Buying a home in Solano County: Vacaville
The city of Vacaville is located in Solano County in Northern California. The town is nearly half way between Sacramento and San Francisco on I-80. It sits approximately 35 miles (56 km) from Sacramento, and 55 miles (89 km) from San Francisco. The area has a multitude of welcome amenities, making it one of the north east Bay Area’s most desirable and affordable locations for buying a home.
With a current population of just over 94,000, Vacaville is the third largest city in Solano County. It is a sought out “bedroom” community with a median home price of $335,000. It is home to prestigious biotechnology/pharmaceutical facilities operated by Genentech, ALZA Corporation and Novartis International AG, and Kaiser Permanente, a full-service, level-2 trauma hospital. Recently, ICON Aircraft announced it would consolidate all company functions in a new 140,000-square-foot facility in Vacaville. Additional large-scale employers include The Nut Tree Outlet Stores, a collection of 120 retailers offering shoppers a multitude of choices, and two state run corrections facilities staffed by nearly 3000 personnel.
Popular neighborhoods in Vacaville include: downtown / city center (older, established homes), Vine Street (larger, historic homes), North Orchard (tract and custom homes), Browns Valley (newer, larger homes), Leisure Town (active retirement community), Bucktown (older, large-acreage homes) and
Peabody Road (larger homes near the corrections facilities).
Students in Vacaville attend schools in the Vacaville Unified School District, as well as private schools in the area. Activities for families include hiking in Lagoon Valley Regional Park, visiting a multitude of new stores in the Nut Tree shopping center, spending a day boating in the delta, or playing in any number of well-maintained parks in the area.
If you’re looking for a home in an active and appealing, family-friendly area with lots to do, consider Vacaville. This Bay Area community is in a great location, a “bedroom city” split in the middle by Interstate 80, the main artery linking a multitude of highly-desirable Northern California points of interest.