Relocation Guides
Moving to the Nevada, Placer, El Dorado, Sacramento, Yuba & Sutter County area
Honest, local relocation guides for the Sierra foothills and the Sacramento Valley — commute times, what it's like to live there, neighborhoods, schools, and what homes really cost.
Choose your destination
Each guide is written for people actually relocating — not a tourist brochure.
Moving to Grass Valley
Nevada County — in the Sierra foothills of western Nevada County, around 2,400 feet.
Read the Grass Valley guide →Moving to Nevada City
Nevada County — in the forested hills of Nevada County, around 2,500 feet.
Read the Nevada City guide →Moving to Penn Valley
Nevada County — in the rolling oak country west of Grass Valley, around 1,600 feet.
Read the Penn Valley guide →Moving to Auburn
Placer County — in the Placer County foothills along I-80, around 1,200 feet.
Read the Auburn guide →Moving to Truckee
Nevada County — in the high Sierra near Donner Lake, around 5,800 feet.
Read the Truckee guide →Moving to Roseville
Placer County — in the Sacramento Valley of south Placer County, around 165 feet.
Read the Roseville guide →Moving to Rocklin
Placer County — in south Placer County at the edge of the valley and low foothills, around 250 feet.
Read the Rocklin guide →Moving to Lincoln
Placer County — in the Sacramento Valley of western Placer County, around 165 feet.
Read the Lincoln guide →Moving to El Dorado Hills
El Dorado County — in the western El Dorado County foothills near Folsom Lake, around 700–1,200 feet.
Read the El Dorado Hills guide →Moving to Cameron Park
El Dorado County — in the El Dorado County foothills along US-50, around 1,300 feet.
Read the Cameron Park guide →Moving to Placerville
El Dorado County — in the Sierra foothills of El Dorado County on US-50, around 1,900 feet.
Read the Placerville guide →Moving to Shingle Springs
El Dorado County — in the El Dorado County foothills along US-50, around 1,400 feet.
Read the Shingle Springs guide →Moving to Pollock Pines
El Dorado County — in the forested high country of El Dorado County on US-50, around 3,900 feet.
Read the Pollock Pines guide →Moving to Folsom
Sacramento County — in eastern Sacramento County along the American River and Folsom Lake, around 220 feet.
Read the Folsom guide →Moving to Elk Grove
Sacramento County — in the southern Sacramento Valley of Sacramento County, around 50 feet.
Read the Elk Grove guide →Moving to Sacramento
Sacramento County — at the confluence of the Sacramento and American rivers, the state capital, around 30 feet.
Read the Sacramento guide →Moving to Citrus Heights
Sacramento County — in the northeastern Sacramento Valley of Sacramento County, around 160 feet.
Read the Citrus Heights guide →Moving to Rancho Cordova
Sacramento County — in eastern Sacramento County along US-50 and the American River, around 150 feet.
Read the Rancho Cordova guide →Moving to Marysville
Yuba County — in the historic Yuba County seat at the confluence of the Yuba and Feather rivers.
Read the Marysville guide →Moving to Wheatland
Yuba County — in a small farming town minutes from Beale AFB's main gate.
Read the Wheatland guide →Moving to Plumas Lake
Yuba County — in a newer master-planned community between Beale AFB and the Sacramento metro.
Read the Plumas Lake guide →Moving to Yuba City
Sutter County — in the Yuba–Sutter area's commercial hub on the Feather River.
Read the Yuba City guide →Moving to Beale AFB
Yuba County — in the Yuba-Sutter area north of Sacramento, near the foothills.
Read the Beale AFB guide →Free tools for your move
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