Arden-Arcade vs Sacramento

A side-by-side comparison of Arden-Arcade and Sacramento: population, income, housing, and more.

Arden-Arcade and Sacramento are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sacramento has the higher population (524,802 vs 96,319 in Arden-Arcade). Sacramento has the higher median household income ($83,753 vs $71,767 in Arden-Arcade). Arden-Arcade has the higher median home value ($504,400 vs $484,600 in Sacramento).

Population, income & housing

	Arden-Arcade	Sacramento
Population	96,319	524,802
Median age	36.8 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$71,767	$83,753
Median home value	$504,400	$484,600
Median gross rent	$1,476	$1,694
Housing units	40,593	210,621
Homeownership rate	45.5%	51.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.4%	36.4%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arden-Arcade	Sacramento
Population	102,864 → 96,319 (-6.4%)	500,930 → 524,802 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$50,501 → $71,767 (+42.1%)	$62,335 → $83,753 (+34.4%)
Median home value	$367,700 → $504,400 (+37.2%)	$336,900 → $484,600 (+43.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,080 → $1,476 (+36.7%)	$1,263 → $1,694 (+34.1%)

Arden-Arcade

Population

102,86496,319

Median household income

$50,501$71,767

Median home value

$367,700$504,400

Median gross rent

$1,080$1,476

Sacramento

Population

500,930524,802

Median household income

$62,335$83,753

Median home value

$336,900$484,600

Median gross rent

$1,263$1,694

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arden-Arcade	Sacramento
Under 5	6.6%	5.9%
5 to 17	16.8%	15.8%
18 to 24	7.6%	9.2%
25 to 34	16.7%	17.8%
35 to 44	13.8%	14.7%
45 to 54	11.1%	11.6%
55 to 64	10.4%	11.0%
65 to 74	9.5%	8.5%
75 and over	7.5%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arden-Arcade	Sacramento
White (non-Hispanic)	50.0%	30.2%
Black or African American	8.5%	11.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	11.2%	19.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	1.7%
Some other race	0.9%	0.6%
Two or more races	8.2%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	20.6%	29.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arden-Arcade	Sacramento
No high school diploma	11.3%	13.1%
High school graduate	20.8%	20.5%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.2%	22.9%
Graduate or professional degree	15.2%	13.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arden-Arcade	Sacramento
Drove alone	69.2%	65.5%
Carpooled	7.8%	9.0%
Public transit	1.6%	1.9%
Walked	1.8%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.7%	1.4%
Worked from home	16.2%	17.7%
Other means	2.6%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arden-Arcade	Sacramento
1-unit, detached	47.4%	59.6%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	6.9%
2 to 4 units	9.7%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	14.3%	13.0%
20 or more units	20.6%	10.7%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Arden-Arcade	Sacramento
Poverty rate	18.5%	14.4%
Average household size	2.46	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	26	26
Median year structure built	1966	1976