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Sacramento, CA Rental Market Trends
Highlights
The average rent for an apartment in Sacramento is $1,533, a 7% increase compared to the previous year.
Average Rent in Sacramento, CA
Last updated January 2021
| Average Rent | Y-o-Y Change | Average Apartment Size |
|---|---|---|
| $1,533 | 7% | 823 sq. ft. |
The average size for a Sacramento, CA apartment is 823 square feet, but this number varies greatly depending on unit type, with cheap and luxury alternatives for houses and apartments alike. Studio apartments are the smallest and most affordable, 1-bedroom apartments are closer to the average, while 2-bedroom apartments and 3-bedroom apartments offer a more generous square footage.
Sacramento, CA Apartment Rent Ranges
- $701-$1,0003%
- $1,001-$1,50052%
- $1,501-$2,00032%
- > $2,00012%
Sacramento, CA Occupied Housing Units
- Renter-occupied Households40%
- Owner-occupied Households59%
75,169 or 40% of the households in Sacramento, CA are renter-occupied while 110,162 or 59% are owner-occupied.
Sacramento, CA Rent Trends
| Average Rent | Nov / 2017 | Mar / 2018 | Jul / 2018 | Nov / 2018 | Mar / 2019 | Jul / 2019 | Nov / 2019 | Mar / 2020 | Jul / 2020 | Nov / 2020 | Jan / 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sacramento, CA | $1,285 | $1,294 | $1,336 | $1,368 | $1,371 | $1,401 | $1,443 | $1,439 | $1,461 | $1,525 | $1,533 |
| National | $1,309 | $1,311 | $1,342 | $1,351 | $1,356 | $1,388 | $1,395 | $1,397 | $1,389 | $1,392 | $1,392 |
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Average Rent in Sacramento, CA By Neighborhood
| Neighborhood | Average Rent |
|---|---|
| River Park | $3,127 |
| Colonial Heights | $2,677 |
| Colonial Village | $2,677 |
| Lawrence Park | $2,677 |
| North City Farms | $2,677 |
| South Oak Park | $2,677 |
| Tahoe Park South | $2,677 |
| Tallac Village | $2,677 |
| West Tahoe Park | $2,677 |
| Central Oak Park | $2,407 |
| Tahoe Park | $2,407 |
| Tahoe Park East | $2,407 |
| East Sacramento | $2,256 |
| Elmhurst | $2,237 |
| Dos Rios Triangle | $2,233 |
| Fairgrounds | $2,208 |
| Med Center | $2,208 |
| North Oak Park | $2,208 |
| Boulevard Park | $2,148 |
| Midtown - Winn Park - Capital | $2,148 |
| New Era Park | $2,148 |
| Richmond Grove | $2,137 |
| Southside Park | $2,137 |
| Alhambra Triangle | $2,109 |
| Newton Booth | $2,095 |
| Curtis Park | $2,061 |
| Southern Pacific - Richards | $1,982 |
| Creekside | $1,971 |
| Greenbriar | $1,971 |
| Heritage Park | $1,971 |
| Natomas Creek | $1,971 |
| Natomas Park | $1,971 |
| Regency Park | $1,971 |
| Valleyview Acres | $1,971 |
| Village 12 | $1,971 |
| Village 7 | $1,971 |
| Westlake | $1,971 |
| Downtown Sacramento | $1,928 |
| Old Sacramento | $1,914 |
| Hansen Park Golf Course Site | $1,853 |
| RP - Sports Complex | $1,758 |
| Village 14 | $1,758 |
| Arden Cove | $1,713 |
| Arden Oaks | $1,713 |
| Arden Oaks Vista | $1,713 |
| Arden Park Vista | $1,713 |
| Ashton Park Estates | $1,713 |
| Eastern Heights | $1,713 |
| Frontier Mission | $1,713 |
| Laruel Hurst | $1,713 |
| Mariemont | $1,713 |
| Park Ridge Estates | $1,713 |
| Walnut Glen | $1,713 |
| Wilhaggin | $1,713 |
| American River Parkway | $1,682 |
| Greenhaven | $1,636 |
| $1,636 | |
| Z'berg Park | $1,636 |
| Natomas Crossing | $1,635 |
| Sundance Lake | $1,635 |
| Village 5 | $1,635 |
| Gardenland | $1,623 |
| Gateway West | $1,623 |
| South Natomas | $1,623 |
| Gateway Center | $1,618 |
| Metro Center | $1,618 |
| Natomas Corporate Center | $1,618 |
| Northgate | $1,618 |
| River Gardens | $1,618 |
| Willowcreek | $1,618 |
| Boulder Glen | $1,615 |
| Bradshaw Vineyards Village | $1,615 |
| California Vineyard | $1,615 |
| Calvine Crossing | $1,615 |
| Churchill Downs | $1,615 |
| Emerald Creek | $1,615 |
| Grammercy Park | $1,615 |
| Meadowbrook | $1,615 |
| Rancho Diego | $1,615 |
| Robbins Nest | $1,615 |
| Robbins Village | $1,615 |
| Sienna | $1,615 |
| Silver Legends | $1,615 |
| Silver Meadows | $1,615 |
| Silver Springs | $1,615 |
| Silver Springs North | $1,615 |
| Sunrise Churchill | $1,615 |
| Sunrise Vineyards | $1,615 |
| Vineyard Creek | $1,615 |
| Vineyard Point Village | $1,615 |
| Vineyard Ranch | $1,615 |
| Vintage Park East | $1,615 |
| Wildhawk Estates | $1,615 |
| Wildhawk South | $1,615 |
| Wildhawk West | $1,615 |
| Johnson Heights | $1,606 |
| Oak Knoll | $1,606 |
| Pell - Main Industrial Park | $1,606 |
| Strawberry Manor | $1,604 |
| Fruitridge Manor | $1,583 |
| Sierra Oaks Estates | $1,564 |
| Colonial Manor | $1,556 |
| Ramona Village | $1,556 |
| South Land Park | $1,548 |
| CSUS | $1,534 |
| Tokay Meadows | $1,506 |
| Belvedere | $1,501 |
| College - Glen | $1,501 |
| College Greens East | $1,501 |
| College Town | $1,501 |
| Folsom Estates | $1,501 |
| Glenbrook East | $1,501 |
| Glenbrook East Garden | $1,501 |
| Granite Regional Park | $1,501 |
| Hayden Estates | $1,501 |
| Larchmont Riviera | $1,501 |
| Manlove Estates | $1,501 |
| New Brighton | $1,501 |
| Power Ridge | $1,501 |
| Primrose | $1,501 |
| Rancho Rinconada | $1,501 |
| Rosedale | $1,501 |
| Rosemont | $1,501 |
| Sunrise | $1,501 |
| Florin Fruitridge Industrial Park | $1,492 |
| Rosswood | $1,487 |
| Arden Fair | $1,459 |
| Ben Ali | $1,459 |
| Cal Expo | $1,459 |
| Cannon Industrial Park | $1,459 |
| Erikson Industrial Park | $1,459 |
| Johnson Business Park | $1,459 |
| Noralto | $1,459 |
| Old North Sacramento | $1,459 |
| Point West | $1,459 |
| Richardson Village | $1,459 |
| South Hagginwood | $1,459 |
| Swanston Estates | $1,459 |
| Wills Acres | $1,459 |
| Woodlake | $1,459 |
| Hagginwood | $1,448 |
| Bacchini | $1,446 |
| Bandaccari Terrace | $1,446 |
| Beacon Creek | $1,446 |
| Brittany Park | $1,446 |
| Cambridge South | $1,446 |
| Camellia Village | $1,446 |
| Cedarwood | $1,446 |
| Cottonwood Country | $1,446 |
| Cottonwood Estates | $1,446 |
| Country Park South | $1,446 |
| Countryside | $1,446 |
| Danbury Park | $1,446 |
| Depot Park | $1,446 |
| Esau Gardner | $1,446 |
| Florin Estates | $1,446 |
| Florin Glen | $1,446 |
| Florin Terrace | $1,446 |
| Florintown | $1,446 |
| Fowler Estates | $1,446 |
| Glen Ivy | $1,446 |
| Golden Meadows | $1,446 |
| Kensington Village | $1,446 |
| Lindale | $1,446 |
| Lindale Meadows | $1,446 |
| Morrison Creek | $1,446 |
| Nottingham | $1,446 |
| Olympia | $1,446 |
| Scottsdale | $1,446 |
| Scottsdale East | $1,446 |
| Scottsdale Greens | $1,446 |
| Scottsdale Meadows | $1,446 |
| South Country | $1,446 |
| South Woods | $1,446 |
| Southfield | $1,446 |
| Stevenson Estates | $1,446 |
| Sunnywoods South | $1,446 |
| Sunrise Florin | $1,446 |
| Sunrise Greens | $1,446 |
| Sunrise Willowood | $1,446 |
| Tamarindo | $1,446 |
| Tokay Park | $1,446 |
| Vintage Meadows | $1,446 |
| Weyand Industrial | $1,446 |
| Willowood Cottages | $1,446 |
| Sierra Oaks | $1,444 |
| Almond Tree | $1,425 |
| Aspen | $1,425 |
| Bradshaw Woods | $1,425 |
| Bradview Business Park | $1,425 |
| Briarwood | $1,425 |
| Centennial Estates | $1,425 |
| Colonial Estates | $1,425 |
| Cordova Palms | $1,425 |
| Cordovan Mobile Home Estates | $1,425 |
| Ellenwood Court | $1,425 |
| Gold Creek | $1,425 |
| Jordan Estates | $1,425 |
| Kimberly Manor | $1,425 |
| Larchmont Butterfield | $1,425 |
| Larchmont Countryroads | $1,425 |
| Larchmont Riviera East | $1,425 |
| Lincoln Village | $1,425 |
| Millrose | $1,425 |
| Premier Garden | $1,425 |
| Sunrise Countryside | $1,425 |
| Tiffany Cordova | $1,425 |
| Woodbridge East | $1,425 |
| Del Paso Heights | $1,415 |
| East Del Paso Heights | $1,415 |
| Glenwood Meadows | $1,415 |
| Northpointe | $1,415 |
| Norwood I-80 | $1,415 |
| Norwood Tech | $1,415 |
| Parker Homes | $1,415 |
| Raley Industrial Park | $1,415 |
| Robla | $1,415 |
| Village Green | $1,415 |
| West Del Paso Heights | $1,415 |
| Youngs Heights | $1,415 |
| Arden Manor | $1,413 |
| Morse Estates | $1,413 |
| Rivara Woods | $1,413 |
| SCC | $1,411 |
| Upper Land Park | $1,411 |
| Arden Court | $1,382 |
| Arden Estates | $1,382 |
| Arden Highlands | $1,382 |
| Arden Square | $1,382 |
| Arden Terrace | $1,382 |
| Bell Arden | $1,382 |
| Bell Oaks | $1,382 |
| Bella Villa | $1,382 |
| Belmont | $1,382 |
| Beverly Terrace | $1,382 |
| Campus | $1,382 |
| Carro Village | $1,382 |
| Casitas Arden | $1,382 |
| Clarendon Heights | $1,382 |
| Commerce Gardens | $1,382 |
| Drayton Heights | $1,382 |
| Exeter Square | $1,382 |
| Francis Acres | $1,382 |
| Hurley Place | $1,382 |
| La Hacienda | $1,382 |
| Loretto Heights | $1,382 |
| Park Hills Estates | $1,382 |
| Patrician Plaza | $1,382 |
| Pavilions Place | $1,382 |
| Pelisades Sierra Oaks | $1,382 |
| Professional Village | $1,382 |
| Rio Del Oro | $1,382 |
| Santa Anita | $1,382 |
| Timberlake | $1,382 |
| Walnut View Estates | $1,382 |
| Wright Terrace | $1,382 |
| Hillsdale | $1,355 |
| Hillsdale Oaks | $1,355 |
| Kirkland Place | $1,355 |
| Larchmont Chardonnay | $1,355 |
| Larchmont Foothills | $1,355 |
| Madison Meadows | $1,355 |
| Pepperwood | $1,355 |
| Ridge Point | $1,355 |
| Ridge Point Colony | $1,355 |
| Shasta Gardens | $1,355 |
| Wood Leaf Village | $1,355 |
| Capital Estates Park | $1,350 |
| Flemings Highway Farms | $1,350 |
| Suncountry | $1,350 |
| Willow Wood | $1,350 |
| Windgate | $1,350 |
| Glen Elder | $1,340 |
| Southeast Village | $1,340 |
| Acacia Meadows | $1,332 |
| Bowling Green | $1,332 |
| Crestgate Lendale | $1,332 |
| Delta Pointe | $1,332 |
| El Dorado West | $1,332 |
| Florin Center West | $1,332 |
| Florinwood | $1,332 |
| Holiday Mobile Village | $1,332 |
| Orange Park Cove | $1,332 |
| Parkway | $1,332 |
| Parkway Estates | $1,332 |
| Parkway North | $1,332 |
| Tanglewood | $1,332 |
| Valley Hi - North Laguna | $1,332 |
| Sierra Meadows | $1,327 |
| Foothill Farms | $1,321 |
| Arcade Oaks Terrace | $1,293 |
| Belmont Estates | $1,293 |
| Brookside | $1,293 |
| Country Squire Estates | $1,293 |
| Green Tree | $1,293 |
| Haggin Park | $1,293 |
| Huntington Oaks | $1,293 |
| Independence Estates | $1,293 |
| Madison Park | $1,293 |
| Madison Villa Estates | $1,293 |
| Madison Woods | $1,293 |
| Merrihill Terrace | $1,293 |
| Oak Creek Estates | $1,293 |
| Overbrook | $1,293 |
| Palmgate | $1,293 |
| Pasadena Estates | $1,293 |
| River College Square | $1,293 |
| Spruce Gardens | $1,293 |
| Summerhill Estates | $1,293 |
| Whisperwoods | $1,293 |
| Willow Rock | $1,293 |
| Del Paso Manor | $1,269 |
| Foothill Oaks | $1,258 |
| Dean Estates | $1,222 |
| Del Paso Park | $1,222 |
| Evergreen Estates | $1,222 |
| Avondale | $1,198 |
| Bullard | $1,198 |
| Cloverdale Park | $1,198 |
| Country Place | $1,198 |
| Danielle Place | $1,198 |
| El Paraiso Estates | $1,198 |
| Elder Creek | $1,198 |
| Fruitridge Vista | $1,198 |
| Pacific Terrace | $1,198 |
| Sandra Heights | $1,198 |
| South City Farms | $1,198 |
| Travelodge Mobile Home Park | $1,198 |
| Amberley Park | $1,186 |
| Anna Bell | $1,186 |
| Arcade Oaks | $1,186 |
| Bellview Village | $1,186 |
| Beyerford Heights | $1,186 |
| Bohemian Village | $1,186 |
| Braeburn Heights | $1,186 |
| Coppertree | $1,186 |
| Country Club | $1,186 |
| Country Club Cove | $1,186 |
| Country Club Estates | $1,186 |
| Country Club Grove | $1,186 |
| Country Club Vista | $1,186 |
| Cypress Park | $1,186 |
| Del Norte Oaks | $1,186 |
| Del Norte Woods | $1,186 |
| Del Paso Country Club | $1,186 |
| Eaglewood Terrace | $1,186 |
| Edison Estates | $1,186 |
| Edison Gardens | $1,186 |
| Engle Oaks | $1,186 |
| Eucalyptus Estates | $1,186 |
| Evergreen | $1,186 |
| Fairway Estates | $1,186 |
| Franciscan Woods | $1,186 |
| Fredericksville | $1,186 |
| Fulton Square | $1,186 |
| Gary Gardens | $1,186 |
| Gordon Terrace | $1,186 |
| Grandview | $1,186 |
| Greenwood Oaks | $1,186 |
| Greenwood Vale | $1,186 |
| Hazelwood | $1,186 |
| Houser | $1,186 |
| Larchmont Whitney | $1,186 |
| Marconi | $1,186 |
| Mira Loma Estates | $1,186 |
| Mission Estates | $1,186 |
| Montclaire Gardens | $1,186 |
| New Broadmoor Estates | $1,186 |
| Olive Glen | $1,186 |
| Parkland Estates | $1,186 |
| Parkview Terrace | $1,186 |
| Penland Park | $1,186 |
| Philanor Acres | $1,186 |
| Ravenwood | $1,186 |
| Rio Tinto Acres | $1,186 |
| Robie Lee Manor | $1,186 |
| Sierra View | $1,186 |
| Somerset Place | $1,186 |
| Sunshine | $1,186 |
| Terry Lynn Terrace | $1,186 |
| Thornwood Estates | $1,186 |
| Thornwood Terrace | $1,186 |
| Town Country Estates | $1,186 |
| Vienna Woods | $1,186 |
| Village Terrace | $1,186 |
| Vista Del Verde | $1,186 |
| Whitney Meadows | $1,186 |
| Land Park | $1,031 |
| Airport | $997 |
| Brentwood | $997 |
| Carleton | $997 |
| Freeport Manor | $997 |
| Golf Course Terrace | $997 |
| Hollywood Park | $997 |
| Little Pocket | $997 |
| Mangan Park | $997 |
| Meadowview | $997 |
| Woodbine | $997 |
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The most affordable neighborhoods in Sacramento are Airport, where the average rent goes for $997/month, Brentwood, where renters pay $997/mo on average, and Carleton, where the average rent goes for $997/mo. If you’re looking for other great deals, check out the listings from Freeport Manor ($997), Golf Course Terrace ($997), and Hollywood Park ($997), where the asking prices are below the average Sacramento rent of $1,533/mo.
The most expensive neighborhoods in Sacramento are Tallac Village ($2,677), West Tahoe Park ($2,677) and River Park ($3,127).
The most popular neighborhood in Sacramento is Downtown Sacramento, where there are 6 verified RENTCafé listings with an average rent of $1,928. Next up is Pocket, where apartments go for $1,636/month, followed by Greenhaven with $1,636 If you’re looking to rent in Sacramento’s most popular neighborhoods, make sure to also check out South Natomas, where renters pay $1,623 on average, and Midtown - Winn Park - Capital, where the average monthly rent is $2,148.
Sacramento | Rent Comparison by Neighborhood
Rent in Acacia Meadows is 34% higher than in Airport
$1,332
Acacia Meadows rent is 13% lower than Sacramento average
| Average Rent | $1,332 |
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$997
Airport rent is 35% lower than Sacramento average
| Average Rent | $997 |
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How Sacramento Compares to Other Cities
| Average Rent | Y-o-Y Change | |
|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles | $2,354 | -6% |
| San Francisco | $2,999 | -18% |
| East Bay | $2,307 | -2% |
| San Diego | $2,179 | -2% |
| Palo Alto | $2,940 | -11% |
| Sacramento | $1,533 | 7% |
| Davis | $2,214 | 3% |
| Stockton | $1,318 | 8% |
| Roseville | $1,867 | 8% |
| Citrus Heights | $1,460 | 7% |
| Elk Grove | $1,877 | 7% |
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The rental statistics on this page were compiled using data provided by our sister company, Yardi Matrix, an apartment market intelligence solution which offers comprehensive information on all Sacramento apartment buildings 50 units or larger. Yardi Matrix covers ~80% of the U.S. metro area population, including over 80,000 properties and 15.2 million apartments across 124 U.S. markets.