Sacramento

Shortest commutes to Downtown Sacramento

Ranked on distance to Downtown Sacramento at 50% and the mean commute time residents report to the Census at 50%. The mean commute includes people who work locally, which is why the two numbers do not always agree.

Updated Sep 2026·34 suburbs considered, 10 listed
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The Ziggurat — an office building in West Sacramento (Yolo County), viewed across the Sacramento River from the western edge of Sacramento. The headquarters of
West Sacramento$526k median · 24.7 min commute
Commute C+Housing D−Cost of living C+
84
Commute score
overall 52 D+
2
Lemon Hill$350k median · 25.2 min commute
Commute C+Housing FCost of living A−
84
Commute score
overall 50 D+
3
Parkway$375k median · 24.7 min commute
Commute CHousing FCost of living B+
84
Commute score
overall 50 D+
4
The skyline of downtown Sacramento (pop. 524,943), the capital city of California.
Sacramento$506k median · 25.3 min commute
Commute B−Housing D−Cost of living B
83
Commute score
overall 58 C
5
Near Sacramento 916
Arden-Arcade$560k median · 25.9 min commute
Commute B−Housing FCost of living B
81
Commute score
overall 55 C−
6
La Riviera$459k median · 25.8 min commute
Commute BHousing DCost of living B+
79
Commute score
overall 60 C
7
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
Commute D+Housing FCost of living B+
76
Commute score
overall 54 C−
8
Davis station in November 2017
Davis$866k median · 22.3 min commute
Commute B+Housing D+Cost of living C
75
Commute score
overall 64 C+
9
Rosemont$461k median · 27.7 min commute
Commute CHousing D−Cost of living B
75
Commute score
overall 52 D+
10
Carmichael$580k median · 27.1 min commute
Commute C+Housing D−Cost of living B−
73
Commute score
overall 53 C−
This list's weighting
Distance to downtown 50%Mean commute time 50%
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Photos from Wikimedia Commons: West Sacramento (The original uploader was Griffin5 at English Wikipedia. · Public domain); Sacramento (Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.0); Arden-Arcade (UncleVinny · CC BY 3.0); Florin (Dorothea Lange · Public domain); Davis (Pi.1415926535 · CC BY-SA 3.0).