Foothill FarmsCA
A town of 36,435.
Is Foothill Farms a good place to live?
Foothill Farms is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C− overall, 472nd of 841 graded towns in California, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is schools: its public schools beat 42% of California towns on state tests and graduation. Expect to pay for it: homes are expensive, about $414K for a typical one and 4.3 times the Sacramento metro’s $97K median household income. Foothill Farms’ midsummer high is 95°F, where California’s towns sit at 89°F and U.S. towns at 85°F. Only 6 of California’s 1,064 towns score higher on hazard risk. Foothill Farms is more walkable than 77% of U.S. towns.
What makes Foothill Farms stand out
Where Foothill Farms beats most towns.
97% of working residents leave Foothill Farms for work
Where Foothill Farms’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Foothill Farms grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far Foothill Farms is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
ARCO Arena and 32 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Foothill Farms. Close and well known come first.
10 mi Stadium & arenaARCO Arena
10 mi State parkSutter's Fort
10 mi Stadium & arenaHornet Stadium
11 mi State parkGovernor's Mansion State Historic Park
11 mi MuseumCalifornia State Railroad Museum500K visitors a year
11 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 · 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 Foothill Farms: who provides what
Foothill Farms 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 Foothill Farms.
Foothill Farms carries less natural-hazard risk than nearly all of California (mostly inland flooding) and has hotter summers than nearly all U.S. towns, but it trails Antelope and its other neighbors on schools.
Foothill Farms has 0.3 jobs per working resident, so most workers leave town for work
Jobs based here grew from 2,875 in 2013 to 4,557.
18% of residents live below the poverty line in Foothill Farms. For most workers, Foothill Farms is a place to come home to: only 3% work in town. Employers in Foothill Farms added 1,682 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 4,557. Foothill Farms’ typical household income comes in at $68,000.
| Foothill Farms | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 18% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $68,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.9% | 6.6% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Public schools in Foothill Farms fall behind 58% of California districts
Each of its 4 graded neighbors has a higher School Grade than its C+, Antelope highest at A−.
Below: Two of its 10 schools, each with why it was picked. Its public schools are run by the Twin Rivers Unified school district. Also worth knowing: 6 public schools serve Foothill Farms, with 3,233 students in all.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodridge ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–6 | Grades K–6 | 814 | – |
| Foothill HighLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,417 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CA on state tests and graduation
The FEMA risk score in Foothill Farms is lower than in the typical California or U.S. town
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 99% of California towns, with expected losses of about $125 per resident a year; that rating is what its A− for hazard risk is built on.
Foothill Farms has had 9 paid flood insurance claims since 1986. Of the losses FEMA expects in the town, 69% come from inland flooding and 26% from earthquakes.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Foothill Farms, expect mild winters and hot summers
July afternoons average 95.1°, hotter than in 96% of U.S. towns; January nights average 39.1°.
Snowfall is close to zero. The January low for Foothill Farms comes to 39°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Foothill Farms stands out in California and nationally: a larger share of its adults have been diagnosed with depression
10% of Foothill Farms adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance. Among adults in the town, 68% had a checkup this year and 21% report frequent mental distress.
| Foothill Farms | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 36% | 33% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 68% | 72% | 79% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 17% | 17% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 40% | 35% | 36% |
| What stands out | Foothill Farms | CA |
|---|---|---|
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 11.1% | 7.3% |
| More smokers | 15.9% | 10.9% |
| More adults with COPD | 7.1% | 5.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Foothill Farms keeps 3.4% of its land conserved
Across 9 parks and preserves: 1.6 miles of trail. The biggest park or preserve is Foothill Community Park, at 21 acres. Foothill Farms’ trail network density is 0.4 miles per square mile.
| Foothill Farms | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 1.0 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.4% | 4.3% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Foothill Community Park | 0.8 mi | 21 |
| 2. Robert Frost Park | 0.3 mi | 10 |
| 3. Tupelo Park | — | 7 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Homes in Foothill Farms sell for about $446K
The median property tax bill is $2,181, against $5,124 across California, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
The rent at the middle of the market in Foothill Farms is $1,695 a month. The share of households in Foothill Farms who own their home: 52%. A home in Foothill Farms typically sold within 10 days of listing.
| Foothill Farms | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 52% | 64% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,695 a month | $1,898 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Foothill Farms
Colleges nearby
9 within 15 miles of the center of Foothill Farms
About 6 of every 100 Foothill Farms residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across California.
About Foothill Farms
Census-designated place in California, United States
Foothill Farms is a census-designated place (CDP) and unincorporated community in Sacramento County, California, United States. It is part of the Sacramento metropolitan area. The population was 35,834 at the 2020 census, up from 33,121 at the 2010 census. Foothill Farms is part of the greater North Highlands-Foothill Farms community, and comprises the zip codes 95841 and 95842.
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- Area
- 4.2 sq mi
- Elevation
- 135 ft
Foothill Farms’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Foothill Farms.
All 4 graded towns on its borders grade higher than its C−; North Highlands (C) is closest.
| Town | CA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foothill Farms | #472 | C− | C− | — | C+ | C+ |
| North Highlands | #442 | C | C | — | B− | C |
| Antelope | #186 | B− | D | — | A− | B |
| Carmichael | #244 | C+ | D | — | B− | B+ |
| Citrus Heights | #407 | C | C− | C− | B− | B |
Foothill Farms, North Highlands, Antelope and Carmichael report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Foothill Farms with a neighbor →
Questions about Foothill Farms
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Foothill Farms, CA a good place to live?
Foothill Farms grades C− overall, better than 23% of U.S. towns and #472 of 841 in California. It grades C+ for health and C+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Foothill Farms, CA expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $414,000, 46% 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 C−.