ElvertaCA
A town of 4,769, settled in 1908.
Is Elverta a good place to live?
Elverta is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C− overall, 463rd of 841 graded towns in California, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is incomes: the median household earns $91K. Expect to pay for it: the typical home is worth about $506K, 5.2 years of the Sacramento metro’s $97K median household income. Elverta’s July high is 95°F, against 89°F in California’s towns and 85°F across U.S. towns. On hazard risk, just 63 of California’s 1,064 towns do better. The biggest place to walk is Gibson Ranch Regional Park, 296 acres with 1.5 miles of trail.
98% of working residents leave Elverta for work
Where Elverta’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Elverta grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far Elverta is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
ARCO Arena and 32 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Elverta. Close and well known come first.
6 mi Stadium & arenaARCO Arena
10 mi State parkSutter's Fort
10 mi State parkGovernor's Mansion State Historic Park
11 mi Stadium & arenaHornet Stadium
10 mi MuseumCalifornia State Railroad Museum500K visitors a year
10 mi State parkLeland Stanford Mansion State Historic ParkPhoto credits
ARCO Arena: CLopez63, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Sutter's Fort: Ian Howard, CC BY 2.5 · Governor's Mansion State Historic Park: Mark James Miller, CC BY 3.0 · Hornet Stadium: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0 · 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 Elverta: who provides what
Elverta 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 Elverta.
Elverta carries less natural-hazard risk than nearly all of California (mostly inland flooding), has hotter summers than nearly all U.S. towns and sends most of its workers to Sacramento and beyond.
For cost of living, Elverta earns a C−
81% of households own their home in Elverta. The typical Elverta home is worth about $506,000, up 3.3% in a year, 34% below the California typical home. The median rent in Elverta is $1,551 a month.
| Elverta | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 81% | 64% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,551 a month | $1,898 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Public schools in Elverta fall behind 53% of California districts
Its public schools are run by the Elverta Joint Elementary school district. One of its 2 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elverta ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 159 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CA on state tests and graduation
Most working residents commute out of Elverta
Elverta has 298 jobs for its 2,266 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Elverta for work: only 2% work in town. Since 2013, Elverta has added 41 jobs, to 298 in 2023. 6.8% of Elverta workers work from home.
| Elverta | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 6.8% | 14% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.9% | 6.6% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 8% | 10% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Gibson Ranch Regional Park | 1.5 mi | 296 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Mild winters and hot summers in Elverta
July afternoons average 95.2°, hotter than in 96% of U.S. towns; January nights average 39°.
Elverta has mild winters and hot summers, with very little rain. Elverta’s January low is 39°F. Snow is almost unheard of.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Inland flooding leads a moderate hazard risk in Elverta
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 93% of California towns, with expected losses of about $308 per resident a year; that rating is what its B− for hazard risk is built on.
Since 1982, 29 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Elverta.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Health in Elverta trails 51% of U.S. towns
Against the 9,831 U.S. towns with household incomes like Elverta’s, it is less healthy than 66%, so it trails even them.
Elverta beats the California average on 3 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 10.
| Elverta | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 70% | 72% | 79% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 36% | 33% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 22% | 23% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 17% | 17% |
| What stands out | Elverta | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 8.6% | 10.6% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 15% | 17.9% |
| More adults with COPD | 7.3% | 5.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Elverta
Colleges nearby
8 within 15 miles of the center of Elverta
About 5 of every 100 Elverta residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across California.
Elverta’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Elverta.
| Town | CA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elverta | #463 | C− | C− | — | B− | B− |
| Antelope | #186 | B− | D | — | A− | B |
| Rio Linda | #335 | C | C− | — | C+ | B− |
Elverta, Antelope and Rio Linda report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Elverta with a neighbor →
Questions about Elverta
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Elverta, CA a good place to live?
Elverta grades C− overall, better than 24% of U.S. towns and #463 of 841 in California. It grades B− for health and B− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Elverta, CA expensive?
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.