Downtown Sacramento, CA Real Estate

Located in California’s lush Central Valley, the city of Sacramento, generally known to locals as Downtown Sacramento, is the capital of the State of California and the county seat of Sacramento County. Sacramento is the seventh largest city in California, the oldest incorporated city in California and the core cultural and economic engine of a four-county metropolitan area.

Downtown Sacramento's residents can walk, ride, or take public transit to work, theatres, museums, or Downtown's many recreational opportunities. Over 15,000 people live in Downtown Sacramento and approximately 300,000 people live within 5 miles of Downtown. Downtown Sacramento offers everything from single-family homes and luxury apartments. Downtown neighborhoods include Southside Park, Alkali Flats, Mansion Flats, the R Street Corridor, Capitol Park, Northeast, the Waterfront, Dos Rios, and Midtown.

Location, weather and quality of life are just a few of the things that make Sacramento a great place to live and work. Sacramento repeatedly ranks in the top ten sunniest cities in the United States with 78% of its annual weather ‘sunny’. Rain typically only falls an average of 58 days from November to March with light showers tapering off in April.

Downtown is served by the Sacramento International Airport, only 10 minutes away; four major interstate highways (Interstate Highways 5, 50, 80, and 99); 9 light-rail stations provide convenient access from the outlying areas; an international deep water port, the Port of Sacramento; an AMTRAK station serving seven daily trains to the San Francisco Bay Area; the ninth busiest Greyhound station in the country; a clean, reliable regional bus system; and the Sacramento Marina and visitor boat docks in Old Sacramento.

Sacramento’s rich and vibrant history goes back to 1849 when its citizens adopted a charter. The California State Legislature officially moved to Sacramento in 1854 and at the 1879 Constitutional Convention, Sacramento was named the permanent State Capital.
Sacramento quickly prospered and became a city rich from gold with some help from the California Gold Rush of the 1840’s.

Affectionately dubbed the ‘River City’, two major rivers intersect in the City of Sacramento; the American and the Sacramento. Both rivers are international attractions for rafters, kayakers and boaters. Running along a 23-mile stretch of the American River is the tree-lined American River Parkway where joggers, walkers and cyclists can enjoy one of the regions’ many natural attractions.

The Downtown Sacramento waterfront is enjoying a resurgence with a Public Market, new public docks, excursion cruises, a water taxi, a waterfront hotel and waterfront restaurants. Some of Sacramento's best restaurants are offered, as are its museums. Old Sacramento proudly offers a full year-round event calendar and is home of one of the largest jazz festivals in the world.

The Sacramento River provides a deep-water port connected to the San Francisco Bay via a 43-mile channel allowing both international shipping and casual day trips to the Bay Area. The paddlewheel steamboat, Delta King, is just one of the many Gold Rush era treasures you’ll find in Old Sacramento.