Relocation Guides
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.
Each guide is written for people actually relocating — not a tourist brochure.
Nevada County — in the Sierra foothills of western Nevada County, around 2,400 feet.
Read the Grass Valley guide →Nevada County — in the forested hills of Nevada County, around 2,500 feet.
Read the Nevada City guide →Nevada County — in the rolling oak country west of Grass Valley, around 1,600 feet.
Read the Penn Valley guide →Placer County — in the Placer County foothills along I-80, around 1,200 feet.
Read the Auburn guide →Nevada County — in the high Sierra near Donner Lake, around 5,800 feet.
Read the Truckee guide →Placer County — in the Sacramento Valley of south Placer County, around 165 feet.
Read the Roseville guide →Placer County — in south Placer County at the edge of the valley and low foothills, around 250 feet.
Read the Rocklin guide →Placer County — in the Sacramento Valley of western Placer County, around 165 feet.
Read the Lincoln guide →El Dorado County — in the western El Dorado County foothills near Folsom Lake, around 700–1,200 feet.
Read the El Dorado Hills guide →El Dorado County — in the El Dorado County foothills along US-50, around 1,300 feet.
Read the Cameron Park guide →El Dorado County — in the Sierra foothills of El Dorado County on US-50, around 1,900 feet.
Read the Placerville guide →El Dorado County — in the El Dorado County foothills along US-50, around 1,400 feet.
Read the Shingle Springs guide →El Dorado County — in the forested high country of El Dorado County on US-50, around 3,900 feet.
Read the Pollock Pines guide →Sacramento County — in eastern Sacramento County along the American River and Folsom Lake, around 220 feet.
Read the Folsom guide →Sacramento County — in the southern Sacramento Valley of Sacramento County, around 50 feet.
Read the Elk Grove guide →Sacramento County — at the confluence of the Sacramento and American rivers, the state capital, around 30 feet.
Read the Sacramento guide →Sacramento County — in the northeastern Sacramento Valley of Sacramento County, around 160 feet.
Read the Citrus Heights guide →Sacramento County — in eastern Sacramento County along US-50 and the American River, around 150 feet.
Read the Rancho Cordova guide →Yuba County — in the Yuba-Sutter area north of Sacramento, near the foothills.
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