Census-designated place · Sacramento County, California

Wilton, California

Wilton is a census-designated place in Sacramento County, California, part of the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA metro area. It has 6,433 residents. Wilton, California has a quality-of-life score of 41 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #9,311 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within California it ranks #503 of 1,062 cities and towns. It ranks best on drought exposure (low), median household income (high) and income inequality (Gini index) (low). It ranks worst on students per teacher (high), public libraries (low) and loneliness (high).

41Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #9,311 of 15,651 cities and towns
California: #503 of 1,062 in CA
Population: 6,433 (2020-2024)
Land area: 29 mi²
Density: 221.8 /mi²
FIPS code: 0685880

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 75 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety25#11,748/15,637
Economy99#185/15,631
Housing18#12,211/14,977
Health65#5,494/15,609
Healthcare76#3,826/15,650
Environment16#12,926/15,453
Education17#12,986/15,649
Infrastructure51#7,650/15,650
Community31#10,770/15,651
Leisure & amenities52#7,462/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Wilton, California ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Sacramento County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Drought exposure · low0%
98/100California 9%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAASacramento County value
Median household income · high$189,537
97/100California $100,130United States $81,6042020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19013
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.333
96/100California 0.489United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Access to exercise opportunities · high98.9%
95/100California 94.3%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSacramento County value
New business applications · high22.1 /1k
94/100California 14.1 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauSacramento County value
Public EV charging ports · high15.8 /10k
91/100California 17.4 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergySacramento County value

Weaknesses

Students per teacher · high23.1×
0/100California 21.7×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsSacramento County value
Public libraries · low0.2 /10k
7/100California 0.3 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesSacramento County value
Loneliness · high38.0%
8/100California 37.8%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Mammography screening · low36.0%
9/100California 38.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSacramento County value
Drug overdose deaths · high29.2 /100k
10/100California 20.1 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataSacramento County value
Violent crime rate · high503 /100k
10/100California 433 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationSacramento County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
5,665 (2015-2019) → 6,433 (2020-2024)
+14%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
57.9% (2015-2019) → 35.2% (2020-2024)
−23 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$106,813 (2015-2019) → $189,537 (2020-2024)
+77%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Rent as share of incomeImproving
41.5% (2015-2019) → 28.7% (2020-2024)
−13 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
30.2% (2015-2019) → 37.5% (2020-2024)
+7.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Unemployment rateImproving
4.8% (2015-2019) → 1.3% (2020-2024)
−3.6 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Wilton, California improved on 3 of 10 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 7 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved3

Household income+77%$106,813 → $189,537
Inequality−0.0640.397 → 0.333
Bachelor's++7.3 points30.2% → 37.5%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 10 measures

Change of every measure of Wilton, California between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	39.3 min2015-2019	33.1 min2020-2024	−6.2 min	Within the margin of error	93%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.2%2015-2019	37.5%2020-2024	+7.3 points	Improved	81%
Broadband subscriptions	90.0%2015-2019	91.1%2020-2024	+1.1 points	Within the margin of error	12%
Effective property tax rate	0.45%2015-2019	0.64%2020-2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	3%
High school diploma or higher	93.9%2015-2019	96.0%2020-2024	+2.2 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Home price to income ratio	5.7×2015-2019	4.9×2020-2024	−0.8×	Within the margin of error	96%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3972015-2019	0.3332020-2024	−0.064	Improved	89%
Median household income	$106,8132015-2019	$189,5372020-2024	+77%	Improved	96%
Poverty rate	8.5%2015-2019	5.3%2020-2024	−3.3 points	Within the margin of error	71%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Wilton, California five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Wilton, California in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Wilton, California itself moved +2.4 points in standing on average over the same 8 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

6,433 residents (±1,013)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 20–29 women (+4.2 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

6,433 residents (±1,013)

Wilton, California
California share

White58%3,751
Black1.8%†114
Hispanic or Latino26%†1,686
Asian6.4%†414
American Indian and Alaska Native1.4%†87
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races5.9%†381

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Other or two or more races (+4.9 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

4,871 residents (±817)

Wilton, California
California share

No high school diploma4.0%†194
High school or GED22%†1,078
Some college29%†1,398
Associate degree7.7%†376
Bachelor's degree25%1,194
Graduate degree13%†631

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

1,838 households (±246)

Wilton, California
California share

Under $25k7.2%†132
$25k–50k3.2%†59
$50k–75k5.5%†101
$75k–100k10%†184
$100k–150k16%†293
$150k–200k13%†240
$200k or more45%829

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+28.5 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

1,838 households (±246)

Wilton, California
California share

Own94%1,730
Rent5.9%†108

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+15.8 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

54 households (±58)

Wilton, California
California share

Under $7500.0%0
$750–1,0000.0%0
$1,000–1,50013%†7

Home values

1,730 homes (±260)

Wilton, California
California share

Under $150k1.4%†25
$150k–250k2.3%†39
$250k–400k1.0%†17

Age of homes

2,029 homes (±274)

Wilton, California
California share

2010 or later6.9%†139
2000–200925%†504
1980–199925%†511

Size of homes

2,029 homes (±274)

Wilton, California
California share

Studio5.4%†109
1 bedroom5.7%†116
2 bedrooms12%†247

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

2,937 workers (±497)

Wilton, California
California share

Drive alone69%2,041
Carpool9.3%†273
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.4%†13
Bike0.0%0
Work from home15%†441
Other5.8%†169

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

2,496 workers (±514)

Wilton, California
California share

Under 15 min7.9%†196
15–29 min25%†631
30–44 min41%1,020

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Sacramento County, the county holding most of Wilton's residents.

Sacramento County has 34,280 employer establishments, 215 for every 10,000 residents (0.86× the US rate of 248; 0.82× California's), with 533,709 paid employees at an average annual pay of $71,257. The Census Bureau also counts 135,917 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 34,280; 135,917 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 215; US 248 · California 263
Paid employees: 533,709
Average annual pay: $71,257; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Sacramento County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	2,956	18.5	1.01×About typical	52,485	$25,508	593
Ambulatory health care services	2,865	17.9	0.86×About typical	46,292	$95,154	4,750
Specialty trade contractors	2,241	14	0.91×About typical	29,077	$77,249	5,372
Lessors of real estate	1,750	11	0.89×About typical	8,301	$64,042	9,888
Limited-service restaurants	1,313	8.2	1.03×About typical	23,702	$22,655	240
Truck transportation	1,204	7.5	1.49×More than typical	5,380	$53,925	8,745
Full-service restaurants	1,124	7	0.92×About typical	21,930	$29,413	224
Management, scientific and technical consulting	1,103	6.9	1.03×About typical	8,224	$97,600	4,136
Construction of buildings	1,010	6.3	0.84×About typical	8,897	$93,764	4,585
Legal services	945	5.9	1.10×About typical	6,749	$115,882	1,417
Services to buildings and dwellings	916	5.7	0.85×About typical	13,640	$43,205	6,960
Building equipment contractors	841	5.3	0.88×About typical	14,102	$82,269	1,200

Rank places for an industry Open Sacramento County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 1,596,637 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated -$20.9K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Wilton, California: -$3.25 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: -$20.9K; −126% vs FY2025
Per resident: -$3.25; US $1,994
Sole-source: —; US 30%
Single offer: —; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

PATRIOT ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES, INC.-$20.9K0.0%

Spending by fiscal year

-4.7KFY2017
10.4KFY2018
15.9KFY2020
179.4KFY2021
4.4KFY2024
79.5KFY2025
-20.9KFY2026

What was bought

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Wilton, California, so they do not add up across cities.

Wilton, California's figures are part of those of Sacramento County, CA ($625.5M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Wilton is mostly in Sacramento County.

See federal money in Sacramento County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Wilton, California is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).