Rancho Cordova vs Sacramento

A side-by-side comparison of Rancho Cordova and Sacramento: population, income, housing, and more.

Rancho Cordova 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 80,656 in Rancho Cordova). Rancho Cordova has the higher median household income ($89,120 vs $83,753 in Sacramento). Sacramento has the higher median home value ($484,600 vs $451,400 in Rancho Cordova).

Population, income & housing

	Rancho Cordova	Sacramento
Population	80,656	524,802
Median age	35.4 yrs	35.7 yrs
Median household income	$89,120	$83,753
Median home value	$451,400	$484,600
Median gross rent	$1,698	$1,694
Housing units	28,694	210,621
Homeownership rate	57.2%	51.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.0%	36.4%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rancho Cordova	Sacramento
Population	73,147 → 80,656 (+10.3%)	500,930 → 524,802 (+4.8%)
Median household income	$65,307 → $89,120 (+36.5%)	$62,335 → $83,753 (+34.4%)
Median home value	$299,800 → $451,400 (+50.6%)	$336,900 → $484,600 (+43.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,212 → $1,698 (+40.1%)	$1,263 → $1,694 (+34.1%)

Rancho Cordova

Population

73,14780,656

Median household income

$65,307$89,120

Median home value

$299,800$451,400

Median gross rent

$1,212$1,698

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)

	Rancho Cordova	Sacramento
Under 5	7.6%	5.9%
5 to 17	18.2%	15.8%
18 to 24	7.7%	9.2%
25 to 34	15.9%	17.8%
35 to 44	14.7%	14.7%
45 to 54	12.5%	11.6%
55 to 64	11.4%	11.0%
65 to 74	7.3%	8.5%
75 and over	4.8%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rancho Cordova	Sacramento
White (non-Hispanic)	46.5%	30.2%
Black or African American	10.6%	11.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	14.2%	19.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.8%	1.7%
Some other race	0.4%	0.6%
Two or more races	5.9%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	21.3%	29.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rancho Cordova	Sacramento
No high school diploma	10.7%	13.1%
High school graduate	22.4%	20.5%
Some college or associate's	35.8%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.1%	22.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	13.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rancho Cordova	Sacramento
Drove alone	65.6%	65.5%
Carpooled	11.1%	9.0%
Public transit	1.1%	1.9%
Walked	1.4%	2.7%
Bicycle	0.6%	1.4%
Worked from home	18.2%	17.7%
Other means	2.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rancho Cordova	Sacramento
1-unit, detached	61.3%	59.6%
1-unit, attached	8.2%	6.9%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	8.9%	13.0%
20 or more units	11.4%	10.7%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	1.8%

Poverty & households

	Rancho Cordova	Sacramento
Poverty rate	11.2%	14.4%
Average household size	2.89	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1979	1976