FlorinCA
A city of 50,211, settled in 1869.
Is Florin a good place to live?
Florin is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C+ overall, ranked 328th of 841 in California, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is schools: its schools rank ahead of 72% of California towns. Expect to pay for it: the typical home is worth about $416K, 4.3 years of the Sacramento metro’s $97K median household income. Only 31 of California’s 1,064 towns score higher on hazard risk. Florin is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns.
What makes Florin stand out
Where Florin beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Samuel Kennedy Elementary | K–6 | 883 |
| David Reese Elementary | K–6 | 769 |
| Anna Kirchgater Elementary | K–6 | 738 |
Florin has grown 10% from 2010 to 2020
47,513 counted in 2010 and 52,388 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Florin grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far Florin is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Sutter's Fort and 38 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Florin. Close and well known come first.
7 mi State parkSutter's Fort
5 mi Stadium & arenaHornet Stadium
13 mi Stadium & arenaARCO Arena
8 mi State parkGovernor's Mansion State Historic Park
9 mi MuseumCalifornia State Railroad Museum500K visitors a year
8 mi State parkLeland Stanford Mansion State Historic ParkPhoto credits
Sutter's Fort: Ian Howard, CC BY 2.5 · Hornet Stadium: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0 · ARCO Arena: CLopez63, CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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 Florin: who provides what
Florin 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 Florin.
Florin carries less natural-hazard risk than nearly all of California (mostly inland flooding), has property taxes about half the California norm and has added a third more jobs in ten years.
Florin earns a C for cost of living
The median property tax bill is $2,382, against $5,124 across California, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
56% of Florin households own their home, below both California’s towns (64%) and U.S. towns (73%). Florin’s median rent is $1,622 a month. The typical Florin home is worth about $416,000, up 1.5% in a year, 45% below the California typical home.
| Florin | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 56% | 64% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,622 a month | $1,898 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Florin earns a B+ for schools
Its public schools are run by the Elk Grove Unified school district. Two of its 12 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel Kennedy ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–6 | Grades K–6 | 883 | D |
| FortuneLargest public high schoolGrades K–12 | Grades K–12 | 1,698 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CA on state tests and graduation
About one in three of Florin’s working residents commute to Sacramento
Jobs based here grew from 10,241 in 2013 to 14,363.
Most working residents leave Florin for work: only 7% work in town. 16% of Florin residents live below the poverty line, against 10% in California’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. Since 2013, Florin has added 4,122 jobs, to 14,363 in 2023.
| Florin | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 16% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $71,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 9.6% | 14% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
A larger share of adults in Florin sleep under 7 hours than in the typical California or U.S. town
42% of Florin adults sleep under 7 hours. Florin beats the California average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 20. 12% of Florin adults binge drink.
| Florin | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 36% | 33% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 16% | 16% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 22% | 19% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 16% | 14% |
| What stands out | Florin | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 11.6% | 15.3% |
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5.2% | 6.4% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 17.2% | 10.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Florin has mild winters and hot summers
Florin has mild winters and hot summers, with very little rain. The July high in Florin is 94°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Inland flooding leads a low hazard risk in Florin
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 96% of California towns, with expected losses of about $150 per resident a year; that rating is what its B for hazard risk is built on.
Since 1995, 13 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Florin.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Florin has set aside 2.3% of its land for conservation
2.3 miles of trail in 13 parks and preserves.
| Florin | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 1.0 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2.3% | 4.3% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Sheldon Park | 0.6 mi | 12 |
| 2. Woody Hampton Park | 0.4 mi | 14 |
| 3. Countryside Community Park | — | 11 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Florin
Colleges nearby
8 within 15 miles of the center of Florin
About 7 of every 100 Florin residents are enrolled in college, about the same as California.
93% of working residents leave Florin for work
Where Florin’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Florin
Census-designated place in California, United States
Florin is a census-designated place (CDP) in Sacramento County, California, United States. It is part of the Sacramento metropolitan area. The population was 52,388 at the 2020 census, up from 47,513 at the 2010 census and 27,653 at the 2000 census.
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- Area
- 8.7 sq mi
- Elevation
- 33 ft
Florin’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Florin.
| Town | CA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florin | #328 | C+ | C | — | B+ | C |
| Sacramento | #509 | C− | D | D | B− | B |
| Parkway | #479 | C− | C | — | B− | C− |
| Vineyard | #241 | C+ | D | — | B+ | B |
| Elk Grove | #154 | B | D− | B− | B+ | A− |
Florin, Parkway and Vineyard report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Florin with a neighbor →
Questions about Florin
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Florin, CA a good place to live?
Florin grades C+ overall, better than 35% of U.S. towns and #328 of 841 in California. It grades C for health and B+ for schools.
Is Florin, CA expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.