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Sacramento mortgage calculator
A median-priced Sacramento, CA home at 6.75% over 30 years, with California property tax of 0.71% and $1,600 a year of homeowners insurance. Every figure below is computed on our amortising engine — nothing is estimated in the browser.
$4,000 a month, all in
Principal and interest are $3,299; escrow and PMI add the rest. Over the full term the loan costs $679,064 in interest. Discounted at 5%, buying here has a net present value of $130,134 ($510,460 in today’s dollars).
Within California, Sacramento is 10th of the 12 California markets covered here, between San Jose at the top and Bakersfield at the bottom of a 3.96x spread. A state-level median hides most of that.
Sacramento is cheaper than California as a whole — $565,200 against a state median of $785,000, roughly 28% below. On a 20% deposit that is $43,960 less to find up front.
Rents here are high relative to prices — a rent index of 0.90 against a price index of 0.72. That combination favours buying sooner, because the payment you avoid is larger relative to the price you pay.
Monthly cost in Sacramento vs comparable rent
Owning is stacked by component; renting is the local median asking rent.
The monthly breakdown
| Median home price | $565,200 |
|---|---|
| Down payment (10%) | $56,520 |
| Loan amount | $508,680 |
| Principal & interest | $3,299/mo |
| Property tax (0.71%) | $334/mo |
| Homeowners insurance | $133/mo |
| PMI while above 80% LTV | $233/mo |
| Total monthly payment | $4,000/mo |
| Comparable rent | $2,610/mo |
What a rate move does to the Sacramento payment
| Rate | Principal & interest |
|---|---|
| 5.5% | $2,888/mo |
| 6% | $3,050/mo |
| 6.5% | $3,215/mo |
| 7% | $3,384/mo |
| 7.5% | $3,557/mo |
| 8% | $3,733/mo |
Rent or buy in Sacramento?
Against $2,610 a month in rent, over 7 years renting leaves you about $64,496 better off — $54,258 once 2.5% inflation is stripped out. See the California rent-vs-buy page.
Where these numbers come from
California medians come from editorial and are refreshed weekly. The Sacramento figures index those state medians to the local market, so they track the same feed rather than going stale. Insurance and the state income tax rate are editorial. Treat everything here as a planning estimate, not a quote.