Citrus Heights vs Sacramento

A side-by-side comparison of Citrus Heights and Sacramento: population, income, housing, and more.

Citrus Heights 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 87,036 in Citrus Heights). Sacramento has the higher median household income ($83,753 vs $77,167 in Citrus Heights). Sacramento has the higher median home value ($484,600 vs $432,100 in Citrus Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Citrus Heights	Sacramento
Population	87,036	524,802
Median age	38.3 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$77,167	$83,753
Median home value	$432,100	$484,600
Median gross rent	$1,764	$1,694
Housing units	34,977	210,621
Homeownership rate	60.3%	51.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.2%	36.4%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Citrus Heights	Sacramento
Population	87,373 → 87,036 (-0.4%)	500,930 → 524,802 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$62,276 → $77,167 (+23.9%)	$62,335 → $83,753 (+34.4%)
Median home value	$297,700 → $432,100 (+45.1%)	$336,900 → $484,600 (+43.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,260 → $1,764 (+40.0%)	$1,263 → $1,694 (+34.1%)

Citrus Heights

Population

87,37387,036

Median household income

$62,276$77,167

Median home value

$297,700$432,100

Median gross rent

$1,260$1,764

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)

	Citrus Heights	Sacramento
Under 5	5.4%	5.9%
5 to 17	14.9%	15.8%
18 to 24	7.7%	9.2%
25 to 34	17.3%	17.8%
35 to 44	12.3%	14.7%
45 to 54	11.4%	11.6%
55 to 64	12.8%	11.0%
65 to 74	10.8%	8.5%
75 and over	7.5%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Citrus Heights	Sacramento
White (non-Hispanic)	66.8%	30.2%
Black or African American	2.9%	11.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	4.2%	19.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	1.7%
Some other race	0.4%	0.6%
Two or more races	5.5%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	19.5%	29.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Citrus Heights	Sacramento
No high school diploma	9.3%	13.1%
High school graduate	26.4%	20.5%
Some college or associate's	42.2%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	22.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	13.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Citrus Heights	Sacramento
Drove alone	71.0%	65.5%
Carpooled	9.4%	9.0%
Public transit	1.5%	1.9%
Walked	1.2%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.3%	1.4%
Worked from home	15.3%	17.7%
Other means	1.4%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Citrus Heights	Sacramento
1-unit, detached	58.6%	59.6%
1-unit, attached	9.0%	6.9%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	11.2%	13.0%
20 or more units	6.8%	10.7%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Citrus Heights	Sacramento
Poverty rate	9.8%	14.4%
Average household size	2.56	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1977	1976