Sheridan, California.
Typical home $548,923 (+1.7% in a year). Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,414 (+96%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $9,267 +2%
- $539,656$548,923 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $32,894 +6%
- $516,030$548,923 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.
- Sheridan$2,881
- California$3,997
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 56 years.
Typical home values in Sheridan, CA rose 1.7% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Sheridan, Placer County, California
Sheridan, in Placer County, had 1,385 people in the 2020 census. Unemployment in Placer County was 4.5% in August 2026, and the county had 0.7% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Placer County work in schools and health care, then professional services.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Sheridan is a small community in Placer County, with a population well below that of most towns people think of when they picture California. Homes here are valued below the county's higher-priced areas but are still well beyond what many first-time buyers can easily manage. Winters are cool and damp, with December the coldest month, while summers turn hot, especially in July, and the year brings a modest amount of rain.
Work. Residents work mainly in schools, hospitals and social care, in professional and business services, in shops, and in banks, insurance and property. Across Placer County, the largest workplaces include Sutter Roseville Medical Center and several California Department of Transportation facilities. The typical commute is a moderate drive, and unemployment across the county has eased slightly from a year ago.
Things to do. For time outdoors, the American River and Folsom Lake are both a longer drive away, offering river and reservoir settings for walking and water-side afternoons. The Crocker Art Museum, also a longer drive away, is a good choice for an indoor day out. Each of these takes a bit of planning, so they suit a full outing more than a quick evening trip.
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- 23 mintypical commute
What people in Placer County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Placer County had 188,212 jobs in 2025, 0.7% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in December, with highs near 55° and lows near 38°; warmest in July, with highs near 96° and lows near 61°. About 20 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Marysville Yuba County Airport weather station, 15 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Placer County
- Sutter Roseville Medical CenterGeneral hospital2,633FTE
- Thunder Valley Casino ResortHotels, resort, with casinos2,232
- KFH - RosevilleGeneral hospital2,038FTE
- 24 Hour Home CareSenior citizens centers1,385
- City of Roseville Main OfficesPersonnel offices, government1,300
- Penumbra, Inc. - Roseville CampusCatheters manufacturing1,258
- Roseville City Elementary SchoolsSchool district1,143FTE
- Sierra CollegeTwo-year college1,122
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 362 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 57,395 people in all across the county; Sheridan has one of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023), school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. 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
- WildfireVery high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- Droughtrelatively high in parts of SheridanRelatively moderate
- EarthquakesRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Sheridan’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. 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 Placer County and the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA metro.
Sheridan home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Sheridan$548,923
- 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.
Zip codes with a Sheridan address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Sheridan — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.