What is the Best Neighborhoods USA ranking for Sierra Oaks?
Sierra Oaks is ranked #9 of 101 eligible neighborhoods in Sacramento; #292 of 1,814 eligible neighborhoods in CA; and #3,192 of 14,967 eligible neighborhoods in the United States.
Neighborhood Profile
Sierra Oaks
Sacramento, CA | Sacramento County
Scored premium profile
Best Neighborhoods USA Index
62.6
Stability and Strength
60.5
Value Opportunity
49.6
Momentum
84.2
Score note: Rankings show denominators so users always see the size of the eligible cohort.
| Context | Value |
|---|---|
| Location | Sacramento, CA |
| County | Sacramento County |
| National rank | #3,192 of 14,967 |
| State rank | #292 of 1,814 |
| City rank | #9 of 101 |
| County rank | #18 of 144 |
| National percentile | 78.7 |
| National band | TOP_25_PERCENT |
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Housing and local fundamentals
| Housing and market metrics | Value |
|---|---|
| Current Zillow home value | $827,286 |
| Year-over-year home value change | 4.2% |
| Month-over-month home value change | 0.62% |
| Home value to income ratio | 9.44 |
| Median household income | $87,618 |
| Bachelor's degree or higher | 54.3% |
| Civilian unemployment rate | 2.5% |
| Homeownership rate | 45.8% |
| Housing vacancy rate | 0.8% |
| Rent burden 30% or higher | 58.5% |
How to read this profile
- Ranks are always shown with denominators.
- Momentum reflects both year-over-year and month-over-month housing change.
- Stability and Strength and Value Opportunity are governed composite scores.
- Identity composition is descriptive intelligence and is not a scoring component.
Questions and Answers
Questions About Living in Sierra Oaks
Is Sierra Oaks one of the best neighborhoods in Sacramento?
Sierra Oaks has a Best Neighborhoods USA Index of 62.6 and a city ranking of #9 of 101 eligible neighborhoods in Sacramento.
How much are homes worth in Sierra Oaks?
The current Zillow Home Value Index for Sierra Oaks is approximately $827,286.
Are home values rising or falling in Sierra Oaks?
Zillow neighborhood values changed 4.2% year over year and 0.62% month over month.
What is the Neighborhood Momentum Score for Sierra Oaks?
Sierra Oaks has a Neighborhood Momentum Score of 84.2. Momentum is 70% year-over-year and 30% month-over-month Zillow housing change.
What is the median household income in Sierra Oaks?
The NDS-derived neighborhood median household income is approximately $87,618.
How affordable is Sierra Oaks relative to household income?
The current Zillow home-value-to-household-income ratio is 9.44. Price-to-income affordability is a major Value Opportunity input.
Is Sierra Oaks primarily homeowners or renters?
The NDS-derived homeownership rate is approximately 45.8%.
What is the unemployment rate in Sierra Oaks?
The NDS-derived civilian unemployment rate is approximately 2.5%.
How educated are residents of Sierra Oaks?
Approximately 54.3% of residents age 25 and older are estimated to have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What share of renters in Sierra Oaks face high rent burden?
Approximately 58.5% of the applicable renter-household universe is estimated to spend 30% or more of household income on gross rent.
How does Best Neighborhoods USA score Sierra Oaks?
The overall index combines 40% Stability and Strength, 35% Value Opportunity, and 25% Momentum. Race, ethnicity, and identity composition are not scoring components.
Governed ranking context
How this neighborhood ranks
HMDA Mortgage Intelligence
Neighborhood Mortgage Market
Modeled neighborhood-level mortgage activity allocated from governed HMDA tract data using Zillow neighborhood geometry. These neighborhood values are nonadditive and do not enter the Best Neighborhoods USA Index.
Activity year2024
Estimated applications48
Estimated originations32
Home-purchase applications23
Origination rate66.7%
Home-purchase share47.1%
Average application loan$618,897
Total application loan amount$29,992,104
National application rank#7,358 of 14,874 rankable neighborhoods
Geometry coverage100.0%
Recent trend: Applications 35.6% YoY; originations 42.3% YoY
Mortgage methodology
HMDA is natively reported at tract and other lender-reporting geographies, not Zillow neighborhood or ZIP geography. This module uses the certified NDS HMDA-to-Zillow tract-vintage crosswalk and area-weighted allocation. Rankings require governed geometry coverage. Applicant demographics are excluded. Neighborhood values may overlap and must not be summed to reconstruct ZIP or national totals.