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SheetCA-WEST-SACRAMENTO-CA · West Sacramento, CA 54,496 pop · income 71st pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around West Sacramento
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest West Sacramento on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Rocky Mount · lowest
52,927
Rocky Mount · lowest
52,927 median HH income
48.9% of the leader · rank #1
West Sacramen… · this city
90,791
West Sacramen… · this city
90,791 median HH income
83.9% of the leader · rank #2
Prichard · near
90,795
Prichard · near
90,795 median HH income
83.9% of the leader · rank #3
Brice Prairie · near
90,795
Brice Prairie · near
90,795 median HH income
83.9% of the leader · rank #4
Hanson · near
90,799
Hanson · near
90,799 median HH income
83.9% of the leader · rank #5
Rockwood · near
90,804
Rockwood · near
90,804 median HH income
83.9% of the leader · rank #6
Marana · highest
108,256
Marana · highest
108,256 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for West Sacramento on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 54,496.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
West Sacramento - the verdict
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, West Sacramento places in the 71st percentile for household income and the 41st percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
71st
percentile, household income
85th
percentile, home value
88th
percentile, median rent
41st
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: West Sacramento, CA
California's West Sacramento is a small city, with 54,496 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. West Sacramento households earn a median of $90,791 annually, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 9.9%. West Sacramento's housing stock carries a median value of $497,100, and the median resident age is 34.6 years. About 33.8% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 63.4% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Housing supply pressure shows in Census Building Permit Survey data: 407 residential units were authorized in 2024 (Rapid Growth), up 28% from five years earlier. West Sacramento reports a comparatively low crime rate: per-100,000 total crime stands at 1662.7 in FBI UCR data, below the national average (a voluntary reporting program, read this as reporting activity, not a definitive danger score).
California carries a cost-of-living premium: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, California scores 110.7 (Well Above Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $2,053 monthly. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in California run around $275, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. The average commute for West Sacramento workers runs 19.1 minutes, with 65.7% driving alone and 18.9% working from home. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 88.7 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Very High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of West Sacramento's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from work and mobility to population change to housing and income to comparison shortlist to schools and households to reported crime; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For West Sacramento, city-specific coverage includes local building permits, annual population history, commute-mode shares, FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in West Sacramento?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 65.7%. The reported mean trip to work is 19.1 minutes.
Is West Sacramento growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +2,396 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +4.5% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 407 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
How far does income reach against housing in West Sacramento?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 5.5 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 9.9%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
Which cities make useful reference points for West Sacramento?
Within California, the closest population matches are Yucaipa (54,348 residents, $92,401 income); San Jacinto (54,756 residents, $78,281 income); Beaumont (54,817 residents, $105,164 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Marana, AZ (54,487 residents); Plainfield, NJ (54,515 residents); Peabody, MA (54,180 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Schools and households
What does the education layer cover for West Sacramento?
The NCES join finds 15 public schools within the city match. 33.8% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
Matched public schools
15
Bachelor's degree+
33.8%
Poverty estimate
9.9%
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
What can the FBI record say about safety in West Sacramento?
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
The joined FBI UCR record reports 1662.7 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 27% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Property rate
1369.0
Violent rate
293.6
Total reported rate
1662.7
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, incidents per 100,000. Voluntary agency reporting; not a danger score.
Above median income · poverty 9.9% (Above-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
110.7 (US=100)
Highest-decile cost · BEA RPP 2024, California average
D
City profile score · West Sacramento, CA
43/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Household income B
$90,791
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share C+
33.8%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate D
9.9%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime F
294 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Cost of living F
110.7 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
West Sacramento profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 70/100 (B) · $90,791
Bachelor's+ share: 64/100 (C+) · 33.8%
Poverty rate: 40/100 (D) · 9.9%
Violent crime: 34/100 (F) · 294 /100k
Cost of living: 6/100 (F) · 110.7 index
Where West Sacramento sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
West Sacramento's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - West Sacramento highlighted among 10 peers.Read the chart values
West Sacramento, CA (this city): home $497,100, crime 1,663/100k
Marana, AZ : home $380,100, crime 1,466/100k
Plainfield, NJ : home $383,300, crime 2,021/100k
Peabody, MA : home $566,200, crime 1,092/100k
Rocky Mount, NC : home $148,300, crime 4,745/100k
Texas City, TX : home $190,600, crime 2,555/100k
Yucaipa, CA : home $466,000, crime 1,174/100k
San Jacinto, CA : home $391,600, crime 1,982/100k
Beaumont, CA : home $464,000, crime 1,222/100k
Colton, CA : home $411,100, crime 2,498/100k
How does West Sacramento compare to other US cities?
Here's how West Sacramento stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income71% higher than other cities
Home value85% pricier than other cities
Median rent88% pricier than other cities
Safety41% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
Zoom in to just California and the picture shifts: West Sacramento ranks #177 of 441 California cities by lowest crime rate, a different read than the national percentile above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares West Sacramento against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to California only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
California-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places West Sacramento near the bottom of California's cities
Among the 1,458 California cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, West Sacramento ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares West Sacramento only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#619 of 1,338
54th percentile in California
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,458
0th percentile in California
Median Home Value
#700 of 1,343
48th percentile in California
Poverty Rate
#500 of 1,450
65th percentile in California
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#550 of 1,458
62nd percentile in California
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within California only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
71st percentile nationally for median household income · 41st percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
West Sacramento's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
West Sacramento's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How West Sacramento's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$497,10015th percentilemore affordable than 15% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
West Sacramento's home-value-to-income ratio: 5.5×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#13,539 of 15,516
More affordable than 13% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#516 of 750
Mid-size cities (50,000–199,999)
At 5.5×, West Sacramento sits in the pressured band:
national rank #13,539 of 15,516 and #516 of 750mid-size cities (50,000–199,999).
Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median, a comparison flag, not a verdict on any household.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$90,791West Sacramento, CA median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context West Sacramento, CA median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for West Sacramento, CA.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)33.8%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)9.9%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)63.4%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
54,496
Median Income
$90,791
Median Home Value
$497,100
Median Age
34.6
Poverty Rate
9.9%
Labor force participation
63.4%
Bachelor's Degree+
33.8%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
1662.7
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
293.6
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
1369.0
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Schools
Total Schools
15
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
West Sacramento's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
53,820 residents
2021
53,987 residents
2022
54,991 residents
2023
55,399 residents
2024
55,711 residents
2025
56,216 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📈 Rapid Growth
Total Permits (2024)
407
housing units authorized
Single-Family
147
detached homes
Multifamily
260
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
7.5
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
319
161
158
$66.2M
2020
589
96
493
$85.0M
2021
628
190
438
$109.5M
2022
479
120
359
$100.1M
2023
156
128
28
$49.4M
2024
407
147
260
$97.1M
Permit volume increased 28% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
19.1 minutes
Drive Alone
65.7%
Carpool
9.3%
Public Transit
1.1%
Walk
2.4%
Work from Home
18.9%
Other
2.6%
Based on 26,237 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
California statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $275
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across California at $275 (electricity about $150 , water and sewer about $70 ).
These are California statewide averages, not a meter reading for West Sacramento. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
California's BEA cost-of-living index is 110.7 (Well Above Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around West Sacramento is $2,053/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to California statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 88.7 / 100 (Very High).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a California statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county West Sacramento sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How West Sacramento compares to similar-size California cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.