · CC BY 3.0); Elk Grove (SarahStierch · CC BY 4.0); Florin (Dorothea Lange · Public domain); Sacramento (Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0); Arden-Arcade (UncleVinny · CC BY 3.0).