ParkwayCA
15,397 people call this town in California home.
Is Parkway a good place to live?
The weak point is health — residents are less healthy than 83% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Incomes are weaker too: the median household income is $64K, and 22% of residents live below the poverty line. A typical home there costs about $375K, 3.9 years of the Sacramento metro’s $97K median household income. Walkability is its strong suit (A): it is more walkable than 90% of U.S. towns. All told, that adds up to a C− overall and a rank of 479th of 841 in California. On that grade it does better than 22% of U.S. towns. Nearly a quarter of residents live below the poverty line in Parkway, where California’s towns sit at 10% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. On hazard risk, just 3 of California’s 1,064 towns do better.
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · home values, Zillow · FEMA National Risk Index.
What makes Parkway stand out
Where Parkway beats most towns.
97% of working residents leave Parkway for work
Where Parkway’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Parkway grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within California), ordered by how far Parkway 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 Parkway. Close and well known come first.
5 mi State parkSutter's Fort
4 mi Stadium & arenaHornet Stadium
11 mi Stadium & arenaARCO Arena
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 · 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 Parkway: who provides what
Parkway 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 Parkway.
Parkway carries less natural-hazard risk than nearly all of California (mostly earthquakes) and has property taxes about half the California norm, but it has poverty well above the California rate.
Parkway stands out in California and nationally, with more of its adults who sleep under 7 hours
Parkway: 35% of adults have obesity. Against the California average, Parkway comes out ahead on 1 CDC measures out of 32, and behind on 25. Two figures for adults in the town: 44% feel lonely, 32% worry about having enough food.
| Parkway | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 22% | 19% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 44% | 36% | 33% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 16% | 14% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 67% | 72% | 79% |
| What stands out | Parkway | CA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 4.7% | 6.4% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 20.2% | 10.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Public schools in Parkway fall behind 54% of California districts
One of its 3 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed. Its public schools are run by the Sacramento City Unified school district. The 3 public schools in Parkway teach 1,773 students between them.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowling Green ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–6 | Grades K–6 | 685 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CA on state tests and graduation
Compared with most of California and the rest of the country, the FEMA risk score in Parkway is lower
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 100% of California towns, with expected losses of about $136 per resident a year; that rating is what its A for hazard risk is built on.
Paid flood insurance claims in Parkway since 1983: 64. Expected losses in Parkway break down as 53% from earthquakes and 42% from inland flooding.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
With only 0.7 jobs per working resident, most people in Parkway work out of town
The top destinations are Sacramento (29%), Elk Grove (5%) and Florin (4%). Commuting out is the norm in Parkway: 3% of working residents work locally. The share of residents in Parkway who live below the poverty line: 23%. Half the trips to work are shorter than 10 miles.
| Parkway | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 23% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $64,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.5% | 6.6% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 25 minutes | 28 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Parkway keeps 2.7% of its land conserved
1.0 miles of trail in 6 parks and preserves. Parkway’s density of trails stands at 0.4 miles per square mile. Parks and preserves in the town: 6, covering 39 acres.
| Parkway | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 1.0 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2.7% | 4.3% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Florin Creek Park | 0.6 mi | 16 |
| 2. Nicholas Park | — | 9 |
| 3. Bowling Green Park | — | 6 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The median home in Parkway sells for about $417K
The median property tax bill is $2,207, against $5,124 across California, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
On the market in Parkway: a median 22 days to sell. 46% of households own their home here. Its typical rent comes in at $1,517 a month.
| Parkway | California towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 46% | 64% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,517 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 Parkway
Colleges nearby
8 within 15 miles of the center of Parkway
About 6 of every 100 Parkway residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across California.
About Parkway
Census-designated place in California, United States
Parkway is a Census-designated place in Sacramento County, California, United States. The 2020 United States census reported Parkway's population was 15,962. Prior to the 2010 United States census, Parkway was grouped with Fruitridge Pocket and Lemon Hill in the Parkway-South Sacramento, California CDP.
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- Area
- 2.4 sq mi
- Elevation
- 20 ft
Parkway’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Parkway.
| Town | CA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parkway | #479 | C− | C | — | B− | C− |
| Sacramento | #509 | C− | D | D | B− | B |
| Florin | #328 | C+ | C | — | B+ | C |
| Lemon Hill | #513 | C− | C+ | — | B− | D |
Parkway, Florin and Lemon Hill report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Parkway with a neighbor →
Questions about Parkway
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Parkway, CA a good place to live?
Parkway grades C− overall, better than 22% of U.S. towns and #479 of 841 in California. It grades C− for health and B− for schools. Health is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Parkway, CA expensive?
The typical home is worth about $375,000, 51% 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.