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North Highlands, California.

A community in Sacramento County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Sacramento County’s.

Living in North Highlands, Sacramento County, California

North Highlands, in Sacramento County, had 49,327 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $65,495 a year and half less, against $92,175 across Sacramento County; 20% of its people live below the poverty line. 51% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 49% 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 schools and health care, then shops.

People 49,327 in the 2020 census; median age 34.2
Household income $65,495 the median, give or take $4,671 · Sacramento County: $92,175
Unemployment 5.3% Sacramento County, August 2026; 5.5% a year before
Homes 51% lived in by their owners; 49% rented
  • 15,901households
  • 15%of adults have a degree
  • 20%below the poverty line
  • 31 mintypical commute
  • 12%work from home

What residents work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care20%
  • Shops (retail)14%
  • Professional and business services12%
  • Building trades10%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment10%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities8%

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

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 56° and 41°; warmest in July, 94° and 61° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° 100° J F M A M J J 94° 61° A S O N D 56° 41°
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in December, 56° and 41°; warmest in July, 94° and 61° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° 100° J F M A M J J 94° 61° A S O N D 56° 41°

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, 8 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in North Highlands

  1. American River CollegeTwo-year college1,188
  2. Capital City DrywallDrywall contractors672
  3. WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters350
  4. Performance Contracting296
  5. SpyglassSkilled nursing facilities250
  6. Builders FirstSourceCustom architectural woodwork and millwork manufacturing228
  7. Eagle CompaniesStucco contractors173
  8. MTI CollegeTwo-year college165

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 32 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 3,629 people in all. Colleges come from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24). 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

  1. EarthquakesRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in North Highlands’ 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.