Sacramento

Population & Demographics

Sacramento, CA

Sacramento is home to 528,706 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 229,950 resident workers commute each day.

CaliforniaCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
528,706
people
Population

528,706 residents

Median age 36.0 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Sacramento population & demographics

Who lives in Sacramento — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
528,706
Median age
36.0yrs
Median household income
$87,321
Median home value
$506,300
Median gross rent
$1,779/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
37.1%
Poverty rate
13.9%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Sacramento

How Sacramento breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

Hispanic or Latino29.4%
White29.3%
Asian20.1%
Black11.8%
Two or more races6.9%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander1.5%
Some other race0.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.2%

Race across Sacramento

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Sacramento.

Sacramento at a glance
Employed Residents
229,950
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
11.3mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
39.4%
Share working within the area
Work from home
19.7%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Rancho Cordova
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Sacramento proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Sacramento commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

56 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Sacramento

229,950 commutes, one dot at a time

Sacramento

Where 229,950 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Sacramento, by worker count.

1Sacramento0.0 mi90,491
2Rancho Cordova10.7 mi8,164
3West Sacramento3.6 mi7,932
4Elk Grove11.3 mi7,737
5Arden-Arcade5.4 mi7,506
6San Francisco76.7 mi6,458
7Roseville16.2 mi6,032
8Florin7.0 mi3,602

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Sacramento.

1Sacramento0.0 mi90,491
2Elk Grove11.3 mi24,522
3Arden-Arcade5.4 mi11,655
4Roseville16.2 mi9,981
5Rancho Cordova10.7 mi8,773
6Carmichael9.3 mi8,207
7West Sacramento3.6 mi7,755
8Florin7.0 mi6,858

Top industries

The sectors that employ Sacramento’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
PAPublic Administration24.5%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance20.2%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services8.0%
AFAccommodation and Food Services6.8%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services5.5%
EDEducational Services5.4%
RTRetail Trade5.4%
COConstruction4.1%
OSOther Services (except Public Administration)3.6%
Connectivity

Internet options for Sacramento

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

6 providers · 3 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps96%
5 Gbps83%
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Sacramento

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