Most walkable Sacramento suburbs

Ranked on amenities within two miles at 40%, transit stop density at 15%, and the three poll questions about walking to groceries, restaurants and the state of the sidewalks at 45%. Walkability is mostly something residents know and datasets do not.

Updated Sep 2026·34 suburbs considered, 10 listed
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The skyline of downtown Sacramento (pop. 524,943), the capital city of California.
Sacramento$506k median · 25.3 min commute
Amenities ACommute B−Residents inactive
93
Walkability
overall 58 C
2
Near Sacramento 916
Arden-Arcade$560k median · 25.9 min commute
Amenities B+Commute B−Residents inactive
84
Walkability
overall 55 C−
3
Lemon Hill$350k median · 25.2 min commute
Amenities B+Commute C+Residents inactive
83
Walkability
overall 50 D+
4
Parkway$375k median · 24.7 min commute
Amenities B+Commute CResidents inactive
82
Walkability
overall 50 D+
5
Davis station in November 2017
Davis$866k median · 22.3 min commute
Amenities B+Commute B+Residents inactive
76
Walkability
overall 64 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
Amenities BCommute D+Residents inactive
75
Walkability
overall 54 C−
7
The intersection of Madison Avenue and Hillsdale Boulevard.
North Highlands$368k median · 30.7 min commute
Amenities BCommute DResidents inactive
74
Walkability
overall 47 D
8
Foothill Farms$414k median · 28.3 min commute
Amenities BCommute C−Residents inactive
74
Walkability
overall 49 D+
9
Roseville, CA 391
Roseville$661k median · 27.3 min commute
Amenities B+Commute C+Residents inactive
74
Walkability
overall 64 C+
10
Citrus Heights$455k median · 28.0 min commute
Amenities BCommute C−Residents inactive
73
Walkability
overall 55 C−
This list's weighting
Amenities 40%Transit stop density 15%Resident poll (Q3, Q4, Q8) 45%

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

Photos from Wikimedia Commons: Sacramento (Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0); Arden-Arcade (UncleVinny · CC BY 3.0); Davis (Pi.1415926535 · CC BY-SA 3.0); Florin (Dorothea Lange · Public domain); North Highlands (7 Zeta · CC0); Roseville (UncleVinny · CC BY 3.0).