Curtis Park, Sacramento: Neighborhood Guide

Curtis Park filled in one subdivision at a time. The Highland Park subdivision was recorded in 1887, its name a nod to early worries about floods. Shortly before he died in 1907, William Curtis sold the northern edge of his farm, which became Portola Way, Fifth Avenue and the north side of Donner Way. That is why homes on those blocks are older than the ones a few streets south.

More than 30 subdivisions eventually went up between Broadway and Sutterville Road. Their street names honor California pioneers, including Portola, Sloat, Donner, Marshall, Burnett and Markham.

The Sierra 2 Center at 2791 24th Street is the neighborhood's anchor building. Residents saved it from demolition in the late 1970s, and the Sierra Curtis Neighborhood Association, formed in 1981, now runs it.

Curtis Park sits between two of the city's main routes. Highway 99 runs along the east side, and Freeport Boulevard along the west. Broadway on the north end leads west toward Land Park and downtown.

City College light rail station, on SacRT's Blue Line, sits on the Sacramento City College campus along Freeport Boulevard. Downtown is a short drive north, a trip that matters more since the state's four-day office order took effect July 1, 2026.

Curtis Park puts the older housing of the central city a short walk from William Land Park, with the zoo, Fairytale Town and the William Land golf course across Freeport Boulevard.

The Sierra 2 Center is the community hub, with classes, events and meeting rooms. Crocker Village added a full grocery store and shops on the neighborhood's western side.

The Kitchen at 915 Broadway, which kept its Michelin star in June 2026, is a short drive north along the Broadway corridor.

Every neighborhood has a median, and in Sacramento the median only tells part of the story. Lot sizes vary. Eras mix. Custom homes sit beside tract homes. So even where the median is $774,000, there are one-of-a-kind homes that sell for far more, and the street, the lot and the details move the number.

Last year, 203 single-family homes sold in ZIP 95818 (October 1, 2025 to September 30, 2026). The typical home was built in 1938, with 3 bedrooms and about 1,581 square feet, on a lot of about 5,227 square feet. Half of the sales landed between $640k and $1M, depending on lot size, condition, square footage and more, and the median was $774,000. In the Land Park and Curtis Park ZIP, 31 of those 203 sales closed at $1.15M or more, and the highest reached $2.81M. Condos and townhomes aren't included. This is what happened, not what will happen. Ask us for today's numbers.

Source: MetroList, single-family homes that closed October 1, 2025 to September 30, 2026. Any single-month figure elsewhere on this page is a separate, shorter snapshot.

If you are buying here, see buying a home in Sacramento. If you are comparing nearby, read our guides to Land Park and Oak Park, or the Sacramento neighborhoods guide. Then talk with Maggie.