Arden-ArcadeCA
A city of 94,994.
Is Arden-Arcade a good place to live?
Arden-Arcade is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C overall, 406th among California's 841 graded towns, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is schools: its schools rank ahead of 54% of California towns. Expect to pay for it: the typical home is worth about $560K, 5.8 years of the Sacramento metro’s $97K median household income. Arden-Arcade is more walkable than 93% of U.S. towns. Only 83 of California’s 1,064 towns score higher on hazard risk. The biggest place to walk is American River Parkway, 299 acres with 6.2 miles of trail.
What makes Arden-Arcade stand out
Where Arden-Arcade beats most towns.
How Arden-Arcade grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far Arden-Arcade is from typical.
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Sutter's Fort and 35 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Arden-Arcade. Close and well known come first.
5 mi State parkSutter's Fort
8 mi Stadium & arenaARCO Arena
4 mi Stadium & arenaHornet Stadium
6 mi State parkGovernor's Mansion State Historic Park
7 mi MuseumCalifornia State Railroad Museum500K visitors a year
6 mi State parkLeland Stanford Mansion State Historic ParkPhoto credits
Sutter's Fort: Ian Howard, CC BY 2.5 · ARCO Arena: CLopez63, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hornet Stadium: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0 · Governor's Mansion State Historic Park: Mark James Miller, CC BY 3.0 · California State Railroad Museum: The original uploader was Swampyank at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0 · Leland Stanford Mansion State Historic Park: M.Mierzwa. MCalamari at en.wikipedia, Public domain
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Moving to Arden-Arcade: who provides what
Arden-Arcade is unincorporated, so Sacramento County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Arden-Arcade.
Arden-Arcade carries less natural-hazard risk than nearly all of California (mostly inland flooding), has hotter summers than nearly all U.S. towns and trades workers with Sacramento and other neighbors.
3.3% of Arden-Arcade is conserved land
17 miles of trail in 19 parks and preserves. Arden-Arcade’s trail density is 1.1 miles per square mile, where California’s towns sit at 1.0 and U.S. towns at 0.4.
| Arden-Arcade | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 1.1 miles per square mile | 1.0 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.3% | 4.3% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. American River Parkway | 6.2 mi | 299 |
| 2. Howe Park | 1.7 mi | 39 |
| 3. Bohemian Park | 0.4 mi | 10 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Arden-Arcade earns a B− for schools
Its public schools are run by the San Juan Unified school district. Three of its 33 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arden MiddleLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 1,010 | C− |
| Rio Americano HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,891 | A− |
| Mira Loma HighTop results in townGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,655 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CA on state tests and graduation
Mild winters and hot summers in Arden-Arcade
July afternoons average 94.5°, hotter than in 95% of U.S. towns; January nights average 39.2°.
Arden-Arcade has mild winters and hot summers, with very little rain. Arden-Arcade’s July high is 95°F, above both California’s towns (89°F) and U.S. towns (85°F). Arden-Arcade’s January low is 39°F.
| Arden-Arcade | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| July high | 95°F | 89°F | 85°F |
| January low | 39°F | 41°F | 22°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
About one in three of Arden-Arcade’s working residents commute to Sacramento
Arden-Arcade has about as many jobs (38,565) as working residents, but only 3,129 people both live and work here.
Most working residents leave Arden-Arcade for work: only 9% work in town. 17% of Arden-Arcade residents live below the poverty line. The top destinations are Sacramento (30%), Roseville (5%) and Rancho Cordova (4%).
| Arden-Arcade | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 17% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 18% | 14% | 11% |
| Median household income | $77,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
An age mix much like California’s
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the California average. 39% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Arden-Arcade.
| Arden-Arcade | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 39% | 29% | 29% |
| Median age | 37.2 years | 39.1 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 23% | 22% | 22% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±1.2 points). Across California, 50.1% of residents are women. Median age: women 38.8, men 35.4.
| Arden-Arcade | CA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 13.7% | 11.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.2% | 10.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.6% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 16.7% | 14.8% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.8% | 13.9% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.3% | 12.5% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 10.4% | 12.1% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 9.6% | 9.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.7% | 6.5% | 7% |
| No diploma | 10.1% | 15.3% | 10.4% |
| High school | 20% | 20.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 22.1% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.3% | 7.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 23.3% | 22.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 15.2% | 14.4% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Moderate risk in Arden-Arcade, with inland flooding at the top
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 90% of California towns, with expected losses of about $251 per resident a year; that rating is what its C+ for hazard risk is built on.
Since 1986, 181 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Arden-Arcade. The FEMA risk score in Arden-Arcade is 54 of 100.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
On CDC estimates, Arden-Arcade is healthier than 50% of U.S. towns
Arden-Arcade beats the California average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 11.
| Arden-Arcade | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 36% | 33% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 71% | 72% | 79% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 17% | 17% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 22% | 23% |
| What stands out | Arden-Arcade | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 9.3% | 10.6% |
| More adults screened for colon cancer | 62.2% | 57.5% |
| More adults with COPD | 6.9% | 5.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Arden-Arcade earns a D for cost of living
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Arden-Arcade
Colleges nearby
9 within 15 miles of the center of Arden-Arcade
About 7 of every 100 Arden-Arcade residents are enrolled in college, about the same as California.
About Arden-Arcade
Census-designated place in California, United States
Arden-Arcade is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sacramento County, California, United States. The population was 94,659 at the 2020 census, making it the second most populous census-designated place in California. It is east of the city of Sacramento and west of the community of Carmichael. Arden-Arcade is a principal locality of the Sacramento metropolitan area.
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- Area
- 18 sq mi
- Elevation
- 56 ft
Arden-Arcade’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Arden-Arcade.
| Town | CA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arden-Arcade | #406 | C | D | — | B− | B− |
| Sacramento | #509 | C− | D | D | B− | B |
| Carmichael | #244 | C+ | D | — | B− | B+ |
| La Riviera | #111 | B+ | C− | — | B | B+ |
| North Highlands | #442 | C | C | — | B− | C |
Arden-Arcade, Carmichael, La Riviera and North Highlands report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Arden-Arcade with a neighbor →
Questions about Arden-Arcade
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Arden-Arcade, CA a good place to live?
Arden-Arcade grades C overall, better than 29% of U.S. towns and #406 of 841 in California. It grades B− for health and B− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Arden-Arcade, CA expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $560,000, 26% below the California typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.