Mather, California.
Typical home $562,045 (-0.2% in a year). Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,432 (+94%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Down $1,300 -0%
- $563,345$562,045 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $20,107 +4%
- $541,939$562,045 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Mather$2,950
- California$3,997
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 95 years.
Typical home values in Mather, CA fell 0.2% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Mather, Sacramento County, California
Mather, in Sacramento County, had 4,698 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $146,023 a year and half less, against $92,175 across Sacramento County; 3% of its people live below the poverty line. 82% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 18% are rented. Unemployment in Sacramento County was 5.3% in August 2026, and the county had 0.8% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in government, then schools and health care.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Mather is a small community in Sacramento County where most homes are lived in by their owners and relatively few people live below the poverty line. Household incomes run well above the county's, and the people who live here are younger than in many American towns. A good share of adults hold a four-year degree, and typical home values are on the higher side.
Work. Residents work mostly in government, in schools, hospitals and social care, in banks, insurance and property, and in shops. Some of the largest workplaces in Mather are UPS, Granite Construction Company and Modern Aviation. Many people work from home, and the typical commute is moderate. Across Sacramento County, unemployment is a little lower than a year earlier, and jobs have grown slightly.
Things to do. Safetyville USA, a park, and the Sacramento Children's Museum are both in or beside town. Hornet Stadium is a short drive away. For a longer outing, the Crocker Art Museum is a longer drive away. Winters are mild and rarely bring snow, summers are hot, and the year brings a modest amount of rain.
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- 1,486households
- 40%of adults have a degree
- 3%below the poverty line
- 26 mintypical commute
- 29%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Sacramento County had 733,061 jobs in 2025, 0.8% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in December, with highs near 56° and lows near 41°; warmest in July, with highs near 94° and lows near 61°. About 19 inches of rain a year, and little or no snow.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Sacramento Ese weather station, 7 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Mather
- UPSCouriers and express delivery services404
- Granite Construction CompanyPavement, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway, construction390
- UPSCouriers and express delivery services299
- CearRecyclable materials merchant wholesalers67
- Modern Aviation - MHRFixed base operators26
- American Medical Response20
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 6 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 1,206 people in all. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- EarthquakesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Mather’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very low. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Sacramento County and the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA metro.
Mather home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Mather$562,045
- California$761,538
- United States$366,157
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Mather14
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Mather5
Zip codes with a Mather address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Mather — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.